A review by maeashah
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce

2.5

The first half of this book was a bit hard for me to remain interested in, but it was nice to see who Alanna is away from the court. The pacing is still too fast, in my opinion, but I'm getting used to it and can kind of look past it now. The actual events of the plot are interesting in all of the books in this series so far, but it's just that I constantly feel as though I'm running after the story. There doesn't seem to be a seamless transition between each big scene. Still, I'm quite excited to pick up the final book in the series and see it all tie together.

I was so saddened by the way Jon was behaving. He felt very out of character and it just kind of broke my heart to see him be so ignorant of Alanna's choices. When he just assumed she would agree to his proposal and leave with him, I was infuriated on her behalf.
Alanna seemed to get together with George a little too quickly, and I felt like a handful of reasons why George was better was thrown at me a bit suddenly. Like I was supposed to just switch to shipping them instead. I can see them becoming a great couple but I hope it progresses naturally. I do love George a lot, though, and it's clear he loves Alanna very much so I'm intrigued to see how their relationship progresses. But more importantly, I'm hoping Jon sorts himself out.