A review by readingsalt
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

adventurous inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm excited to begin on this Alanna journey because I feel left out of this fantasy classic. It has a lot of my favorite tropes like secret identity, badass female main character, found family, and more. As this is an introduction to Alanna's story, I was still hoping for a little faster paced story. Less training and more dramatics if you will. 

That being said I'm a sucker for this "switching roles" storyline where she is in disguise with all the boys and training to be a knight. I want to learn more about her adventures, the prince, and the thief, George, so I will be continuing in the series!