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A review by pawikan_reads
First Test by Tamora Pierce
2.0
I enjoy stories about girls turning class and gender biases on their heads. When I was younger, I loved Pierce's Lioness Quartet and her daughter's Trickster's Queen Duet.
This first book of the Protector of the Small Quartet seems to be a promising beginning to a similarly-themed series. Keladry (ten years old at the beginning of the tale) is the first girl to legally apply for knighthood training. Predictably, she has a tougher time than Alanna did in the first series as she has to confront sexist attitudes from every turn.
Although more "kiddie" and less action-packed than I am used to (the climax is a hunt for a Spidren, one of the Immortals), this book made me want to read the next three books just to see if Kel is a worthy successor to the Lioness' shield.
This first book of the Protector of the Small Quartet seems to be a promising beginning to a similarly-themed series. Keladry (ten years old at the beginning of the tale) is the first girl to legally apply for knighthood training. Predictably, she has a tougher time than Alanna did in the first series as she has to confront sexist attitudes from every turn.
Although more "kiddie" and less action-packed than I am used to (the climax is a hunt for a Spidren, one of the Immortals), this book made me want to read the next three books just to see if Kel is a worthy successor to the Lioness' shield.