Interestingly enough this is probably the longest book of Pierce’s quartets and yet it does not cover that much time, less than a year.  The fact that the story is so continuous is part of the reason I just read it in one sitting.  Tortall’s newest lady knight makes her way north to the border […]

This volume always feels like the time flies by even though it is longer to account for the four years as a squire.  The book opens with Kel stressing over having not been chosen as a squire, but that is quickly remedied when she is chosen by Lord Raoul and so she continues her adventures […]

Kel’s three years as a page fly by in this volume.  Where previous heroines did much with natural ability Kel’s success comes more from her determination.  Kel is not the only one whose growth you watch, of course there are her fellow pages, but some of the most powerful changes are in the two friends […]

Keladry of Mindelan is the first girl to take up King Jonathan of Tortall on his offer for girls to try to become knights.  Raised in the Yamani Islands Kel has issues adapting to Tortall society especially when Lord Wyldon gives her a probationary period that she finds unfair.  Kel is driven by a desire […]