Protector of the Small (series)

by Tamora Pierce

ONE LINE SUMMARY: This series of four books covers Keladry’s progress from female page to lady knight.

I admit that when I read the first Tortall series by Pierce, the Song of the Lioness series, I couldn’t understand how in the world Pierce was so popular and had so many books published. The writing, frankly, was quite terrible.

I heard from someone that the writing got better, though, so I pushed my way through all four of the books in that series. I moved on from there to the Immortals quartet, and was pleasantly surprised to find myself engrossed in the plot. The only issue I had was with the last book in that series, which was boring.

Now I’ve just finished the Protector of the Small series, and I quite enjoyed them (other than the animal death..ugh). I couldn’t put the books down, and as soon as I finished one of the books, I moved right on to the next one. Pierce’s writing is so much improved that although I like to read books in order and like my series to be complete, I would still suggest that anyone picking up a book by this author skip the entire Song of the Lioness series.

Posted by: Supersonic Jane | December 28, 2006 | 12:25 am
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