Omg, yes. XD Tamora Pierce is one of my favorite authors.. ever. I sort of sped through Empress in a near-constant 'eee, yay!'

I'm firmly convinced Tamora Pierce is the non-fandom, lots of people read her, but.. no one talks about it.

And, yeah, however much I love it still, the first quartet is still the weakest. The fact that it was re-written from an adult novel probably says something about this.

... *cough* *can't help flailing about for a little bit*