Yay for YA Lit!

[amanuensis1]

Anybody here read Tamora Pierce?

The Circle of Magic books? The latest one, The Will of the Empress?


She's got one of the Circle in a same-sex romance.

:squeeble!:

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[goseaward.livejournal.com]

*points out briefly that Alanna's George is someone I plan on mentioning at my TWH roundtable :D* </end pimpage>

I'll read the rest of the comments in a minute, but I saw him mentioned and had to go on...

[goseaward.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have a question for you: why do you like the later books better than Alanna? It's been a while since I've read the others, true, but I felt like most of the sequels other than the Immortals were sort of...copies. (Granted, Lloyd Alexander does the same thing down to the characters, but...well. :D) Did I not read far enough ahead? Are there other things that make you like the Alanna books less than the others?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Good question! I think...I think I was less enthralled with watching Alanna hide her gender for two books, even though it's the sort of plot I usually do enjoy a lot. It just felt a little flat to me. Clearly I didn't dislike them too badly, as I went on with them. But I enjoyed the "Protector of the Small" books a LOT. All I can say is that it's as if her writing has more...depth, now? I liked Keladry's difficulties better than Alanna's. They seemed more original.