I know I said I would get to work, but I just had to add how much I agree with Kel--I love that there's nothing special about her except maybe her stubbornness. I also love that while she has interest in love, she's pretty much the only major character (outside of the Circle books) whose series doesn't end with her finding the right boy.
YES. YES YES SO MUCH YES. I mean, I'm thinking of the time span over which Pierce has been writing her Tortall novels, so by the time she got to Kel, the social climate's shifted a little. Kel's book came out...*goes to check* when I started high school. I was so excited in college when Lady Knight came out, like you wouldn't believe, haha. And it was great that Kel tried things out, but it's not like a driving force and it's not like she has to have a partner. I did think that the Daine/Numair felt kind of tacked on, even though I eagerly followed it anyway in the last book of Daine's series. :P
I...actually have only re-read the Alanna series once, I think. For some reason she didn't appeal as much to me, maybe I should re-read and pin it down. I was introduced to Tortall through Daine. Yay for animals that talk and aren't goofy mascots. For the most part. :P Though I adored the skeleton bird.
So what think you of the Circle books? Also, have you read the one that came out...what, last year or before that, with the step back in time with the Hounds? Beka Cooper and Pierce doing a turn at procedurals/mysteries. :P Still Tortall, and I really like Beka and her doggedness. *dodges bricks*
Bonk? Oooh, I'll have to look for that, thank you for telling me! ^__^
Hmm, I think I read Deerskin for the first time last year, but the details are escaping me. That just means I'll have to re-read, oh the hardship. ^_~ Spindle's End rocked my socks. The way she chose to tell the story, the plot twists, I couldn't predict anything and the ended owned me so hard. Mmmmm. ^___^
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Date: 2009-06-13 06:19 am (UTC)YES. YES YES SO MUCH YES. I mean, I'm thinking of the time span over which Pierce has been writing her Tortall novels, so by the time she got to Kel, the social climate's shifted a little. Kel's book came out...*goes to check* when I started high school. I was so excited in college when Lady Knight came out, like you wouldn't believe, haha. And it was great that Kel tried things out, but it's not like a driving force and it's not like she has to have a partner. I did think that the Daine/Numair felt kind of tacked on, even though I eagerly followed it anyway in the last book of Daine's series. :P
I...actually have only re-read the Alanna series once, I think. For some reason she didn't appeal as much to me, maybe I should re-read and pin it down. I was introduced to Tortall through Daine. Yay for animals that talk and aren't goofy mascots. For the most part. :P Though I adored the skeleton bird.
So what think you of the Circle books? Also, have you read the one that came out...what, last year or before that, with the step back in time with the Hounds? Beka Cooper and Pierce doing a turn at procedurals/mysteries. :P Still Tortall, and I really like Beka and her doggedness. *dodges bricks*
Bonk? Oooh, I'll have to look for that, thank you for telling me! ^__^
Hmm, I think I read Deerskin for the first time last year, but the details are escaping me. That just means I'll have to re-read, oh the hardship. ^_~ Spindle's End rocked my socks. The way she chose to tell the story, the plot twists, I couldn't predict anything and the ended owned me so hard. Mmmmm. ^___^
Work is blah, but reading your post and your comments make me happy.