Page, Squire & Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
(Books #2-4 of the Protector of the Small series)
Rating: 🍁🍁🍁🍁
Link to Page, Squire & Lady Knight Blurbs
Thank you, Ms. Pierce, for giving us this wonderful, wonderful series. This review is for books 2-4, as I whipped through them all in a little over a day.
Some of my favourite things:
1) Kel doesn't fall in love. She does have a few teenage crushes (didn't we all), as well as a sincere though short-lived relationship with Cleon, but at no time do these experiences either become central to the plot or to her development as a character. They are simply one aspect of the many that make Kel who she is.
2) The Scanrans, despite being the bad guys, are never truly villianized by Kel. She always seems to remember that they're people too - not that it stops her from killing them to protect her people, but she does so knowing exactly what she's doing and accepting the consequences.
3) Kel continues to consistently respond to the systematic, ever-present sexism and persecution with grace and integrity.
There are, of course, many other aspects that make this series so wonderful. I wish I had time to expound them all. Suffice it to say that the adventures of Kelandrey of Mindelan will be required reading for both of my kids.
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