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Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
espertus: Both Graceling and the Lioness quartet are stories of strong but vulnerable young women wanting to use their considerable powers for good and maintain their identity in the face of romance.
shadrach_anki: There are definite similarities in theme between these two books, but each has its own take on it.
Caramellunacy: Both of these stories are fantasy stories about a girl disguising herself as a boy in order to be allowed to apprentice & learn to fight. Alanna learns to wield both sword and magic as a knight & mage. Eon(a) is chosen to be a dragoneye and must learn to wield the political and magical power this brings.… (meer)
Caramellunacy: Both are stories about a headstrong young woman determined to learn to fight like the boys. Nobody's Princess is an imagining of Helen of Troy's life as a teenager (more tenacity and brains, less vapid beauty) steeped in Greek mythology. Alanna is the first in a fantasy series about a young woman who disguises herself as a boy so that she can be trained as a knight. Both are great girl power reads.… (meer)
wordcauldron: This book sort of seemed to me like an in-depth look at what George's side of life (thieving, gangs, assassins, espionage, etc.) may have been like (though a little more violent than it would have been in Alanna's universe), plus has magic and dangerous adventures.… (meer)
sandstone78: A young woman warrior protagonist, a love triangle with a thief and a noble, dealings with magic- the difference is that Eleret in The Raven Ring comes from a society where women are accepted as warriors (her mother was also one), and Alanna has to hide that she is female.… (meer)
Eleven-year-old Alanna of Trebond wants to be a knight, but unfortunately she is just a girl. She disguises herself as a boy and swaps places with her brother so she can go to knight school. Bullied for being a "little guy" she bonds with the older boys who come to "Alan's" rescue and trains harder than anyone else so she can stand up for herself. She feels especially connected to Prince Jonathan, a few years ahead of her at school, who shares her magical Gift for healing, and George Cooper, the local thief kingpin. Years pass, and Jonathan selects "Alan" to be his squire when he is sent by his evil uncle to the southern Black City, full of demons.
There's so much going on in this middle grade book that took me ~3 hours to reread. Alanna has trauma from her mother's death and is afraid of the magical powers she inherited from her. The Duke is her magic teacher but is also clearly evil and trying to kill Jonathan and his parents because he's 4th in line for the throne. The groundwork is laid for Alanna to have a thing with Jonathan, which is icky when she's 11 and he's 14+ but gets less so as they get older, and also with George Cooper, who is possibly an adult?? The book spans years within just a few pages, which is hard to wrap my head around. I really liked the set-up of Alanna's bully Ralon being clearly foreshadowed that he would return. I hated the fantasy racism of the Bazhir, Persopolis, and the Black City.
I really enjoyed revisiting this book. I don't think I'll go on to reread the rest of the quartet, but it does make me want to pick up more of Pierce's books I haven't read yet. ( )
this was a fun adventure that ends as a first book in a series often used to - with nothing wrapped up and the next course of action just beginning. it was more interesting to see how alanna hid her gender from the boys than to see how they became knights, but since that was one of the main thrusts of the story this was overall pretty enjoyable for me. as it really doesn't totally stand on its own, i can't comment on the whole thing, but i can definitely see why so many women cite this as an important book series from their childhoods. ( )
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
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