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 I loved the book. I've heard complaints about how there should have been a love interest, she's too fickle, etc, but I have to say that's what brings relaity to this charachter. If you've read The Song of Lioness and The Immortals, two other fantasy series by Tamora Pierce, you realize that both series end with an engagement or a proposal. I personally liked the difference, and if you want adventure, this book is definatly the way to go. If you'd like to discuss your ideas, might I suggest ... to do so? Information is there, but I'm sure that the author wants feedback- and since it's a forum where her fans go, she often explains the always present why. I personally loved this book- I'm sure you will, too.
However, LADY KNIGHT does have some redeeming qualities. I like the way she hints that Kel will fall in love with a certain young man (I won't spoil that for you) without having them kiss and so forth. Kel's capability and commanding-ness make her different from Alanna, which is good. Some authors change their character's name but keep her personality, but Pierce has created a new, spunky heroine in Keladry. Don't buy this book, but do check it out from the library and finish Kel's story--you may not love it, but if you enjoyed the other books, you must read it.
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Tamora Perices fourth book of the Protector of the small series. Awaited by many! It is a letdown though. All it talkes about is her Knight dutys and war. The best part of the 401 page book is the EPILOGUE! It has none of Tamora Perices usual carm in her characters personal life...very disappointing.
If you're expecting Ms. Pierce's best work in LADY KNIGHT, I'm sorry to tell you that you'd better read ALANNA or WOLF SPEAKER again. I like the idea of Keladry as a commander, but the epic war scenes are dry and too long. I have nothing against books that are long, but LADY KNIGHT is *unnecessarily* so. For instance, if you've read this book, do you agree that the three pages devoted to Kel's cold/Neal's healing it/her still feeling crummy/etc. is necessary to the story? There are many other scenes like this that could be eliminated or shortened: Kel's adoration for the clerks and Raoul's saying something like "I must go by the palace barber and get my ears cleaned out...I could've sworn you just said you wanted to go back in the Chamber again" sounds stretched and phony. Why couldn't Pierce just mention that Lord Raoul looked shocked, or better, SHOW his surprise in a reference to body movement? Also (and I don't mean to spoil this for you, but it happens very early on) Cleon is dismissed as another temporary crush, like Neal, when she had us thinking in SQUIRE that he was really for her. This is not a good plot twist; it doesn't make sense. If she'd hinted all along that Cleon wasn't perfect, then maybe it would work.
