![]() ![]() So I found myself irritated when she didn't get it about the Pimpernel-ish character, even after he'd saved her from big huge certain death - twice. I realize that Meliara hasn't read The Scarlet Pimpernel, what with the just learning how to read and the living in a different world, but I have. But it's spoileriffic, so skip it if you'd like.Īuuuuuuuuuuugh. Highly recommended to fans of the Plucky Heroine fantasy sub-genre, a la Tamora Pierce.Īnd now, a complaint. I'm very much looking forward to the second installment. ![]() ![]() Smith is a big fan of The Blue Sword: The bath scene at the castle and the scene where she falls asleep in the windowseat. Random note: There were two moments that made me wonder if S. Meliara's backstory is also an interesting one - when was the last time you read about a teen heroine who'd only just learned to read and write the year before the action begins? They know that their tiny force is outnumbered, out-armed and mostly untrained, but they have their wits, they know the terrain, and they have unwavering confidence in their mission: Honor and justice is on their side.Ĭrown Duel is a rip-roarer of an adventure - chases, captures, escapes, a torture chamber, lots of tree-climbing, secret allies, spies, gloomy dungeons, a stubborn (some might say pig-headed) heroine and more D&D-esque names than you could shake a stick at. Shortly after making a promise to their dying father to save their lands and their people from a corrupt king, Meliara and her brother, the Countess and Count of Tlanth, go to war. ![]()
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