...in which Alanna cries ALL THE TIME, but not over the one death I thought she really should. She also doesn't seem to especially love George all that much. I know in Pierce's first draft of this series Alanna ended up with Jon instead, and she really didn't do enough in the re-write to make the change make sense. Like, you're having Alanna date around. That's great. I appreciate that honesty. But even though George appears to love her, for Alanna's part she could just as easily have made a breakthrough with Liam, or become the Queen of Tortall, or disappeared into the desert for the next 300 years to start a harem of progressive Bhazir gents. I don't know. Three stars again for nostalgia, but these books are kind of bad (sorry, middle-school-me).