Title: Won't stand the test of time
Review: I was about twelve years old when I discovered -- and fell in love with -- two of the books of the Song of the Lioness Quartet. Back then they were pretty hard to find, and I couldn't find the other two books until six or seven years later.Since then, I've tried Pierce's other series, and they just don't stand up to an adult's reading. _First Test_, like the Daine series, suffers from a distinct lack of subtlety, and I never felt drawn into the story the way I was with Alanna. Nothing much really *happens* to Keladry in her first year as a page. Which might be okay if we were given a deeper, more subtle look into her feelings, but instead it's mostly a repetitive, "She tried to be stone, like a Yamani." It gets old very fast.While this book may well charm younger readers, unlike the Harry Potter books or Robin McKinley's body of work, they won't stand up to reading by adults.
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