I have never heard of Tamora Pierce or her works until a few months when someone told me these were their favourite childhood books. I was surprised I never heard of them, After looking it up I realised they never arrived at where I'm from so I decided to dig in and see how this 80' book was so Wellbeloved.
The books had a different writing style to what I'm used to. It feels like something my parents read when they were children. To my surprise, Alanna had a very strong queer feeling to her which was wonderful. It really ties it together for me. It remembered me to [a:Leo Batic|5402632|Leo Batic|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1345908396p2/5402632.jpg] work with their themes of magic and womanhood. I want to read more books from this period, especially from Tamora Pierce.