The most Daine hopes to aspire to is working alongside Onua in the stables, since she’s always felt more comfortable with animals than people.ĭuring their journey to the capital, Onua and Daine encounter unsettling creatures things that shouldn’t exist with monstrous bodies and the heads of humans. Daine’s innate talent for dealing with animals gets her hired on as a pony herder alongside Onua, the horse mistress for the Queen’s Riders (Queen Thayet’s band of rangers). She survived a bandit raid on her farm that killed her ma and grandda, but now the only family she has left is her loyal but persnickety pony, Cloud. Veralidaine Sarrasi-Daine to her friends, and we totally are-is a thirteen-year-old orphan from a remote mountain village north of Tortall. I did have a giggle as I was reminded of this scene from one of my favorite Jim Carrey movies: Not the kind of cover that has the power to draw you in on prettiness alone-unless you’re a nine-year-old girl obsessed with animals.
It’s…accurate but bland, since Daine spends a lot of time around a herd of ponies, and a badger and hawk play important roles in the plot. With all that said, there’s not much to say about this first one. I’m focusing on the original covers I grew up seeing on my much worn paperbacks, as I still think they are the least offensive of the bunch (the covers unfortunately got the Big Face makeover in the 2000s). While there have been many cover iterations of this series, thankfully there are no murderous Daine alternatives like we saw with Alanna. I would recommend reading Alanna’s books first, but that’s not completely necessary to enjoy this series. While it is not a direct continuation of the Song of the Lioness quartet, many previous characters do return, and as such, there are some mild spoilers for that series ahead. Bonus Factors: Sassy Animal Friends, Training Montage, Immortal Creatures, World BuildingĪ word of warning: This is the second series about the fictional world of Tortall.
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