Cee's review
Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1)
by Elizabeth Moon
Cee's review
Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 1) by Elizabeth Moon
Cee's review
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fantasy
I think this is one of Elizabeth Moon's earlier series, and it certainly contains her favourite themes - young woman going to war and kicking arse. Paksenarrion, the sheep farmer's daughter of the title, leaves home to join a mercenary company. And she trains hard and joins in battles and gets involved in a siege, and there's actually some quite emotional moments.
It did puzzle me that this world can apparently support so many well equipped mercenary companies with neatly matching uniforms - what does everyone else in this world do during the constant wars and battles? Apart from not quite understanding the economics of the world, I enjoyed the story, and Paks has to work hard to achieve her fabulousness, which is nice - Moon sometimes has a habit of presenting us with a heroine who is all too perfect in every way.
Sheepfarmer's Daughter ends incredibly abruptly - you really need to be able to go right on to the sequel. It doesn't work so well as a stand alone novel.
It did puzzle me that this world can apparently support so many well equipped mercenary companies with neatly matching uniforms - what does everyone else in this world do during the constant wars and battles? Apart from not quite understanding the economics of the world, I enjoyed the story, and Paks has to work hard to achieve her fabulousness, which is nice - Moon sometimes has a habit of presenting us with a heroine who is all too perfect in every way.
Sheepfarmer's Daughter ends incredibly abruptly - you really need to be able to go right on to the sequel. It doesn't work so well as a stand alone novel.
