Victoria Goddard’s Derring-Do for Beginners
I love how Goddard keeps fleshing out her expansive world, here with the origin of the infamous Red Company—more specifically, the origin of the always delightful Jullanar of the Sea and her first real friendship with the great swordsman Damien. Of course they’re both just awkward teens here! Jullanar is supposed to be going to a far-off college, but when that plan gets stymied, she leans into having an adventure. And Damien is a dude who mainly only cares about swordsmanship but also secretly wants friends, and when he’s tasked with teaching Jullanar the local language, he decides to teach her self-defense as well. PLUS there are some very cool middle-aged ladies in this book (I was more interested in Damien's mom than in him for the first few sections, haha). Very entertaining, and I look forward to meeting more of the Red Company babies soon. A/A-.
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