When Women Were Warriors Book I: The Warrior's Path
When Women Were Warriors, no. 1
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4.3 • 481 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Winner, 2010 EPIC Ebook Award for fiction in the Mainstream category.
"Breathtakingly gorgeous writing … a multi-layered tale of such depth, breadth and insight that it was very nearly a spiritual experience…"
--from a review by T. T. Thomas on Amazon.com
"…reminds me of Le Guin, of Cecelia Holland, and something of Rosemary Sutcliff… It made me feel as I did when I was a child reading authors like those… Once again I was in a magical place…"
--from a review by Charles Ferguson on Amazon.com
"…there’s no ring of power or glowing sword of specialness; the magic, like the tone of the book, is quiet. It feels real."
--from a blog review on livejournal
When she was a child, the author of When Women Were Warriors happily identified with all the male heroes she read about in stories that began, "Once upon a time, a young man went out to seek his fortune." But she would have been delighted to discover even one story like that with a female protagonist. Since she never did find the story she was looking for all those years ago, she decided to write it.
In Book I of the trilogy, Tamras arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman. To make matters worse, the Lady Merin assigns her the position of companion, little more than a personal servant, to a woman who came to Merin’s house, seemingly out of nowhere, the previous winter, and this stranger wants nothing to do with Tamras.
"…Both men and women of all persuasions seem to love these books... Very rare. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!"
--from a review by T. T. Thomas on Amazon.com
"Think Beowulf--only comprehensible and with girls."
--from a review on the blog, The Rainbow Reader, by Baxter Clare Trautman, author of The River Within
Customer Reviews
Wonderful Feminine centered fiction
While the author does label this book series as a feminist fiction I think all it does is go against modern American norms. It however is a wonderful read and my biggest critique is it does use Rape and Sexual assault as a plot device which can be quite harmful to some readers as it happens very suddenly. I think it is something the author didnt think much about when writing, nor is it large to the plot and easily skipped. Its a wonderful European medieval esk fantasy world, with wars, queens, some magic but not much and giants. There are stories inside the story and it creates a wonderful world. Im not a big reader so for something to captivate me and make me desire to read a whole series (already halfway through book 2) I really applaud the author and I cant wait to finish the rest of the series and anything else the author might make.
10/10 must read
Beautifully woven themes of adventure, coming of age, depth of insight, and tender love. I’ve read the series six times and it always reaches something new in my soul, warms my heart, and inspires me.
Haven’t finished it but already love it!
Everything I’ve been looking for in fiction. Too many men in other stories.