You voice a complaint that has been simmering in the back of my head for a while, around the Urban princess being the hardest and baddest of them all, and how annoying that its. Nearly as annoying as them being the whinyest and most selfpitying of all but thats another discussion.
I read the first book in the Elemental Assasins book recently, and one of the things I liked about it was how the lead princess did have friends and colleagues who were equal to her, she had a mentor, his son, and two capable female colleagues who did stuff she wasn't capable of doing.
Add to that an urban princess who, while having some elemental skillz, also had trained and worked hard to get as good as she was at her chosen job. None of this 'magically awesome with no background or experience" rubbish.
One of the reasons I have enjoyed Robin McKinley's books, her heroines just get on with the job the best way they know how, and never wait to be saved, nor are they 'being' princesses, they are just doing what needs to be done.
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Date: 2012-07-06 07:16 am (UTC)I read the first book in the Elemental Assasins book recently, and one of the things I liked about it was how the lead princess did have friends and colleagues who were equal to her, she had a mentor, his son, and two capable female colleagues who did stuff she wasn't capable of doing.
Add to that an urban princess who, while having some elemental skillz, also had trained and worked hard to get as good as she was at her chosen job. None of this 'magically awesome with no background or experience" rubbish.
One of the reasons I have enjoyed Robin McKinley's books, her heroines just get on with the job the best way they know how, and never wait to be saved, nor are they 'being' princesses, they are just doing what needs to be done.