Reread via audiobook and I'm a little disappointed I never did an in depth review for this book because it so deserves it. But I probably won't bother now. I'll save it for the next reread. I adore this series and especially this first book. It feels so much like my childhood. Usually when I review rereads via audiobook I only comment on the audiobook production itself and my only note here is that the narrator (an American) does an awful British accent for some of the characters, seemingly at random. It was annoying the the nth degree.

1. It doesn't make sense to pick and choose characters at random to be British. The prince sounds American, but many of the nobility raised at court sound British. George, raised as a commoner in the city, sounds American, but most of the other commoners sound British (although a different accent from the nobility).

2. It's just such a bad accent. Like so bad.

The audiobook isn't terrible if you can get past that, but sometimes it was really difficult.

***

A reread for me and one of my old favorites. I fell in love with Alanna when I was 12 and still love her today. This book is fantastic for it's character development. Some of the action does feel a little simplistic and the challenges too easy to overcome, but it's an amazing book and one of my absolute favorites.

(Tagged as both MG and YA because while this book is MG, the series as a whole is YA)