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A review by freekat77
The Warrior Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
3.0
This is my first time reading a book by Melanie Dickerson and overall I found it enjoyable to read. This is a very different retelling of Mulan, she's in a totally different country with a different religion, different language, different everything! But that's the beauty of a retelling, it doesn't have to be close to the original at all. Mulan is still a strong character in this book, maybe more headstrong than strong natured but she sticks to her wits throughout the whole book.
The only thing I didn't particularly care for is how early on she's revealed as being a woman warrior. It happens within the first half of the book and nobody really seems to care except the Teutonic Knights. I found it very hard to believe that during whatever time period, minus modern times, that this would just be wholly accepted. After she's found out, not a whole lot changes but the whole second half of the books becomes more of what will happen between Mulan and Wolfgang and less about the war.
ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
The only thing I didn't particularly care for is how early on she's revealed as being a woman warrior. It happens within the first half of the book and nobody really seems to care except the Teutonic Knights. I found it very hard to believe that during whatever time period, minus modern times, that this would just be wholly accepted. After she's found out, not a whole lot changes but the whole second half of the books becomes more of what will happen between Mulan and Wolfgang and less about the war.
ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review