I agree - so far, Aly is the biggest Mary Sue of all the Tortall books. After I got past how fun the books were the first time around - and they were, I really enjoyed them - I became extremely unimpressed by how she can do absolutely freaking everything, even more than Alanna.
And they really would have benefited from allowing the (older, more experienced) other characters from having a few ideas now and again.
As for "Trickster's Choice" being her weakest book so far...have you read "Terrier"?
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I agree - so far, Aly is the biggest Mary Sue of all the Tortall books. After I got past how fun the books were the first time around - and they were, I really enjoyed them - I became extremely unimpressed by how she can do absolutely freaking everything, even more than Alanna.
And they really would have benefited from allowing the (older, more experienced) other characters from having a few ideas now and again.
As for "Trickster's Choice" being her weakest book so far...have you read "Terrier"?