Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales

Many of these stories were pure squee for this girl who met Alanna ([b:Alanna: The First Adventure 13831 Alanna The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1) Tamora Pierce https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388206270s/13831.jpg 1936544]) half a lifetime ago. Short snippets of how my friends were going was lovely. And, because they are my friends, I probably forgive this book some sins. Certainly, I wasn't a fan of the urban fantasy story, the straight up fiction-based-on-reality story right at the end.If you're a fan of Aly (or Nawat), or Kitten (or Daine and Numair), or want to know what happened to that tree Numair turned into a man, read this book.