Hahaha, good to know I'm not alone in that. I went through the first book pretty quickly, so if the second book continues to at least be popcorn-good, then I'll give the third one a try too.

Apparently, yeah. Which is. sob, 'cause I love Wrede lots and lots. Feministing's post is a good place to start; the links kind of spiral out from there. I'm still withholding judgment until I actually get a chance to read the book itself, but the fact that she erased the American Indians in order to make the premise work is kind of ... uncomfortable.

Well, I kind of picked up the Percy Jackson series after reading your posts, so ... p-pre-emptive recing? Or I'm just a stalker, but hey.