Lioness Rampant vs Trickster's Choice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Alanna, Tortall, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction, Fiction
Lioness Rampant
“On a March afternoon a knight and a man-at-arms reached the gate of the Marenite city of Berat.”
"I'm not sure I want to be a hero anymore." Having achieved her dream of becoming the first female knight errant, Alanna of Trebond is not sure what to do next. Perhaps being a knight errant is not all that Alanna…
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Trickster's Choice
Tamora Pierce brings readers another Tortall adventure! Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly follows in the quieter footsteps of her father, however,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Trickster's Choice has the widest readership — 68340 ratings behind its score.
- Trickster's Choice runs the darker storyline; Lioness Rampant stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Lioness Rampant | Trickster's Choice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (68340) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (193) | 4.2 (79) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (281) | 4.5 (112) |
Reception
| Lioness Rampant | Trickster's Choice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 281 | 68340 |
| Editions | 25 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 33030 |
| Reading it now | — | 951 |
| Written reviews | — | 1796 |
| Wikipedia attention | 352 | 213 |
| Pages | 336 | 432 |