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I, somehow, missed logging this book as found.

The author was 18 years old, when she had this short novel published, which makes this story a rather impressively written fantasy. It is obviously written for a much younger audience than I, and doesn't have the very in-depth characterizations that adult and young adult readers usually appreciate. In regards to this, I'd give this a 3 1/2 star to 4-star rating.

The reason I'm not doing so, has to do with the characterization of girls/women in the novelette. Lines like this: "...for a woman married in green would be happy, fruitful, and submissive to her husband." and "...and we both knew a woman has never ruled in this land, and such a thing would make people mistrustful and uneasy." Throughout the story, women were hidden away, did nothing but "womanly things", and were very insignificant to the story. Even the Main Character, Judith, was weak, terrified at the drop of a hat, and did nothing of significance, even though she was supposedly the "one" who'd save this kingdom. Every decision made, every step she took, everything she did, a man was behind it all.

Added to the book exchange rack.