Girl Takes Up Her Sword (An Emily Kane Adventure Book 3)

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Lists with This Book. Jan 27, Teresa Copeland rated it it was amazing. Awesome read This is a wonderful series. I can't seem to stop reading. It's rare I will buy a series so you can see how much I love them.

Jun 22, Sadie Forsythe rated it really liked it Shelves: Emily has found her confidence and though she's still trying to give the occasional kick against Granny's fate she has largely accepted her place in the cosmos. And oh, what a place it is! Emily is a strong, independent, self-assured heroine. So often in YA fiction authors present mixed messages on this front. A girl might have mad skills or some super power, but she doesn't have the heart to re Girl Takes up Her Sword is book 3 of The Emily Kane Adventures and I honestly think it's the best yet.

A girl might have mad skills or some super power, but she doesn't have the heart to really do what needs to be done. The implicit message being that she is too soft or weak to really be strong after all. There's often some hero sidekick who actually saves her from dirtying her hands, thereby co-opting her presentation as a truly strong heroine. Antoine has the integrity to let Emily be as strong as she needs to be. Now, I'm not saying she doesn't regret the things she has to do or even that she isn't occasionally disgusted about them, but she also doesn't back down from them or hesitate so long some man takes over for her.

And believe me she is surrounded by plenty of strong, well trained men. I respect this immensely. I only have two real qualms with the story and they are related. So it could actually be one multidimensional problem. Either way, I'm gonna sketch it out, but first let me say that I understand why the author wrote it this way.

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I see the message he's trying to convey with it. I just thought it was a little too much for me to accept. First off, despite being a senior in high school Emily is very much in charge in this book. In one way or another black ops soldiers take orders from her. Elite assassins take orders from her. Her sensei takes orders from her. Her mother takes orders from her.

Her friends take orders from her. Her friends' parents take orders from her. The Yakuza take orders from her.

Burly biker dudes take orders from her. There is almost no one who has any control over her or even has the backbone to say 'no' to her. The issue of her unrestrained independence is bothersome. No one, including adults who should, can influence or control Emily's behavior. For younger readers, this might not really be the best example to follow, although a certain degree of assertiveness is good. I will say that I have read each of the five so far books in this series and I have enjoyed them immensely.

In my opinion each book is as good as the others. I found them easily readable without a tendency for my mind to drift. For me that is high praise. I am giving this very positive review because I would like to help others looking for something good to read. I'm rereading the series again in preparation for reading 7 for the first time.

It this book AND the series continues to appeal to me.

Note that a 4 star rating from me is very high. I doubt that I have given 5 stars to 40 books out of the roughly 50, that I have read in my lifetime. Get to Know Us.

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