For so many years, there were no heroines. 
 Decades. Girls like me learned to accept that. Not that we didnt identify with them, we did, but well, they didnt quite have the same problems.* So when we found one, we clung to her, a rare gem in which the lead character did have to deal with the stereotype of the submissive female. 
 In her Tearling series, Erika Johansen gives us a new heroine to cling to. And while the field isnt so empty these days, every addition to it is still worth celebrating. 
 That said, this is clearly a love it or hate it series. Frankly i like it. There's some suspension of disbelief involved, and I think the plot holes some argue over can be filled with a little reading-between-the-lines. it's light fantasy guys, lighten up a little. 
 Overall its a decent read, worth picking up in paperback or eBook form if your stack is a little low. 
 *A sad irony is that I identified strongly with Raymond Feist's Pug, long before he started making anti-feminist statements