The Blue Fairy's Bookshelf

Divided Allegiance and Oath of Gold (The Deed of Paksennarion 2 and 3) Elizabeth Moon, 1988, 1989 Premise: Sequels to Sheepfarmer's Daughter . The continuing adventures of mercenary Paks as she decides what kind of warrior she wants to be. Content warnings for torture and more, explained below. I had such mixed feelings about these books. I liked them, sort of? Despite the clunky way the story seemed to wander and skip important bits. Except then you have the climax and point of the third book, which.... nope.  I liked book two, on the whole. The mercenary company Paks is part of begins to be involved with some less-than-savory work, so she breaks off on her own. She has two separate adventures, which both point gently toward her being a destined hero, but from her perspective she's just trying to do right by her family and the communities she passes through. Finally, she ends up enrolling in paladin training and the second half of the book turns into "adventures at pal