I've been re-reading this series in large part because I remember being deeply influenced by it as a pre-teen and wanted to see how it held up.

Well, I'd had some realizations to the effect along the way, but this specific books really drove home the extent to which I modeled the kind of woman I wanted and endeavored to be on Shan Frankland.

It's fascinating to see which aspects of myself were shaped by which aspects of her. With my much greater life experience, it's interesting to watch the ways my emotional responses and judgements have evolved, too.