If you loved watching Talia navigate lessons, ethics, and etiquette at the Collegium after being Chosen by Rolan — all while balancing court duties as the Queen’s Own trainee and mentoring Elspeth — you’ll click with Keladry’s first year as a page in Tortall. In First Test, Kel faces daily combat drills, codes of conduct, and skeptical nobles much like Talia’s early hurdles at court, and she builds the same steady confidence through discipline, mentors, and earned responsibility.

Talia’s life reorients the instant Rolan Chooses her — the quiet mindtouch, the lifelong partnership, the way duty crystallizes through that bond. In Dragonflight, Lessa’s Impression with the queen dragon Ramoth delivers that same lightning-strike connection: telepathy, shared will, and a calling that ties personal growth to public duty. If the Talia–Rolan bond moved you, Lessa and Ramoth’s partnership will sweep you up.

Coming from the Holderkin, Talia finds kindness and loyalty among Heralds, Bards, and Healers — a court-built family that steadies her as she protects Princess Elspeth and serves Queen Selenay. In The Goblin Emperor, Maia steps into a hostile court and slowly gathers a circle of decent, steadfast allies. If you cherished how Talia’s community forms around her in the palace and Collegium, Maia’s gentle, hopeful court found family will feel like home.

Watching Talia mature — from a frightened girl fleeing the Holderkin to a poised Herald balancing studies, ethics, and the safety of Elspeth — is the beating heart of Arrows of the Queen. Alanna: The First Adventure delivers that same spark: a determined young heroine pushing through grueling training, court politics, and expectations to claim who she is. If Talia’s steady rise and first true victories stirred you, Alanna’s early triumphs will, too.

Talia learns not just skills at the Collegium but a vocation — choosing compassion, responsibility, and service as the Queen’s Own trainee, even amid court threats to Elspeth. In Sabriel, a young woman inherits a role bound by duty and hard choices, learning to wield power ethically while crossing dangerous borders. If Talia’s discovery of purpose beyond her Holderkin past resonated, Sabriel’s path toward understanding and owning her calling will, too.