

(Although most of the Briggs books have tended to be paperback originals with no hardcover edition). If you feel strongly about the high quality of an author, always buy in hardcover. Authors are usually pretty forthcoming on panels about what makes their work tick.

You could always direct the question to Briggs if you get to a convention she's attending. Perhaps she's trying to grab some of the John Norman market. Maybe it's a ploy to increase sales to a different segment of the market. Supernatural girl makes good and turns said fictional societal norms on their head. Maybe it's something Briggs will address at a later date. They can vote with their wallet by not purchasing any further books. The reader can make a choice about whether the world created by the author is something they can be happy with. If Briggs has chosen submission for her female characters, she wouldn't be the first and she won't be the last.

It's fiction, the author can make a choice about how their fantasy world works.
