The Protector of the Small quartet

I admit, I was put off reading these books by the title of the series(misspelled), but I had read pretty much every other Tamora Pierce book in existence at that point, because I'm a big fan of her work. This is pretty much my favorite quartet in the tortal series(misspelled). Mostly because of one character, Nealan of Queenscove. He is awesome. Neal (as he is called) is an intellectual who for some reason decided to become a knight. He has a dry sense of humor, and a very entertaining temper. I would say, read these books just cuz he's in them, although that's not the only reason. Overall (I feel like I'm wrapping up a school paper), these are good books. (lame wrapping up on my part, but who cares.)