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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Greatest book!,
By Bobby Ho (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Herald Mage Trilogy #1 Magics Pawn (Mass Market Paperback)
this is the first book that i read by mercedes lackey and boy am i glad that my friend recommended it.everything about this book is wonderful. Its exciting and emotional and lackey is amazingly apt at creating characters that you feel you know and love. the main character vanyel starts out as a bit of a stuck up brat and transforms into a wonderful young man under the care of his aunt in Haven, the capital city of the kingdom Valdamar. he discovers the love of his life tylendel and just as his life is coming together, a tragedy tears it apart. i won't tell you what it is because that would ruin the book so go get it now!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love at first sight!,
By Ruetha (Murfreesboro, TN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Herald Mage Trilogy #1 Magics Pawn (Mass Market Paperback)
My girlfriend has a great affinity for finding slashy books that make our hearts palpitate and keep us entranced for the duration-- if not longer. This is one of those books.I know that if not for this book, I'd never have gotten into any of the Heralds of Valdemar books. The idea of a young man pressured into a mold he does not fit and punished for that which he cannot help is something many people can sympathize with. Vanyel is a young boy whose only intrest is music -- he longs with all his heart to be a Bard; however, he is heir to his father's holdings. Withern, Vanyel's father, has for all of Van's life tried to make the boy fit a mold he was never meant to fit. His trying does more harm than good and fed up with the inability to make Vanyel into the man he thinks Van should be, sends him off to be fostered at Valdemar's capital with the boy's Herald-Mage aunt, Savil. In a stunning tale of romance, Van's life whirls out of control and into 'unforseen' directions for the young man. After rereading this book too many times to remember, it does seem a little trite and simplistic -- but I think that's what makes it so dear to me. Yes, by the covers of the following books in the trilogy you know that somehow Van becomes a Herald-Mage (assumably the Last Herald-Mage, by the title of the trilogy), but how things occur and the pain or joy of each happening is just wonderful. I read the back of this book then started it and found myself asking "ok, I thought he was a Herald... what gives?" But it all comes together in this beautifully written story. My problems with Mercedes Lackey's works aren't really tied to the errors in the printing or anything like that, it's the time frame jumps between certain books. Particularly in the Last Herald-Mage Trilogy. Ten years between book one and two, quite a few more between books two and three... And Van changes ever so much between books! I die to know more details about Van's adventures. And even as much as that frustrates me, makes me utterly curious, I still find this trilogy to be one of my all time favourites. If you love to feel all gooey inside and get torn to tears at times, this is a GREAT book for you. Personally, I like Pawn and Price best of the three, and in my opinion, you could skip Promise entirely and have a complete and wonderful story. But then what's the fun in that? The more Vanyel, the better!
4.0 out of 5 stars
The book that got me hooked on Valdemar,
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This review is from: Last Herald Mage Trilogy #1 Magics Pawn (Mass Market Paperback)
This is also the turning point in the Valdemar series, where you can really tell that Lackey has found her voice and has settled into a comfortable and refined style that carries her through the rest of the books she writes. It's smooth, it's detailed, and it's captivating. The way she handles deep emotional scenes is wonderful, and I'm always entertained by the way she writes the thoughts and observations of the character whose viewpoint we're seeing. Unlike some, who will only write the important and relevent thoughts of a character, Lackey will take the time and space to have them seem realistic in their random observations and jokes and misconceptions. Some may consider it a waste of space, but I consider it a sign that the author has a good handle on how people actually behave and think.True, there are problems with this book. It has its inconsistancies, as I think every Valdemar novel has by this point, but it even makes a few internal flubs, such as referring to a period of 60 minutes as an hour instead of the series-established candlemark. But the internal errors are few and far between, and most of them are only evident if you're really paying attention for them. Maybe people who dislike this trilogy do so because Vanyel's a whiny little brat and they can't stand his emo tendancies. I have to admit, they do have a point. Even other characters point out that he's a brat. In fairness to him as a character, though, a large part of his bratty nature was posturing, another large part was because he had a screwed up set of circumstances and issue that don't end up getting resolved until well into adulthood, and thirdly, he was 15! Think back to when you were 15, and I bet you were brattier then than you are now. For this, I cut the guy some slack. And luckily for me, the way Lackey writes pulls me through the story so swiftly that it doesn't feel like an entire book has passed before I get to see him grow up and mature! Even though this book has its issues, it will still always hold a special place in my heart and on my shelves, and I still highly recommend this trilogy to those who enjoy Lackey's other works, and to those who want to give Valdemar a try but don't want to sit through a less-polished writing style.
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