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Valdemar
Valdemar | Mercedes Lackey
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The long-awaited story of the founding of Valdemar comes to life in this 3rd book of a trilogy from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist. The refugees from the Empire have established a thriving city called Haven (…more)
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iread2much
Valdemar | Mercedes Lackey
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Mehso-so

This started off really well, but it got really bogged down in the later part of the book. I think Lackey tried to cram too much in and got lost trying to make some things work.
The business of setting up a kingdom eventually forces someone to become king, and Valdemar‘s new king is gifted Companions through an alliance of gods. Then they must establish that Companions are good and fight some evil.
2/5 disappointing but not awful.

AnnCrystal 💕🐶💝. 14mo
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iread2much @AnnCrystal 💜🐕 14mo
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Leftcoastzen Awwww! Super 🥰 cute! 14mo
CatLass007 I‘m sorry the book was only so-so, but it looks like you have a great reading companion. 💕🐕 What‘s the baby‘s name? I know there‘s a #CatsOfLitsy but is there a #DogsOfLitsy? 14mo
CatLass007 I just checked and there are over 6000 posts using that tag. And now you‘re on there because I used the tag. I always forget to tag it when one of my posts includes one of my cats. 14mo
iread2much @Leftcoastzen thank you! 14mo
iread2much @CatLass007 😁 her name is Aloy, after my favorite video game character 😊💜🐕 14mo
CatLass007 What a cool name! 14mo
iread2much @CatLass007 thank you! 😊 14mo
CatLass007 She‘s still just a pup, isn‘t she? How old is she? 14mo
iread2much @CatLass007 yes, she‘s about 14-ish weeks. 14mo
CatLass007 She‘s got a lot of growing left to do. 14mo
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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
Valdemar | Mercedes Lackey
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Mehso-so

Somewhat anticlimactic end to the founding trilogy. I do wonder if I was expecting too much from it - clarifying the mystery of how the Companions came to exist is no small feat!

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards I think part of the problem is that the book is too plot-driven; it felt like it knew what points it had to flesh out, given that it is a prequel. Unfortunately, that meant that it relied far too much on the reader knowing why certain characters were significant from their legendary status in the (chronologically) future books, rather than doing the work in this book to make me care about them. 14mo
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