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GondorGirl
Into the West | Mercedes Lackey
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Just popping in to say hello! Show season has started and I've been crazy busy and haven't kept up with Litsy the way I'd like to. (And yes, I owe some people #LitsyLove letters, too)

Pippin and I have taken the evening off and are cuddled up reading the latest Valdemar trilogy and drinking tea.

RaeLovesToRead Pippin!!! 🤗🤗🤗 3d
AmyG Enjoy, you two. Hope the season is going well! 3d
GondorGirl @AmyG It is! But four shows in five weeks is exhausting and I'm ready for a few days off. 3d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩷🩷🩷 3d
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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 💕🐶💝. 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐾❤️🐶 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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iread2much @AnnCrystal 💜🐕 2mo
iread2much @dabbe 💜💜 2mo
Leftcoastzen Awwww! Super 🥰 cute! 1mo
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? 1mo
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. 1mo
iread2much @Leftcoastzen thank you! 1mo
iread2much @CatLass007 😁 her name is Aloy, after my favorite video game character 😊💜🐕 1mo
CatLass007 What a cool name! 1mo
iread2much @CatLass007 thank you! 😊 1mo
CatLass007 She‘s still just a pup, isn‘t she? How old is she? 1mo
iread2much @CatLass007 yes, she‘s about 14-ish weeks. 1mo
CatLass007 She‘s got a lot of growing left to do. 1mo
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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. 2mo
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TorieStorieS
Anything With Nothing | Mercedes Lackey
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Pickpick

This latest short story anthology marks the 17th one set in Valdemar. Beside it, is the first—published in 1997—& admittedly, the last one that I read. I‘ve never been a big fan of the short fiction format, but I am a huge fan of Lackey and after the last few weeks, I could think of nothing better than the familiarity of this wonderful world she created. This is a mix of stories— some with firmer foundations than others but makes for a fun read!

GondorGirl I have all of the anthologies and really enjoy that some of the stories have continued from each collection to the next. And Misty's stories are always lovely. I can't wait to read this newest addition. 4mo
TorieStorieS @GondorGirl After reading the author info at the end, I realized that must be the case- I have added the middle volumes now to my used bookstore wishlist! One day, I want to re-read the entire series! It‘s been so long since I‘ve done that and with these anthologies, there would be plenty new to me! 4mo
GondorGirl @TorieStorieS I just had a Facebook memory pop up from the last time I did an entire series re-read. It was seven years ago. Maybe I'll take a month this winter and devote it to Valdemar. 4mo
TorieStorieS @GondorGirl I think my last re-read was 15 years ago! I have read a few of the newer books here and there but it‘s been too long! (edited) 4mo
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SpeculativeFemale
Arrows of the Queen | Mercedes Lackey
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#AutumnPlease Day 7

Pulled out an old favorite with a flowing #scarf on the cover 🧡

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Brilliant 🧣❤️🐎 6mo
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rwmg
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Magic's Pawn:
Exasperated by his musical, dandy-ish, unmartial son Vanyel, Lord Withen sends him to stay with Savil, the boy's aunt at the court in Haven, as a punishment.

A quick, enjoyable coming-of-age, if rather overwrought, story set in a magic world. I think I would have enjoyed it even more if I'd read it when it first came out and was closer to Vanyel's age. ⬇

rwmg Magic's Promise
12 years later, Vanyel is now a seasoned Herald-Mage in desperate need of rest and recuperation and so returns home to Forst Reach where he has to deal with some unresolved issues from his childhood and a dangerous political situation across the borders.

A quick read which kept me turning the pages to see what happened next without it being particularly emotionally engaging. ⬇
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rwmg Magic's Price
Can the singing of a young Bard help ease the pain of the King of Valdemar, who is slowly dying?

I felt this one dragged a bit in places and there seemed to be a lot more typos in the text. But it was still a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
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GondorGirl These were the books that got me into fantasy as a tween. While they aren't my favorite Valdemar books, they're always going to hold a special place in my heart. 6mo
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Quote opens the third book in the omnibus

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iread2much
Gryphon in Light | Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon
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Mehso-so

I ❤️ that this is following up on the🦉 Knight series, which I need to reread, but YuCk to forcing in political commentary. I like political commentary, but it should be part of the story, and it is NOT here. Once they get that out of the way, it‘s a good book.
A griffin stops a rebellion and saves a Valdemar commander, but ancient magic is used to save the griffin, leading to complications and a quest.
3/5 read for the second half of the book

dabbe Castle, you crack me up. 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
iread2much @dabbe he can be pretty funny sometimes 6mo
dabbe @iread2much His coat is uber-gorgeous in this pick! 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
iread2much @dabbe thank you! It‘s rare for a brindle to be so clear, his mother‘s brindle coat is amazing! 6mo
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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
Gryphon in Light | Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon
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Mehso-so

The Valdemar series is a favorite of mine stemming from high school, and I try to keep up with the new installments, even if I don't think they quite capture the spark of Lackey's earlier work. I do think it's a bit fascinating how Lackey is exploring alternately between the early and most recent history of Valdemar in her most recent books.

2 down for #SummerEndReadathon!
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TheSpineView Awesome! 6mo
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