Well well, I've been away for a while. In the past few months I've been doing a lot of code compiling, which gave me time to read quite a few Valdemar books. Er, I guess 14 by now. So I guess they're pretty good. 
I hadn't realized how much of the DW magic system comes from Valdemar, but it's a good choice. It's a nice consistent system with specific kinds of powers, but it's flexible enough to do just about anything and is used very inventively.
Lackey's beginnings are much better than her endings. I don't know why, but the denouements nearly always feel too short to me, with maybe the exceptions being Exile's Honor and Magic's Price so far. The White Gryphon feels like the weakest of all the books to me, because a mystery genre story is far less interesting when you know the identity of the killer at the beginning. But it was still interesting, largely because of the new culture and the culture clash.
Now that I got the complaining out of the way, Mercedes Lackey is really good at the man-against-nature type stories. And she knows her stuff with horses and raptors. The angsty parts are done well. And the romance... When I was reading Vanyel's story, a friend of mine from college called up, and told me how much he missed me. With the combination of the two, well, shinzo ga dokidoki shimashita. Dammit Lackey, you're turning me shay'a'chern.
I wonder if Doug has ever considered using final strike on an opponent. Although... */me googles* ... it does look like a boomer tried it in DW2:6. lol. Well, thanks for the recommendations everyone, it's been a lot of fun, and there are still quite a few books to go.
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I hadn't realized how much of the DW magic system comes from Valdemar, but it's a good choice. It's a nice consistent system with specific kinds of powers, but it's flexible enough to do just about anything and is used very inventively.
Lackey's beginnings are much better than her endings. I don't know why, but the denouements nearly always feel too short to me, with maybe the exceptions being Exile's Honor and Magic's Price so far. The White Gryphon feels like the weakest of all the books to me, because a mystery genre story is far less interesting when you know the identity of the killer at the beginning. But it was still interesting, largely because of the new culture and the culture clash.
Now that I got the complaining out of the way, Mercedes Lackey is really good at the man-against-nature type stories. And she knows her stuff with horses and raptors. The angsty parts are done well. And the romance... When I was reading Vanyel's story, a friend of mine from college called up, and told me how much he missed me. With the combination of the two, well, shinzo ga dokidoki shimashita. Dammit Lackey, you're turning me shay'a'chern.
I wonder if Doug has ever considered using final strike on an opponent. Although... */me googles* ... it does look like a boomer tried it in DW2:6. lol. Well, thanks for the recommendations everyone, it's been a lot of fun, and there are still quite a few books to go.
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