Mercedes Lackey
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| Original Title: | Arrow's Fall |
| ISBN: | 0886774004 (ISBN13: 9780886774004) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar #3, Valdemar (Publication order) #3, Valdemar (Chronological) #29 , more |
| Characters: | Talia Sensdaughter, Queen Selenay of Valdemar, Herald Skif, Herald Keren, Herald Sherrill, Herald Teren, Hulda (Valdemar), Herald Kris, Herald Dirk, Princess Elspeth of Valdemar, Alberich |
| Setting: | Haven, Valdemar |
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With Elspeth, the heir to the throne of Valdemar, come of marriageable age, Talia, the Queen's Own Herald returns to court to find Queen and heir beset by diplomatic intrigue as various forces vie for control of Elspeth's future.But just as Talia is about to uncover the traitor behind all these intrigues, she is sent off on a mission to the neighboring kingdom, chosen by the Queen to investigate the worth of a marriage proposal from Prince Ancar.
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| Title | : | Arrow's Fall (Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar #3) |
| Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 319 pages |
| Published | : | January 5th 1988 by Daw Books (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 20512 Users | 364 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Arrow's Fall (Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar #3)
** 8th re-read in Jan 2017This series is mature young adult. Love it! Long series done in trilogies. Each trilogy follows the same protagonist for the tree books. The next three will follow someone new but familiar. There's a huge amount of peripheral characters and a couple one-off books to give you backstory on specific individuals.This first trilogy (Arrows) follows Talia, a young and shy girl from a rough area that isn't known for treating women well. Italia gets "chosen" by one of theAnd so the disappointing Arrows of the Queen trilogy ends. This book is actually the best of the three as far as being an actual fantasy novel - we have a real mage-war, lifebonding, near-death experiences, use of Gifts, and some political intrigue. Unfortunately, all this excitement literally happens in the final third of the book. The latter two-thirds are AGAIN plagued with the what-if-she-thinks, what-if-he-thinks of the second book. People, you are GROWN ADULTS, some of you with TELEPATHIC
3.5 starsI keep finding myself wondering what I would've thought of these books when they were first published in the late 80s/early 90s. Those would've been my Babysitters' Club days and I no doubt would've loved these books too. Talking (sort of) magical horses? Adventures and intrigue? Yep, I would've eaten these up. Now though? I am liking them, sometimes even enjoying them, but the flaws are evident and keep me from really loving them, at least so far. They are a product of their time, for
this whole trilogy underwhelmed me. the writing wasn't fantastic, it was a little simplistic both in plot and in character development. there was a lot of telling, not a lot of showing; there was barely a time when i felt any emotional connection to any of the characters. that said, the plot wasn't awful, the world creation was decent, and i think if the different plot threads had all been woven together instead of brought up and dealt with episodically the entire trilogy would have been much
Teen angst and non-communication. This one made me think of Ron and Hermione through their early non-relationship period. Ugh. Enough happens other than the romance side to at least get it to three stars, but no recommendation here.
A seriously beautiful conclusion to Talias journey. I will be reading more of Mercedes Lackeys stories because the worldbuilding and relationships are beautiful. I loved the conclusion to Talias story. About how everything went with her, Elspeth, Kris, Dirk and more. One I have missed these past two books are Janus. While only natural, he was one that I enjoyed but the glimses we get of him is really worth it.I would say this book is all in all, about finding yourself and finding your true
Well that was a WILD ride. Pacing? Unnecessary. Consistent tone? That would just be limiting. The ending voyeuristically implies the dead best friend is possibly literally watching Talia's wedding night.I did (mostly) enjoy it. It picked up with the political intrigue and magic horses where book 2 was so lacking in both. I didn't agree with the execution of some of the plot points but I can't say it was boring even if I did roll my eyes a lot at Dirk drinking himself into a stupor over literally
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