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Summary: It goes beyond words
Review: I absolutly luved this last series! I've been a fan for a long time and Owlknight, I think, really wrapped it all up. I don't understand how anyone could have not liked it. There was a great plot and the characters seemed so real to me. The fact that she co-wrote with Dixon added a different style and flavor to the writing. I hope to continue to read her books for a long time.
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Summary: It has renewed MY interest.
Review: Yes, my interest in Misty's Velgarth novels did wane a bit in the middle of this triology. The first one was pretty good, I don't remember an exact opinion of it as I read it years ago when it first came out and have since read many other things in between... ;) It was the second book, Owlsight, that I was very disappointed in. It seemed like it had been written "just to be written". It was - well, this isn't about that book, so suffice it to say, it certainly wasn't her best work. However, this triology was an interesting tale to me, somewhat poorly handled but interesting all the same, and that's the only reason I FINALLY stopped putting off buying and reading Owlknight. I'm not quite finished with it, only on chapter six or seven, but it was so much better than Owlsight that I had to let people know. Comparing it to The Last Herald-Mage and Arrow's triologies isn't really fair. NOTHING will ever be as good as those. ^_~* Owlknight is definitely worth the buy. If you found your interest in Velgarth waning like I did, give Owlknight a chance to renew your faith in Misty. It's still not her best work overall, but it's certainly heading the Velgarth novels back in the right direction. ^_^*
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Summary: Focus on the moment
Review: I read Owlknight, and I was a little dissapointed at the repitition of "Darian loves girl, girl can't make up her mind" but at least in this book, they got up and moved. In the others in the trilogy I got an overall impression of 'lets hang around the vale and talk' But after reading all these extremely negative,(not to mention whiny) reviews, I must say I'm dissapointed in the critics. You constantly compare this book to the others she has written, yet, this book is not even in the same catagory! Yes it touches on some of the same basic ideas, but it is not a herald story, it is not a mage story, it is a hawkbrother story. And pretty much, this trilogy was her first that focused only on that race. Mage Winds did also, but not as intensly and closely. I think you(the critics) are making the mistake of mixing up her writing styles. She tried something new, and not everyone is going to like it of course. If you 'just have to' hear about a new herald or something, why not write a book yourself? It's much more satisfying to control the characters, but it takes a lot of work, I know. I started writing a book 3 months ago and I barely even have 3 chapters! Well, that's all I wanted to say. Oh, about the book itself. If you are an all the way Lackey fan, buy the book, because it is good. If you are only a, 'sort of' fan, read it from the library before making your decision.
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Summary: Why's everyone being so harsh?
Review: I'm giving this book five stars, not because it's Misty's best work, but because even Misty's worst work would be amazing compared to most of the stuff on the market. I really don't think this book deserves a bad review. I thorougly enjoyed it and, while the Owls trilogy wasn't as good as LHM, it was still some really increadible writing. After all, what is as good as LHM? I mean, really? All I'm saying is that I don't think Owlknight deserves some of these bad reviews, and it would be a big mistake not to read it because of them.
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Summary: It's not that bad!
Review: I read the reviews here, and it really put me off buying the book. Then my locol library got the book and I desided to read it from curiousity. Now granted, this isn't up to Lackey's usual standards but it beats Owl Sight hands down. The plot wasn't as fast as most of her books, and you did get REALLY annoyed at Keisha at points (but she came through in the end and started acting sensably). This is nice 'cause you get a better idea of Darian's past and it puts a close to that chapter in his life. All in all, not a bad book.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: Misty Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar and Last Herald Mage were fantastic, they opened me up to the world of fantasy, they erased a lot of the prejudices I had against certain types of people. Velgarth (which is the world this takes place in) went downhill from there. I hated this book, it seemed very juvenile and childish to me, and I myself am only twelve years old! I didn't at all identify with the characters, I didn't laugh or cry, in fact, I only just finished this series last week and already I've forgotten the name of his insecure Healer mate! I truly wish Mercedes Lackey's Brightly Burning, another Valdemar novel will be better than this, because she can do much much better than this! I understand that she wrote this book for young adults, but I often like those books, and besides, I *am* a young adult! I also, for some strange reason, did not like the way she wrote about the "famous" people- such as Elspeth and Darkwind and Firesong. I don't know why, she had every reason to write them in as heroes, but still. Ugh. If you really must read them, get it from the library and enjoy your hours of misery as you quickly scan through this redundant and somewhat shallow book.
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Summary: Tepid rehash that's all been done before
Review: Ms. Lackey has some wonderful books out there, but this trilogy isn't even on the list. She struck gold with the Last Herald-Mage, giving readers *real* people to care about. I suspect that's about the only trilogy she ever "saw" from beginning to end. The others all seem like little "moments" she thought of and then tried to string together via formulaic narrative.Despite her attempts to make this trilogy interesting, it's the same emotional ground she hashes over and over and over: petulant misfit must face trials before finding true love/life's destiny. OK, Vanyel did it, too, and, granted, his "I must be alone" was just *this* side of Thomas Covenant's "Don't touch me"; but Vanyel also grew as a person. None of Lackey's other characters - Talia, Elspeth, Kethry, Tamra - have even come close. Now she can add the characters of the Owlflight/Hawkbrothers trilogy to that list. I care absolutely nothing about these people and can easily put the book down for something as mundane as a Jack in the Box commercial. At least Jack comes up with new gimmicks while Mercedes is boring and repetitive. Save your money and find these in a used bookstore; there should be plenty.
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Summary: Thanks for the advice
Review: To the other disgruntled readers of Ms. Lackey... Thank you for warding me away from Knight. I posess the first 2, but will save my money for when Ms. Lackey returns to her former writing glory of the Arrows, Mage and Mage Storm series. As a former member of the fan club, my Herald persona longs for those days.
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Summary: Good, but needs help...lot's of help...
Review: Ms. Lackey, you're a great author, but I want to read more about the Heralds, not some lovestruck idiot who runs around with an odd Healer. Can we get some more about Kerowyn, or have the Empire launch an attack, or something? I mean, it is way too "and they all lived happily ever after" in this trilogy. No more tears for Vanyel or Kris, no more passionate romances. As much as I love the Hawkbrothers, this trilogy just doesn't compare. Let's have something happen, not just have an idiot mage tromping around in the forest with his mate. Let's get some action! Good luck....
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Summary: Worse and worse...
Review: I agree with most of these other reviewers (and with my own reviews of the two previous books in these series). This is sub-par for ML. Worse, it's sub-par even for this sub-par trilogy. Steelmind and Shandi, interesting characters who were all but ignored or given one-dimensional treatment in books 1 and 2, suddenly try to become viable and developing characters here---but it's too little, too late. What little we do see of them is secondhand, from the perspective of the far more tiresome Darian and Keisha. Since Darian and Keisha are the focus of the book---can't we get a little romance? Their courtship occurred between books 2 and 3, so we encounter them well past the "honeymoon" period of their relationship. It's tough to empathize with the pre-marital troubles of a romantic couple when you never get a chance to view them as "romantic." And---call this a minor quibble. But where the hell is Kuari? He's plastered all over the cover, he's a partial subject of the title, and there's almost no attention given to him, or any of the other Tayledras birds. These are *Hawkbrothers,* and we get more character development of the dyheli they ride on than the birds who are bonded to their souls. Just one more thing that makes this the worst of an already-bad trilogy. ML needs to stop trying to give her husband a job (fortunately, we aren't forced to endure full-page panels of his bland and airbrushed artwork in this volume) and *write.*
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