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Summary: These are the best books I have ever read
Review: To tell the truth, once I started reading the first book, I didn't stop until I finished it. Then I bought the other two. I have honestly read these books 20 times in a row without tiring of them. It just amazes me how someone can write something that will fascinate a person like me. I am 14, but am a bookworm. I have read probably thousands of books, but if I had to choose between all the books in the world and the Herald Mage Trilogy, I would choose the Trilogy. All I can say is GET THE BOOKS. You will never again think the same of horses, or magic. It really all makes logical sense about the way magic and people used to work together. I'm going to shut up now before I go read the books another 20 times without stopping. Mercedes Lakey is and will always be the best writer in my world.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!
Review: This book made me cry myself to sleep(I had stayed up into the wee hours of the morning finishing it)!!! The whole trilogy makes you think, and in the process fall in love with Vanyel and Co.!!! Words can not begin to describe how extraordinarily good this book is.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read
Review: Okay. I'm only 14, and I read this book when I was very young, 11. The first time I read it I cried so much. It gave me such a wide view on homosexuality and everything that I'm amazed. I see the writing flaws- I'm in a writing program, so I can tell, but they don't matter. The book is so emotional you learn to ignore them. I don't cry. This book made me almost hysterical.
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Summary: Exquisite, Excellent, Exceptional
Review: I must have clung to the books for months before I could bear to return it to my friend (who gratiously loaned it to me). I love it, I love it. I can find no other words to describe it, other than Mercedes was wonderful and so Vanyel was wonderful. I cry everytime I reach the end of Magic's Price and I am just so filled with joy when Stefan is reunited with Vanyel. Every time I read Magic's Pawn and Magic's Price, I am struck by the feeling of love that Vanyel has for his lover. And I am left with the feeling that love between two men is so ... I don't know. So loving and warm and ... wonderful. And here I'd like to wish all gay lovers the best and my love always. 'Cos I also have a gay friend whose looking for his Lifebonded. Bless you all and Mercedes Lackey for putting those feelings and emotions on paper so well.
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Summary: INCREDIBLE
Review: This book... this trilogy... there are not enough words in the English language to completely convey how utterly incredible these books are. Especially Magic's Price. This is the first (and last) book to actually make me cry; I've read this book easily 50 times, and I bawl like a baby every single time. Mercedes Lackey created a wonderful character in Vanyel, one that I think just about everyone (shay'a'chern or not) can relate to in some way. Aside from the obviously superb plot, the book is also well-written and moves at a good pace... I admit that Magic's Pawn dragged a bit (the first half, at least), but not so with this volume! A definite "must-read"!!!! (can you tell I LOVE this book?!)On a side note... adding to another customer review... when I read the Arrows books I noticed immediately that Kris's Companion was named Tantris... and did anyone else notice how Kero's Companion is called Sayvel, and she is just as wonderfully cynical and cantankerous as Van's Aunt Savil?! Very interesting....
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: I don't know exactly what it is about these books, but every time I read Magic's Price, I get this overwhelming urge to cry. I NEVER cry for books, 'cos I'm generally not the crying kind. The feeling of this book is bittersweet melancholy, but that doesn't totally explain my inclination to tears. As one might realize from reading all the other reviews concerning the Last Herald Mage trilogy, perhaps its greatest virtue is the amount of empathy and identification that the reader feels with its main character, Vanyel. He is just a really, really, incredibly great character. Long-suffering, honorable, HUMAN, filled with pain and loneliness, he is a perfectly perfect character. I first discovered Lackey when I was eleven, or twelve, with the Arrows of the Queen series. I liked Talia and her story, but now, years later, I can't quite get into it quite the same way I did when I was younger. I first read this series right after Arrows, and still, today at nineteen, I enjoy Magic's Price with almost the same fervor and sighing sadness. I read it now with an eye to the things I didn't notice the first time around; the writing is occasionally awkward, sometimes lacking polish and panache, the humor's kinda corny, etc. But still, the force of the story, Vanyel's story, grabs me by the throat with the same power. This is Lackey's greatest work, no question. Her other Valdemaran books pale in comparison, her Heraldic trilogies wilt. I whole-heartedly recommend this book, which is the best one of the series. But begin with Pawn, which is one long dirge on alienation, loneliness and suffering (great for all adolescent-kind!), and Promise, which is a sort of a lull in which we see the grown up Vanyel in action and have an adventure. Go forth and read these books and get hooked.
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Summary: INTRIGUING AND SPELLBINDING
Review: A story that has a historical medievil sense with a magical twist and fantastic creatures and abilities. A tale of one man's struggle to find what he truly is and who he loves. What he goes through and what he achieves. an excellent book in the Fantasy genre. With amazing creatures called Companions and their Heralds and their fight against injustice and evil.
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Summary: One time great fantasy!!!!!!
Review: Mercedes Lackey has a talent of putting hurt, love and hate into words. The whole Trilogy gives you a powerful sense of feeling. At first, I was pretty disappointed to learn that Vanyel was a gay, but I actually grew to love him and because of Mercedes, I believe I'll face this world liking all the gays. I think all shaych (gay) people on earth remind me of Vanyel and I've learnt not to despise this special group of people. I nearly cried while reading Magic's Price. It was very touching and it reached out to my fragile heart. After reading the Trilogy, all I could think of was Vanyel and his tragic end. All the way, Vanyel and Mercedes Lackey! By the way, I hope someone could seriously seriously consider making this into a movie cos' I believe it will gain lots of support from Vanyel's thousands of fans.
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Summary: tears
Review: I've been a fan of Misty's for a long time now, and on a whim I looked her up on Amazon. I have to say that out of all her books, this one is my absolute favorite. The characters are real and lovable and right there in your heart. When I think about all that Vanyel has been through in his life, it makes me want to cry. When I read this book I DO cry. I must've read the ending about 20 times and I still tear up even now. I'll stop rambling. Suffice it to say, GO BUY THIS TRILOGY. The first book is an overdose of grief. The second one is actually kind of boring. But this one blows them all away. (God I wish Vanyel wasn't shaych...*evil grin*)
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Summary: Just great...
Review: Great love story. The whole trilogy, really. Though at a few points I just wanted to reach into the book and smack some sense into Vanyel (he knows what he's doing, alright already?!). Made me cry. And books don't make me cry. The more so because this is the first fantasys series in which the relationships portrayed, as between male characters, are such a reflection of my own life. Sometime, in a perfect world, or maybe heaven, Mercedes Lackey is going to team up with Tolkien, and maybe Robert Jordan, to write the Ultimate Fantasy Story. Maybe I can get in on it.
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