Rating: 
Summary: Bad.
Review: I know I am being harsh, any of Lackey's books should get 5 stars, but this is lousy, the only thing they do is fight a pack of magic eating wrysa! If you buy the book, you need only read the first and last few chapters.
Rating: 
Summary: Faltering Hawk...
Review: I know that whoever reads this review will read the book no matter what I, or any others who have read it, say. To that person, the only thing I can say is that prepare for something lesser than your expectations. I love Mercedes Lackey and her works with unequaled passion(read my review of the set, Heralds of Valdimar). The problem is that this book had no vision, it is like a hawk diving into a forest searching for prey that it had not seen yet. To you, Mercedes, I would not believe for an instant that you wrote this for the money, but the series had an exceptable end in White Gryphon. I am deeply sorry for both you and all the readers out there. It hurts to be saying this, but there is no way around it. I will now retreat into the mental shell from whence I came and read the Mage Winds again..
Rating: 
Summary: This is a Great Book!
Review: I loved both The Black Gryphon and The White Gryphon and The SIlver Gryphin is just as great. This is a must read!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Sequel
Review: I loved this book, especially after reading the first two books in the series. The father characters took on several demensionals, not just the boring 'good guys' and, knowing their wartime background, their reasons to stupid commanders, mostly Skan's, was quite real to me. If you have not read this series, start with The Black Gryphons and go completely through because they are all well worth reading!
Rating: 
Summary: They did better...
Review: I loved to read the other Valdemar stories from Ms. Lackey, but Silver Gryphon I could hardly finish. This book is just to long. Booooring. If the whole story had been told in a short story of about 50 Pages, it would have been fine and maybe earned a rate of 8 instead of 2.
I just hope the authors will once again begin to write interesting books.
Rating:
Summary: not as good as the other two
Review: i think that the characters are a bit too boring and quite unintersting. the plot is too contrived but i feel that the explosive ending is applaudable. it managed to make this book an okay read. i like that in the end, both children managed to set their differences aside and see who their fathers really are and that they indeed wanted the same thing the children wanted : acceptance. amberdrake is the most pained here, especially since his daughter blade seems to alienate herself from her parents, especially to amberdrake. it's really sad to see that he couldn't have a common ground with his own child, and him being a kestra'chern seems to make it worst. however all is solved at the end and it's the end that truly becomes the saving grace of this effort.
Rating: 
Summary: Not the ending I'd been hoping for
Review: I was very dissapointed with the conclusion to the saga that started with "The Black Griffon" and continued with "The White Griffon". The final book felt too much like Mercedes Lackey was getting tired of the story arc and wanted to end it as quickly as possible. After so throughly enjoying the first two books, the final one fell flat.Rather than focusing on the characters that we found so facinating in the first books, Lackey abruptly shoved them into the background and focused on their children. Skan and Amberdrake, who's friendship was the foundation of the saga felt strangely absent. While Blade and Tadrith were interesting characters, they felt too much like understudies rather than figures strong enough to hold their own in the story. Several other readers complained that the book felt rushed, and that is probably the most accurate critcism you could argue. Much shorter than the other books, it had a hurried feel and a distinct lack of pacing. Again, it gives the impression that the author lost interest and just wanted to get it over with. It's necessary to read this book to get a better understanding of the story arcs that follow, but it's such a shame that it felt less like the treasured friends that the other books felt like, and more like homework.
Rating:
Summary: Not the ending I'd been hoping for
Review: I was very dissapointed with the conclusion to the saga that started with "The Black Griffon" and continued with "The White Griffon". The final book felt too much like Mercedes Lackey was getting tired of the story arc and wanted to end it as quickly as possible. After so throughly enjoying the first two books, the final one fell flat. Rather than focusing on the characters that we found so facinating in the first books, Lackey abruptly shoved them into the background and focused on their children. Skan and Amberdrake, who's friendship was the foundation of the saga felt strangely absent. While Blade and Tadrith were interesting characters, they felt too much like understudies rather than figures strong enough to hold their own in the story. Several other readers complained that the book felt rushed, and that is probably the most accurate critcism you could argue. Much shorter than the other books, it had a hurried feel and a distinct lack of pacing. Again, it gives the impression that the author lost interest and just wanted to get it over with. It's necessary to read this book to get a better understanding of the story arcs that follow, but it's such a shame that it felt less like the treasured friends that the other books felt like, and more like homework.
Rating:
Summary: Severe disappointment
Review: I've been a Lackey fan for years, and this is by far her worst book ever. I've always loved the Valdemar universe and I had been excited when the "pre-history" series was coming out. I don't know if it's the influence of her husband as a co-author, but this trilogy is one that I don't think I can bear to read a 3rd time. I only read it twice because I couldn't believe it had been as awful as I'd recalled. The characters in the 3rd story are so hard to care about that it becomes nearly impossible to care about anything happening in this book. The book seemed rushed - almost as if it had been thrown together to complete the trilogy. I'd recommend reading ANY of Ms. Lackey's books before these. I still think she's a wonderful author, but don't let this trilogy be your first experience reading her work.
Rating:
Summary: Severe disappointment
Review: I've been a Lackey fan for years, and this is by far her worst book ever. I've always loved the Valdemar universe and I had been excited when the "pre-history" series was coming out. I don't know if it's the influence of her husband as a co-author, but this trilogy is one that I don't think I can bear to read a 3rd time. I only read it twice because I couldn't believe it had been as awful as I'd recalled. The characters in the 3rd story are so hard to care about that it becomes nearly impossible to care about anything happening in this book. The book seemed rushed - almost as if it had been thrown together to complete the trilogy. I'd recommend reading ANY of Ms. Lackey's books before these. I still think she's a wonderful author, but don't let this trilogy be your first experience reading her work.
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