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Summary: Good Start, Fair Middle, and then Weirdness
Review: I was and am turned off by Ms. Lackey's use of unusual and outre' sexual mores. This is especially not appropriate in an author whose early reputation was founded in fiction oriented towards juveniles. Its just too tacky. "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln the play was OK."
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Summary: Bardic Voices continue, a little the worse for wear
Review: Mercedes Lackey can't write badly, but she's written better stuff than this. As this series continues into the third book, we see a diminution of creative fire. There's no real conflict, no character development, no danger, no hard choices. Still, this continuation of the story of the Free Bards will be welcomed by all those who have lost themselves in the magic of the earlier books and want the adventure to continue. With the caveat above in mind - it's an honest read for the money. If you liked the earlier books, you'll enjoy this one. Go for it.
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Summary: Bardic pleasures avian songs
Review: Mercedes Lackey continues to develop her parallel universe that she first discribed in The Lark and the Wren. As friction and increasing tensions grow between non-human and humans in the land of Twenty Kingdoms, Nightengale, a gypsy bard, is asked to travel to the court of the High King. She combines forces with T'fyrr a avian of the raptor species. Their task; to find why the High King's abilities are diminishing. Lackey developes a beleivable universe populated with swash buckling adventure with a dash of romance. Reccomended for adolescent readers and adults.
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Summary: just read it :)
Review: music, adventure, interspecies romance, politics ... this is it in a nutshellwhat I liked most about this book is especially the politics and the understanding Lackey shows that I thought was rather lacking in Valdemar books the romance is also quite nicely developed, and all the ingredients - an element of danger, soulmates, friends finding love unexpectedly, and interspecies complications as spice :) great read all the way through
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Summary: The best of the Bardic Voices
Review: Of the five novels in the Bardic Voices series, this is definitly the best (with Four & Twenty Blackbirds being the worst). I would highly recommend this entire series except for the last book. I'm sorry that Mercedes Lackey has stopped writing this series. I truly enjoyed it.
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Summary: Another Free Bards Tale
Review: The novel is mislabeled as book three in the series. It is actually the fourth book, following "A Cast of Corbies" and making references back to that novel. It is also incorrectly titled (Nightingale should be singular). The Gypsy Free Bard Nightingale is sent from Kingsford to Lyonarie to carry out an investigation of the problems in the kingdom. Hasperus and T'fyrr (from book one, "The Lark and the Wren") are reintroduced. The story switches back and forth between T'fyrr and Nightingale, and eventually brings them together. The love affair between them is well written without being pornographic. Nightingale assumes a dual personality that takes her into both the lower servants' kitchen and the king's private apartment at the palace. She and T'fyrr become involved in court intrigue that places their lives in danger, but they have an assortment of allies. Events reach a climax as the main villain is exposed, but the novel somehow seems to lack an afterword. T'fyrr reappears in "Four and Twenty Blackbirds," but Nightingale seems to fade away after this novel. Some reviewers have placed the following book, "Four and Twenty Blackbirds," in the Free Bard series. While it uses some of the same characters and settings, that book is really not about the Free Bards.
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Summary: Another Free Bards Tale
Review: The novel is mislabeled as book three in the series. It is actually the fourth book, following "A Cast of Corbies" and making references back to that novel. It is also incorrectly titled (Nightingale should be singular). The Gypsy Free Bard Nightingale is sent from Kingsford to Lyonarie to carry out an investigation of the problems in the kingdom. Hasperus and T'fyrr (from book one, "The Lark and the Wren") are reintroduced. The story switches back and forth between T'fyrr and Nightingale, and eventually brings them together. The love affair between them is well written without being pornographic. Nightingale assumes a dual personality that takes her into both the lower servants' kitchen and the king's private apartment at the palace. She and T'fyrr become involved in court intrigue that places their lives in danger, but they have an assortment of allies. Events reach a climax as the main villain is exposed, but the novel somehow seems to lack an afterword. T'fyrr reappears in "Four and Twenty Blackbirds," but Nightingale seems to fade away after this novel. Some reviewers have placed the following book, "Four and Twenty Blackbirds," in the Free Bard series. While it uses some of the same characters and settings, that book is really not about the Free Bards.
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