By the Sword

I have a mixed history with Mercedes Lackey.  I really enjoyed the Magic’s Pawn trilogy from the massive Valdemar series.  I had mixed feelings about the Oathbound trilogy.  Overall, I like many aspects of Lackey’s books, but sometimes, they just don’t come together for me as a whole.  That happened with this book as well.  It’s a standalone in the Valdemar series, although it relies on information from the previous eight books in the series, six of which are the two trilogies I mentioned above.  So I had some background for this book.  However, it just felt rather dull.

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