Originally published: 1992
Page count: 460
Dates read: 9/10/23-9/25/23
First sentence:
"Elspeth rubbed her feather-adorned temples, hoping that her fears and tensions would mercifully go, and leave her mind in peace for just once today."
Favorite quotes:
"There was a Tayledras saying: 'No arrow shot at a target is ever wasted, no matter how many break.' It meant that no practice or lesson, however trivial it might seem, was a loss."
CAWPILE Rating: Overall - 7.4/10 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters - 7
Atmosphere - 7
Writing Style - 8
Plot - 8
Intrigue - 8
Logic - 6
Enjoyment - 8
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Review:
2023 book goal progress: 17 out of 23
Author Challenge: Mercedes Lackey
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Description on back of book:
With Valdemar in dire peril, Elspeth, Herald and heir to the throne, has come to the Vale of the Teyledras Clan to seek mage training. Instead of finding a haven, the Vale's Heartstone, a source of mage power, is attacked by a mysterious, dark Adept Mage. Elspeth, still only a half-trained mage, and the Hawkbrother-Adept Darkwind must work together to tame the broken Heartstone.
Description on back of book:
With Valdemar in dire peril, Elspeth, Herald and heir to the throne, has come to the Vale of the Teyledras Clan to seek mage training. Instead of finding a haven, the Vale's Heartstone, a source of mage power, is attacked by a mysterious, dark Adept Mage. Elspeth, still only a half-trained mage, and the Hawkbrother-Adept Darkwind must work together to tame the broken Heartstone.
First sentence:
"Elspeth rubbed her feather-adorned temples, hoping that her fears and tensions would mercifully go, and leave her mind in peace for just once today."
Favorite quotes:
"There was a Tayledras saying: 'No arrow shot at a target is ever wasted, no matter how many break.' It meant that no practice or lesson, however trivial it might seem, was a loss."
"She gathered her dignity about her like a robe, and walked off into the darkness, leaving him alone."
"Wintermoon stared at all of them with the impatient air of a man ready to strangle someone if he didn't get an explanation soon."
CAWPILE Rating: Overall - 7.4/10 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters - 7
Atmosphere - 7
Writing Style - 8
Plot - 8
Intrigue - 8
Logic - 6
Enjoyment - 8
What is a CAWPILE Rating?
Review:
This was a great book! Elspeth continued to have a bad attitude and she also wasn't treating her Companion well. This was annoying, but Darkwind called her on her shit and her attitude improved. The book improved exponentially after that. I'm looking forward to the third book in this trilogy!
Now I'm off to read another book... but since a review should be more about the author of the book than about the writer of the blog, I will let Mercedes Lackey have the last words:
"All things could change. If he was the same person he was only a few years ago, he'd have already been sharpening knives and plotting revenge, but revenge seemed foolish somehow. How strange, that after a life like his, revenge seemed hollow compared to simple justice."
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