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<p><strong>Mercedes Lackey - Oathblood (Vows and Honors 3)<br/>
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</strong>This is the third of the books with those two infamous famous women. It features the story of their first meeting (that was missing from the first volume) and some later ones, but reprints some of the stories used in the first volume.</p>
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<p><strong>Mercedes Lackey / Larry Dixon - Owlflight, Owlsight, Owlknight (Darian's Tale)</strong><br/>
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I was a bit disappointed with these books, because they feature a) too much of the same growing up, that made the first volumes so adorable b) lots of those "I am not worthy" pages (this time "I am not worthy of him/her") c) condensing the real action into the last 50 pages of the books (this one really grated with me in "Winds Of Fury"). On the other hand, you see how some of those characters you came to love fared in those later years (Darian's Tale begins 4 years after the Mage Storms).</p>
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<p><strong>Mercedes Lackey - Brightly Burning<br/>
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</strong>The Tale of Lavan Firestorm, set in the history of Valdemar, but later than the Vanyel books. It had some really good bits, especially the ending, but suffered from the same faults as the Owl-Books. The build-up to the finish was done better than the previous books. It is a nice novel, not really necessary to understand the realm of Valdemar (like By the Sword, for example - my favourite together with the Magic and Arrow trilogies), but way better than "Silver Gryphon" and the owlbooks.</p>
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<p>As you can see, I am closing to the finish line with the Valdemar books by Mercedes Lackey. The end is in sight, perhaps in August, perhaps in September... after the weekend you will know.</p>
Feel free to post your own books you have read that month together with some accompnying words. And do not hesitate to criticize my reviews. Go ahead... make my weekend (obviously this thread is posted on a Friday...)