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| Title | : | Oathblood (Valdemar: Vows and Honor #3) |
| Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 394 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1998 by DAW (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Mercedes Lackey
Paperback | Pages: 394 pages Rating: 4.06 | 10213 Users | 121 Reviews
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This exciting new anthology includes a new novella featuring Mercedes Lackey's most popular heroines, Tarma (one of the sword-sworn and most feared of all warriors) and Kethry (who wields magic and weapons for the greater good), whose fates are suddenly bound together in blood by the powers that control their destinies. Also included in the unique volume is the complete collection of Lackey's short stories about these two brave sisters as they answer the call of their destinies with sword and sorcery!
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| Original Title: | Oathblood |
| ISBN: | 0886777739 (ISBN13: 9780886777739) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Valdemar: Vows and Honor #3, Valdemar (Chronological) #23, Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar (Publication order) #21 , more |
| Characters: | Tarma, Kethry |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 10213 Users | 121 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books Oathblood (Valdemar: Vows and Honor #3)
The good: old-school Lackey is so much better than current Lackey in terms of world-building, story-telling, and pacing, and the magic that drew me into her Valdemar world was still very much there. The bad: Did I never notice how rape-y this series was? Gendered violence galore, some very stereotyped thinking, and I ended up skipping the Tarma/Kethry origin short story, because I just couldnt.Mercedes Lackeys Valdemar series provides one of the cornerstones of my reading history. After discovering her when quite young, I still follow new additions to the series - nearly twenty years later! I read and re-read these books over and over again throughout my youth, but I haven't re-read this series in its entirety in a long time - and never as an adult. There are some new books added to the series since the last time I read them, so this re-reading project is pretty exciting for me since
Continuing my #readinghistory tribute to the Vows & Honor trilogy. I love how Tarma and Kethry establish their school - and a long-term platonic partnership. This also sets the stage for Kerowyn's tale, BY THE SWORD, which I entered a while back. I love it when stories interweave like this! Such a terrific, classic set of tales about kickass heroines, one a warrior, the other a sorceress. Clearly a big influence on me!
This is a collection of short stories featuring Kethry and Tarma. Some I had read in anthologies. but others were totally new to me. Two had been subsumed into Oathbound. Those I skimmed as I had just read that book and they were nearly the same.Both the characters and the author matured and the stories steadily improved. In the end, I could tell that Tarma and Kethry knew they were good at what they did, but also didn't consider themselves "real" heroes. This quotation sums it up: "Theres your
This book was all over the place. Some stories good, some bad, some (songs) were a little much for me. They're little glimpses into the lives of Tarma, Kethry, Jadrek and Warrl. My favourite was the last story, Oathblood. I'm glad they decided to publish it so that there weren't bits and pieces floating all around. Though, having read By The Sword, I felt some of the more exciting topics - establishing the school, re-establishing the Clan, more time on Jadrek and Kethry's relationship, early
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I loved this series when I was a kid, and I thought I would re-read it. The first book was awful, but the second and third books were pretty OK. Im sad to say that the books havent held up to my fond memory of them when I was a teenager, but they were still fun to read. The characters are rad :-) The final book, this one, has a short story that shouldve gone at the beginning of the series, which is followed by a collection of short stories and a short novel. They were fun but Im afraid that
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