[Mercedes-Lackey] The Halls have reopened ----Party!

[Aya the Vampire Slayer]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Tiffanie Gray wrote:
> Dax the Eternal steped into the hallowed halls of discussion and looks around 
> with her hands on her hips.
> *Hmmph, what a mess*

*steps tentatively into the halls, searching in the darkness and dust for 
signs of movement* Pink frosted sheep cookies anyone?

Hmmm... I wonder if maybe it's because her other books are not as popular 
as her Velgarth ones? Since she has put Velgarth on hiatus, there just 
hasn't been much discussion on the list at all. Maybe it's just a 
coincidence in timing though?

It seems like the Diana Tregarde novels have recently been re-released. 
Weren't they OOP for a while?

Joust was a fun set of books to read, although not incredibly deep or 
insightful. Ari was a good character, but I found myself getting annoyed a 
couple of times at some (to me, anyway) very blatant out-of-character 
behavior from him. Aket-ten's personality just didn't seem very 
appropriate for the setting somehow, so while I normally like her type of 
character, it just didn't fit right for me this time. And she got really 
annoying in book 4. I think I ended up liking Heklatis, the "Akkadian 
Healer" / foreign magus, the best even though he was not as well-developed 
as other characters. He always had amusing and novel comments to make 
about any given situation.

I actually really really liked the Obsidian Trilogy (_The Outstretched 
Shadow_, _To Light a Candle_, _When Darkness Falls_). The books were put 
together very well and almost everything in them was interesting. The 
elves especially. And the magic system was refreshingly different. They 
are probably my favorite Misty books outside of her Velgarth stuff, even 
though they are a collaboration. You can definitely see the Misty 
influences in the books when you read them though. :)

One of these days I'm going to have to write up a review for _When 
Darkness Falls_.

Well, I think that's about enough for now.

*flops down in the big fluffy chair in the back and opens up a well-worn 
copy of _By the Sword_*

-Tara

-- 
"Care must be exorcised when handring Opiticar System as it is apts to
be sticked by dusts and hand-fat." --Japanese Translators

"Keep your fingers off the lens." --Elton Byington, English Translator