Reviews

Changes by Mercedes Lackey

alannabarras's review against another edition

3.0

My least favorite of the series, just because it felt more like filler than an actual plot in and of itself.

squishies's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 stars

This instalment felt a little stale for me and I think it's because half of the book seems like it's rehashing how unreasonable Bear's family / brother is and how much Lena is a watering pot showing how big of a douchebag Lena's dad can be.

We get it... their families are a little on a shitty side, but happily both Lena and Bear grows more of a backbone in this book. Thank god. We can finally drop this story line.

Definitely more on the interesting side is Nikolas' tutelage and what they find out.

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Not fully convinced by the attraction between Mags and Amily. Also, her character is kind of flat and boring.

I've forgotten to mention that there's a lot of food descriptions in this series... Sometimes a bit too much, which made me hungry.

giftsintogold's review against another edition

4.0

Lots of intrigue as the primary characters -- Mags, Lena and Bear -- confront challenges from family and foe.

jessicafee86's review against another edition

3.0

Man did those Kirball scenes get repetitive by the end! But overall a fun book with that comfort read feel that I always experience with the Valdemar books.

shogins's review against another edition

2.0

Two big problems: I hate reading stuff written in dialect because it's annoying to decipher and this book suffers from a problem endemic in teen fantasy, wherein they prolong a series so people keep buying books, so the middle books just feel like wheel-spinning: nothing actually happens. There's no resolution!

kikmigi23's review against another edition

2.0

If Mercedes Lackey revisits these characters (which, given the ending of this book, seems likely) I plan on taking her dialect strewn dialogue and flogging her with all the dropped letters, made up words, slurs, and apostrophes. I am SICK of it. I will likely never reread this particular trilogy, and will count on a Wikipedia entry to remind me of the relevant plot points. It's Valdemar, I have to know what happened in the book, but sweet Lord, no one, no one, no one, wants to read paragraph after paragraph of dialect.

bookwyrm37's review against another edition

4.0

engaging continuation of the tale of mags, bear, lena and amily. i was thinking this was just going to be a trilogy for some reason. am equally excited and disappointed to find the story arc not finished yet!

samtheowl96's review against another edition

5.0

I ploughed through this. Devoured it. It was very thrilling and I'm really shocked how climactic it is compared to the first two books in the chronicles. It's almost as if the first two were really long introductions, and the true climax in the set up was this book. It tugs at your heart, there are really creative twists, and the character growth and depth is highly satisfying. I was beginning to roll my eyes at Lena and Bear halfway through Intrigues, but they finally grew in this book.

amy1980's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Nice solid part of the series

jrho's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0