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Exile's Honor
by Mercedes Lackey
There will be Spoilers for the "The Last Herald Mage" trilogy and "Arrows of the Queen"!
This book was such a joy to read (despite all the heartbreak in it).
Meeting Alberich and the fact that we get a Chosen who is an adult was the first thing I squeed about. And then the rescue?! The rescue with Kantor saving him from the burning hut and racing to the border to get him medical attention and the whole thing in the healers house? *SQUEEEEE* That was a very good start to this book. :)
I love all the stuff about Alberich thinking what his duty is. If helping Valdemar is helping his people or not. The agony about having to stay in a safe place while the people he trained are going to war and everything else.
I love the Companions. I love the Companions. I love the Companions.
The final battle? :( Reading how Taver and Sendar die? Made me cry on the train to work. I mean, having read "Arrows of the Queen", I knew something was up because I met Rolan as the Companion of the Queen's Own and Selany as Queen, but still. :(
I love all the hints and little things of the past - mentioning Vanyel and Lavan Firestorm (who I haven't met yet). The battle horses of Ashkevron Manor (I mean, are you trying to kill me here? Van suggested the breeding of these horses. And here they are, hundreds of years later, protecting the people of Valdemar. I, just, *sobs*. Also, I want the story of these horses and everything else.).
I also love that Alberich immediately shot down everyone mentioning that a Herald who lost his leg can only teach anymore, because seriously? He only lost a leg. He can still ride (his Companion wouldn't let him fall anyways) and do his duty (if he wants to). :)
The only thing I had trouble with, was the grammar of Alberich when he talks (he is saying the same about the Valdemaren grammar by the way. ;)) which sometimes made it difficult to follow him when he talked. But, I like that that got addressed a bit too in the book.
So, yeah, I'm a happy camper and I kind of want to re-read "Arrows of the Queen" & Co with the knowledge of the history of Alberich and Selany...
This book was such a joy to read (despite all the heartbreak in it).
Meeting Alberich and the fact that we get a Chosen who is an adult was the first thing I squeed about. And then the rescue?! The rescue with Kantor saving him from the burning hut and racing to the border to get him medical attention and the whole thing in the healers house? *SQUEEEEE* That was a very good start to this book. :)
I love all the stuff about Alberich thinking what his duty is. If helping Valdemar is helping his people or not. The agony about having to stay in a safe place while the people he trained are going to war and everything else.
I love the Companions. I love the Companions. I love the Companions.
The final battle? :( Reading how Taver and Sendar die? Made me cry on the train to work. I mean, having read "Arrows of the Queen", I knew something was up because I met Rolan as the Companion of the Queen's Own and Selany as Queen, but still. :(
I love all the hints and little things of the past - mentioning Vanyel and Lavan Firestorm (who I haven't met yet). The battle horses of Ashkevron Manor (I mean, are you trying to kill me here? Van suggested the breeding of these horses. And here they are, hundreds of years later, protecting the people of Valdemar. I, just, *sobs*. Also, I want the story of these horses and everything else.).
I also love that Alberich immediately shot down everyone mentioning that a Herald who lost his leg can only teach anymore, because seriously? He only lost a leg. He can still ride (his Companion wouldn't let him fall anyways) and do his duty (if he wants to). :)
The only thing I had trouble with, was the grammar of Alberich when he talks (he is saying the same about the Valdemaren grammar by the way. ;)) which sometimes made it difficult to follow him when he talked. But, I like that that got addressed a bit too in the book.
So, yeah, I'm a happy camper and I kind of want to re-read "Arrows of the Queen" & Co with the knowledge of the history of Alberich and Selany...