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| Title | : | Magic's Price (Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #3) |
| Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 351 pages |
| Published | : | July 3rd 1990 by DAW Books Inc (first published July 1990) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. LGBT |
Mercedes Lackey
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 351 pages Rating: 4.27 | 19512 Users | 341 Reviews
Commentary Toward Books Magic's Price (Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #3)
I had been warned. I sort of knew what was going to happen. I had no expectations, considering the trainwreck that was the first book. But when I read the ending, I was pretty much
I mean, after pretty much everything you've done for Valdemar, that's what you get in the end?
Forget about duty, responsibility, and doing what was right because you can't do otherwise. As Pat Jr from Silver Linings Playbook more or less said, there's enough shit we have to deal with in real life, why can't we have a happy ending in books? And don't tell me that Vanyel had a happy ending. He was a hero in the end. But just fucking once, couldn't he have been selfish and not punished for it?
(view spoiler)[Such as when he promised Savil that he would add to her shields but got distracted by Stefen. Vanyel needed the rest! He needed the sex, he needed that quiet moment with his lover. But no, Mercedes Lackey couldn't leave him alone, so Savil has to die because Vanyel dared let his guard down. WTF (hide spoiler)]
I liked Stefen's parts. He was nice, he was supportive. He was relaxing. I'm all fort Stefen. But sorry, Stefen. You're not allowed to be perfectly happy.
Massive spoilers ahead, also, tw for rape.
(view spoiler)[Basically, Vanyel was all into facing Leareth and 'protecting Valdemar' that Stefen notices that he's changed. Basically a calmer, yet more destructive version of Tylendel after Staven died. Idk if that was intentional, but Vanyel should have known better than to copy Tylendel. He knew what it meant to lose your loved one in that way. He should have known better than to do the same to Stefen. WTF Vanyel.
RAPE. Omg, TW: RAPE. The part where the bandits tie Vanyel up on his own harness, pinned Yfandes's tail on his back and raped him serially--well, what fucking purpose did it serve? To show us that it was real, to show us that Vanyel hadn't hit rock bottom yet? To show that Vanyel can count on Stefen? The whole thing was so horrible--like HORRIBLE OMG--and Vanyel broke, only to be slowly brought back to reason by Stefen and the wolves (can't remember what they're called).
Was that needed? Pacing! Pacing! I know it's not the most important part of the story, but coming hard before Vanyel's face off with Leareth, it made the whole thing anti-climactic. We have seen Leareth in the first book. We know that all this was culminating into the final stand off between him and Vanyel, but we barely even see what Leareth was like. Who the fuck was he? Where did he come from? What did he want? What were his motives?
Nope, you wouldn't get any of that, because you got Vanyel getting raped instead!
What. I mean, really. WHAT. (hide spoiler)]
Details Books During Magic's Price (Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #3)
| Original Title: | Magic's Price |
| ISBN: | 0886774268 (ISBN13: 9780886774264) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #3, Valdemar (Publication order) #8, Valdemar (Chronological) #6 , more |
| Characters: | Vanyel Ashkevron, Yfandes, Savil Ashkevron |
| Literary Awards: | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy (1990) |
Rating Regarding Books Magic's Price (Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #3)
Ratings: 4.27 From 19512 Users | 341 ReviewsJudgment Regarding Books Magic's Price (Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #3)
Ugh. So many things wrong with this book, where to beginMagics Price, the third and final novel in Lackeys Last Herald-uMage series, takes place nine years after the events of the series second novel, Magics Promise which, when added to the 11-year gap between the events of books 1 and 2, puts us at a convenient 20 years after the events of Magics Pawn. Price centers on the political and personal upheavals threatening or taking place in (respectively) Valdemar: religious war may break out withSigh. As the final Act of an epic storyline, this novel was, in a word, disappointing.Plot-wise, it was anticlimactic, and utilized a literary device I particularly dislike: (view spoiler)[setting up the climax, and then cutting away to the POV of another character, who arrives on the scene only to witness the aftermath. (hide spoiler)]Character-wise, I enjoyed the character of Stef, but felt he lacked depth. The interactions between him and Vaneyl were well written, and believable, up until
2.5hey ho i marathon read the last book of this series and tbh??? still wont change my opinion the plot was rlly lame, it has lots of sad gays tendencies, there was a lot of love at first sight bullshit going on, plus all character interactions felt kind of flat and repetitive ://// it might just be me having way too high expectations for it but tbh? it was kinda mediocre still not bad tho, just not terribly good either
The last of the Valdemar-Vanyel-magic in this series, and it's taken me a couple of days to digest it. While reading it, I enjoyed it immensely, but it left a lot of questions hanging in thin air. I liked it well enough, it was a good story, but the last half of the book felt hurried, hastily and shoddily put together, and this had me falling out of the narrative more than once. I feel it was not up to Ms Lackey's usual standards. I have only a couple of excerpts from the whole book, whichfor me
The Last Herald-Mage trilogy concludes in this exciting and romantic novel, which had me both happy and sad at the same time. Some will argue that this is the best novel in the trilogy. For me, it was the first novel, Magics Pawn. Throughout the book Mercedes Lackey addresses all kinds love and all kinds of situations/issues lovers deal with because of this powerful love. And through all these, the message remains the same, and it is a message of tolerance.Karses self-proclaimed Prophet-King has
Imagine being so intent on burying your gays that you invoke reincarnation so you can kill the one gay on the other, then bring that gay back and kill the other on them, and throw some gang rape in for drama. I mean I know this series started in the late 80s but fucking REALLY.
Another addition to my #readinghistory! Continuing the Mercedes Lackey lurv fest with the Last Herald Mage trilogy. OMG, so much goodness in Vanyel's history. Beautiful Vanyel. *sigh* He wasn't the first gay hero I read, I'm pretty sure, because I wasn't surprised at all by his sexuality. But I'd also had friends who'd come out as gay by then, so Vanyel's journey from not fitting in to finding his first lover felt familiar to me. I loved this story so much, even for its tragedy. Vanyel's arc
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