I was the lucky one who had Mercedes Lackey recommended to her just as she was beginning puberty and ended up with the Herald Vanyel trilogy (Magic's Pawn/Promise/Price) being the very first books I read by her. It was the first time I had ever seen a non-straight pairing in anything I had read before and was immediately hooked.
A couple months ago I found the first volume of the Bardic Voices trilogy (The Lark and the Wren) in a local used bookstore and picked it up but hadn't gotten around to reading it until a few weeks ago. (I tend to pick up books in bulk when at used bookstores, eheh. ^^;) I liked that the novel itself was based on a short story, Fiddler Fair, that was featured in a collection of short stories by the same name but I thought that the contention between the Church and the main character was a little forced. It's a story I'd like to see redone to make it read.. smoother.
I'd recommend The Lark and the Wren to people who are looking for an entertaining read but nothing that's really mind stretching.
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Date: 2009-05-01 09:49 pm (UTC)A couple months ago I found the first volume of the Bardic Voices trilogy (The Lark and the Wren) in a local used bookstore and picked it up but hadn't gotten around to reading it until a few weeks ago. (I tend to pick up books in bulk when at used bookstores, eheh. ^^;) I liked that the novel itself was based on a short story, Fiddler Fair, that was featured in a collection of short stories by the same name but I thought that the contention between the Church and the main character was a little forced. It's a story I'd like to see redone to make it read.. smoother.
I'd recommend The Lark and the Wren to people who are looking for an entertaining read but nothing that's really mind stretching.