Lackey and Weber
Feb. 5th, 2012 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearTwo good instalments in book series I really like.
Changes by Mercedes Lackey
The third in the Collegium Chronicles, which turns out not to be a trilogy after all, since there are still questions to be answered at the end of the book. This was an audiobook, and quite a short one, but thoroughly enjoyable, with a good narrator and interesting progress to the tale of Mags the heraldic trainee, who gets caught up in a plot to assassinate the king and must work to identify the assassins before they can reach their target. Valdemar is always a great place to visit - and, while I was initially disappointed not to find out the secret behind the mystery of Mags' true identity this time around, at least it means there's at least one more Collegium novel to look forward to!
How Firm a Foundation by David Weber
Trilogies are for wimps! This is book five in a series with no end in sight. In fact, each book has only covered about a year in the progress of the main plot, which could run for centuries, so I'm not expecting a conclusion any time soon. This is a good thing, though since the Safehold series is excellent, and I could happily spend a lot more time there. There's been quite a gap between me reading books four and five, but I got back into the story very quickly, and it was great to be visiting with familiar and loved characters again. There were some quite shocking developments in this one, but I suppose it make sense to shake things up a bit on occasion - otherwise it runs the risk of becoming dull. I have huge admiration for Weber - though he sometimes goes a bit overboard on the technical detail of certain things, he has an amazing ability to keep track of vast casts of characters and incredible amounts of plot detail, making little progress in terms of chronological time, but never losing the reader's interest.
Changes by Mercedes Lackey
The third in the Collegium Chronicles, which turns out not to be a trilogy after all, since there are still questions to be answered at the end of the book. This was an audiobook, and quite a short one, but thoroughly enjoyable, with a good narrator and interesting progress to the tale of Mags the heraldic trainee, who gets caught up in a plot to assassinate the king and must work to identify the assassins before they can reach their target. Valdemar is always a great place to visit - and, while I was initially disappointed not to find out the secret behind the mystery of Mags' true identity this time around, at least it means there's at least one more Collegium novel to look forward to!
How Firm a Foundation by David Weber
Trilogies are for wimps! This is book five in a series with no end in sight. In fact, each book has only covered about a year in the progress of the main plot, which could run for centuries, so I'm not expecting a conclusion any time soon. This is a good thing, though since the Safehold series is excellent, and I could happily spend a lot more time there. There's been quite a gap between me reading books four and five, but I got back into the story very quickly, and it was great to be visiting with familiar and loved characters again. There were some quite shocking developments in this one, but I suppose it make sense to shake things up a bit on occasion - otherwise it runs the risk of becoming dull. I have huge admiration for Weber - though he sometimes goes a bit overboard on the technical detail of certain things, he has an amazing ability to keep track of vast casts of characters and incredible amounts of plot detail, making little progress in terms of chronological time, but never losing the reader's interest.
