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The Hills Have Spies
Feb. 8th, 2019 10:55 amMercedes Lackey is writing a new series of Valdemar books, following on from The Collegium Chronicles and Herald Spy books, and catching up with Mags and Amily now that they have three children. The Hills Have Spies is the first in the Family Spies series, and I very much enjoyed finding out what the characters have been up to and meeting the new members of the family.
In this book, Mags takes his oldest son, Perry, on a journey to find out why people have started going missing in the Pelagir hills. Along the way, Perry teams up with a sentient wolf-like creature named Lorel, and they defy Mags by running off to investigate a strange town on their own. Much peril ensues before things are resolved in rather a deus ex machina fashion, followed by a lot of exposition.
I've always liked Valdemar as a place to visit and have adventures in, and I enjoyed this book overall. But the plot did feel slight, the passing on of messages between characters who couldn't speak to each other directly got rather wearing, and the climax was all over too quickly and easily. Still, I'll likely continue with the series anyway, since they are an easy listen and generally quite fun.
In this book, Mags takes his oldest son, Perry, on a journey to find out why people have started going missing in the Pelagir hills. Along the way, Perry teams up with a sentient wolf-like creature named Lorel, and they defy Mags by running off to investigate a strange town on their own. Much peril ensues before things are resolved in rather a deus ex machina fashion, followed by a lot of exposition.
I've always liked Valdemar as a place to visit and have adventures in, and I enjoyed this book overall. But the plot did feel slight, the passing on of messages between characters who couldn't speak to each other directly got rather wearing, and the climax was all over too quickly and easily. Still, I'll likely continue with the series anyway, since they are an easy listen and generally quite fun.
