![]() ![]() Ultimately the book was an easy and entertaining read. It's just something people (and horses) do. That said, nothing about this is gratuitous or dwelled upon. The students and magical horse people are as active as the magical horses are themselves. Oh and throughout the book there are hints of frequent (explicitly not just heterosexual) sex going on. The characters don't feel consistent to their character nor to their purported magical horse society belief system.Īnd the lack of actual speech in the book makes it feel like the entire book was a sloppily summarized email written directly to me by a friend. Although not written as a collection of short stories, maybe it's better to imagine this like that. : Arrows of the Queen (The Heralds of Valdemar Series): 9781665229517: Mercedes Lackey: Books Books Literature & Fiction Action & Adventure Buy new: 20.99 List Price: 39.99 Save: 19. ![]() And the fifth is about getting revenge for a past, attempted coup by death sentence. The fourth is about getting a child to behave. ![]() WOLLHEIM, FOUNDER 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Copyright 1987 by Mercedes R. The third is about being bullied by other students. ARROWS QUEEN OF THE Mercedes Lackey DAW BOOKS, INC. The second is about escaping this on a magical horse and traveling to the capital city to be trained with the magical horse. The first story is about being stuck in a Handmaid's Tale situation. That is, every time suspense builds up for a page or two it is immediately resolved by some obvious solution and the story moves on. The book is 300 pages of four (or six?) mini stories with shallow plot peaks one after another. ![]()
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