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Original Title:	Magic's Promise
ISBN:	0886774012 (ISBN13: 9780886774011)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #2, Valdemar (Chronological) #5, Valdemar (Publication order) #7 , more
Characters:	Vanyel Ashkevron, Yfandes, Savil Ashkevron

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I don't know what just happened, and I'm almost afraid to examine it too closely in case I find things to nitpick (and I certainly could nitpick) and end up lowering my rating. This hasn't been a very good year for me, rating wise, and I was pretty close to giving up on Lackey altogether. I was really tempted to just finish up this trilogy and move on. And for all I know, it goes downhill from here (I know how the next book ends) and this book is a complete fluke. After the dregs of the Vows & Honor series, I wouldn't be surprised if that ends up being the case, but this one gives me hope that there could be other gems in the Valdemar series. This series has certainly had it's ups and downs, and Lackey has quite a few storytelling quirks that irk me more often than not - like her tendency to emphasize words she feels are important but really puts the emphasis on words that end up being completely unimportant and not at all the words I'd emphasize myself. It breaks the natural flow of the sentence structure and I really wish she'd stop trying to help out the readers with the constant italics. Also, she can't write a romance worth a damn. Thankfully, she doesn't really attempt that here, and the little hint of a possible (completely nonsensical) one was mostly ignored and then quickly resolved, taking up maybe a half page out of the whole book total. She has gotten much better at writing action and she's filling in more of the rules of this world with each novel and trilogy that gives new insights into things that didn't quite make sense before. Now I could certainly complain about the "gays don't get happy endings" trope and the "gays must suffer" trope that are definitely in full force here, and I wouldn't blame readers who get annoyed by them, because I certainly do too. But for Vanyel's personal journey, knowing where this character comes from and what he's been through, and knowing already some of the history of this story and how it impacts later generations, what Vanyel goes through here to understand his place in the world and to come to a sort of peace with his hurts and losses makes sense. Also, keeping in mind this was written in 1990, Lackey needed to humanize Van as a character, which means he is going to be used to call attention to many of the stereotypes so prevalent (even to this day) about gay men. I was thrown a bit at first that this jumps ahead in the timeline by about 10 years or so, and some of the cast of supporting characters were new. I was having to catch up at the beginning, but then Vanyel was off for "vacation" back at the homestead with his loving family and things got so good. A former rival turns into a surprising ally, his father ends up being kind of reasonable, there's trouble over the Border and new friends to make. I really liked Medren and Tashir, and it was a treat to actually get to see Vanyel engage in a job rather than just hear about it afterwards. Savil continues to be great, and even Van's brother Mekeal has his shining moments. Everything was just working in this one. Lackey was firing on all cylinders and she proved that when she stays focused and doesn't get wrapped up in unnecessary high school melodrama or half-formed subplots she can actually weave a fantastic story.

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Title	:	Magic's Promise (Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage #2)
Author	:	Mercedes Lackey
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	January 2nd 1990 by DAW Books Inc (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. LGBT. Magic. Science Fiction Fantasy. High Fantasy. Romance. M M Romance

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The second volume of a trilogy always has big shoes to fill, to maintain the energy of the first book, keep the momentum of the story rolling into the third book, and yet leave the reader satisfied that the second is a complete story rather than just a lead-in to the third.This book picks up 12 years after the first book, when Herald-Mage Vaneyl grown into his potential, but remains heartsore over his lost lover, exhausted by his own deeds in defense of his country, and emotionally wrung out

3.5 stars? This was fun and I liked Vanyel much better as an adult in this book than as an adolescent in the previous one. Felt that there was a long build up for an ending that was a little slapdash, but I still enjoyed reading it and am going to read the third. I dunno. Sometimes its just so refreshing to read a fantasy novel with a queer MC that I have a hard time deciding whether I liked it for that or for the rest of the story itself. It just feels good to live inside a queer narrative for

Easily the best book of the trilogy; the relationships here felt the most genuine, the plot unfurled organically rather than being tacked on in the last thirty pages, and sometimes it's nice to read about a main character who's just really awesome at a lot of things. Many of the problems I had with the first book where also present in Magic's Promise, but my least favorite elements of the first book (the romance, the Hawkbrothers, and the "Powerful Enemy From Out Of Nowhere") were not present in

A fun, powerful fantasy epic of overpowered superheroes bashing away at villainous villains. Everyone assumes Vanyel is a pedophile because he is gay, but he has no pedophilic tendencies, because that is evil. Although later it is at least implied that he only wants sex with equals... with friends... which is a bit more positive.But given all the changes in characters from Magic's Pawn to this book, I'm not sure it is the same world. Vanyel seems to have different powers and talents and seems

After 100 pages, nothing in the plot summary on the back of the book had happened, and, because this book lacked the angst and strong emotions of the first, my patience wore thin with the story's rambling nature. By the third time the same conversation was had about a horse, I started skimming until the end. I initially found it interesting how Vanyel's main internal conflict in this volume was his fame, not his sexuality. And his visit home making him, an all powerful wizard, feel like a child

While second-book slump is a flaw of most trilogies, Mercedes Lackey kicks it in high gear with Magics Promise and delivers a highly-engaging, action-filled fantasy mystery.Twelve years have passed since our little brooding peacock Vanyel was Chosen by Yfandes and healed by the Tayledras. Hes spent years on the battlefield by the Karse border, nearly meeting death more times than his friends are comfortable with. However, Vanyel is still heartsick over the death of Tylendel, his lifebond. Hes so