MY LITTLE PONY GOES TO WAR

[gogmagog]

I'm 40 pages into the new Valdemar book, and so far, all the cliches are holding true. Abused child saved by magical telepathic horsie, check. Using cutesy words like "sparklies" and "kiddies" in the limited third-person narration to show his lower-classness, but then also using words like "ulcerate," check. Obsession with baths and in-depth descriptions of such, check.

...why do I enjoy this series so much again? NEVERTHELESS, I DO.

DON'T YOU JUDGE ME

Edit: Actually, the Amazon reviews seem to be giving it pretty low marks, even from Valdemar fans; we'll see whether it goes downhill later on.

Comments

[anchan218.livejournal.com]

LOL gotta love Misty cliches. ^O^

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

Still pulls a 3.5 or so....

Did you buy this in hardcover?  Do you own them all in hardcover? :D  I think I've "only" read 3 or 4 trilogies... herald mage, arrows, wind, and maybe another focusing on a main character from outside of Valdemar (but same universe).  Griffons come to mind.  Er.  I have massmarket paperbacks of some of these (the only things I've set out to buy hardcover was harry potter, since there would only be 7, but I still haven't gotten DH, or read it).

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

I DID buy it in hardcover (mostly because I am a ho for anything Lackey, and own a good portion of the ones that were released in hardcover in hardcover, though I normally wouldn't buy Valdemar books in hardcover unless on remainder...I just saw this one at B&N and got excited).

And yeah, that fourth one is probably the Gryphon series (it's like a super-super-super-prequel to the Valdemar books). I've read pretty much all of them, and recognize their fanficness, but that doesn't stop me eating them up with a spoon. :(