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Title: Four & Twenty Blackbirds by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0-671-57778-6 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.56 (18 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Entertaining but not what I expected.
Comment: Despite anticipating more about the Free Bards and maybe a chance to catch up with previous characters, I found this book a good read. Having just read a book on the characteristics of signature murders, I found Tal Rufen's learning experiences with this series of murders quite interesting. I knew who the murderer was quite early in the story, but that didn't ruin my enjoyment.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Standalone Book in the Series
Comment: ****
I've read *exactly* one other of Mercedes Lackey's books - The Firebird, which bored me to tears.
Undaunted, I read the first 2 chapters of this book on-line several years ago, managed to get into the story, and after requesting this book as a Christmas present for several years, finally decided to get it on my own.
I have not read any of the other Bardic Voices books, so I can't comment on there not being any Free Bards within the story (they are occasionally referred to). What I liked about this story is that it's a combination mystery and fantasy, as another poster has said. Yes, you do find out who the murderer is about halfway through, but I was intrigued enough by that point to keep going, to see what made this mage tick, why he/she wanted to go after Ardis. It was also interesting when the mage decides to change tactics near the end of the book. The way it was written, it made complete sense to me.
On another note, I found Ardis's grappling with staying in the Church to be realistically written, and it actually moved me at certain points.
With the current situation in the world, plus my own personal strife, this book saw me through a depressing period in my life. So, to sum it up, this book is a fine way to lose yourself in an interesting world.
Rating: 3
Summary: For fans of more than Fantasy
Comment: This was actually the first of the Bardic Voices books that I read. I enjoyed it enough that I immediately bought the other books. Book 4 is able to stand on its own as a fantasy/mystery novel. I am a fan of mysteries as well as fantasies and this book was a nice combination of the two. I really liked the investigator and hope for more to come from Lackey about these new characters.
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Title: The Robin & the Kestrel (Bardic Voices, Book 2) by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0671876287 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Eagle & the Nightingales by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0671877062 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Cast of Corbies: A Novel of Bardic Choices (Bardic Choices) by Mercedes Lackey, Josepha Sherman ISBN: 0671722077 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Free Bards by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon ISBN: 067187778X Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Lark and the Wren (Bardic Voices, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0671720996 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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