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cover for the book the serpent's shadow by mercedes lackey

Edwardian Snow White Mixed With Hindu Mythology

The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey

August 21, 2026 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Maya Whitherspoon fled to England after her father’s death, hoping that her parents’ enemies won’t follow her.  With her untrained magic and skills as a doctor, she starts to make a home for herself in England.  Peter Scott has been tasked by the organization of Elemental Masters he belongs to to find the source of magic that has appeared in London.  When he finds Maya, it doesn’t take him long to realize that she needs training in her magical abilities.  But as death starts stalking […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr18bingo, fairytale adaptation, Mercedes Lackey

Kit Moonstar's CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr18bingo, fairytale adaptation, Mercedes Lackey ·
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cover of the book the fire rose by mercedes lackey

Turn Of the Century Beauty & the Beast

The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey

July 26, 2026 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Rosalind Hawkins is looking at a bleak future when a mysterious job offer arrives.  She’s whisked off to the San Francisco Bay area and installed in the mansion of Jason Cameron, a rail baron.  She quickly discovers that she was not hired to be a governess but to read and translate scholarly works he needs for his research.  Jason is a Elemental Master of Fire who dabbled in Earth magic which backfired on him and turned him into a combination of wolf and man, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr18bingo, fairytale adaptation, Mercedes Lackey

Kit Moonstar's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr18bingo, fairytale adaptation, Mercedes Lackey ·
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Cover of the book The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey

Space Archeology and a Mystery

The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey

May 25, 2026 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Tia Cade enjoys her life moving from dig site to dig site and planet to planet with her archeologist parents.  Precocious and inquisitive, she doesn’t mind that her best friend is a brainship or that she doesn’t get to spend time with other children her age.  However, when an unknown space disease leaves her almost completely paralyzed, Tia gets a new lease on life as a brainship as well as a desire to track down the disease that she caught and make sure no else […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Anne McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey, Mercedes Lackey

Kit Moonstar's CBR18 Review No:9 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Anne McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey, Mercedes Lackey ·
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Same beginning, different stories

Clariel by Garth Nix

Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey

July 12, 2024 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

This is a pairing of two stories that may not seem to have too much in common, but they do. At some point last year we acquired most of Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series through a humble bundle deal. I had read a few of her books over the years, but none of Valdemar. I chose at random Burning Brightly, which turns out to be a rare stand alone in the series. What struck me was the similarities in the initial set up with another stand […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: garth nix, Mercedes Lackey

persnickety chick's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: garth nix, Mercedes Lackey ·
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Mercedes Lackey (1)

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey

January 23, 2023 by vel veeter 1 Comment

” A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the tree, but the young girl seated beneath it did not seem to notice.” I bought a series of Mercedes Lackey Valdemar books from Audible on sale a little while ago, and to my horror I realized that while I could have started off with them, they’re kind of prequels in a way, and I wasn’t sure how much world-building and context I might miss. This series starts off the whole thing, and luckily was available from […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Mercedes Lackey

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Mercedes Lackey ·
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COVID and Traveling Gave Me Time to Read

Normal People by Sally Rooney

The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey

October 30, 2022 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I had started reading Normal People quite some time ago but put it down for long enough that when I was ready to start reading it again, I decided to just start over, and I think that helped my enjoy the book more. The re-read of part of the book helped me understand the characters in a way that I hadn’t the first time I started reading it. At this point, probably most people know the plot. Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron grew up in the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Fiction, Mercedes Lackey, Normal People, Sally Rooney

Tracy's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Fiction, Mercedes Lackey, Normal People, Sally Rooney ·
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    I don't particularly want to read it, but I do love the title.
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