Last Herald Mage thoughts (again)

[selenay]

I was cataloguing books at the weekend in preperation for my move and got to
the Mercedes Lackey shelf. Um, it turns out that I have 40 ML books *is
embrassed*

Anyway, leaving aside my slight obsession, I picked up Magic's
Promise and decided that I was about due for a Vanyel re-read and that
particular one appealed. I'm not sure why - usually I go for the first or
last book in the series because I'm a sucker for the romance. This time,
though, I'm enjoying Promise more than I ever remember enjoying it
before. It seems to be a book that gets better each time I re-read it. The
other two are old familiar friends, but right now I seem to see new things
in Promise far more than I do in the other two.

Does anyone else have books like that? Ones that you were a bit meh-ish
about on the first read, but seem to get better every time you go back to
them?

The only slight problem with the re-read is that I get so absorbed I forget
to do important things, like going to sleep or leaving for work. D'oh!

Comments

[danamaree.livejournal.com]

Oh, 'The Last Herald Mage' the beginning of the slippery slope down to slashdom for me. The fatal day when I was 17 that a co-worker lent me that series.

And then I spent all night reading it, and didn't finish until 5am in the morning. *sigh*

But unfortunately, that series is one of a few that doesn't live up to my first remembrance, I tried to reread it a couple of years ago, got half way though because it was so sappy. Decided it best to stop, I wanted to keep the memories happy.

It's also why I won't reread the Narnia series.

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

I really did like Magic's Promise. And despite my hating the ending of the third book, I still loved that story. So again, thanks for reccing them to me hun! :)

I think my current "middle" book favorite is Stalking Darkness in the Nightrunner "series" by Lynn Flewelling. I'm afraid to read the fourth one coming out in a few months. It has a whole lotta bad stuff happening to my heroes. *whines* ;)