Great book Mercedes Lackey at her best, love the adventure, strong, smart, and magic women.
The Oathbound This is a nice twist of theme and character. While still holding true to the Valdamaran feel it brings you on a whole new avanew of intrigue and captivates you all over again. This is a very enjoyable story.3 stars - it was okay I find myself agreeing with a lot of the complaints that have been raised by other reviewers: episodic (a couple of the chapters can be found in "Oathblood", the short story collection, as short stories that were later incorporated into the book), lacking in unity, vague in important details etc.. But overall, the story was interesting, the characters very engaging and likeable, and it had moments that I really liked. Younger readers interested in this book and the one that follows it should know that the plots contain some disturbing situations, including a demon that sets up a religion to use and abuse women, and numerous murders and rapes. That is the main reason for my 3 star rating, but in general, I'm glad to have picked up this book. Don't miss the sequel, I think it's better than "Oathbound".
