My opinion is on this is often hated, but I can't stand the Valdemar books. The first one of the Arrows trilogy is decent, but the rest.. omg, it's filled with the biggest angst monster marty/mary sues I've ever encountered. One of them has a character that can do everything, literally everything. Who's gorgeous, super popular, uber powerful, has all abilities, saves the day, has the magical white horse who's his soul mate reborn (Not kidding here), and has enough angst baggage to fill a freight train. And he's always wining about how awful things are, how lowly he is.. I call them the Boo Hoo Books.
Literally EVERYONE has a soulmate. Everyone. And past figures she likes get reborn to being the horses, which adds to the angst and such. It's like one sickening incest soulmate-a-thon and I froth with hatred when it's mentioned.
Okay, done frothing. Just be warned if you start reading more of her work. The first ones of series tend to be okay, but after that..
That said, my husband loves them somehow. I forgive him though. ;)
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My opinion is on this is often hated, but I can't stand the Valdemar books. The first one of the Arrows trilogy is decent, but the rest.. omg, it's filled with the biggest angst monster marty/mary sues I've ever encountered. One of them has a character that can do everything, literally everything. Who's gorgeous, super popular, uber powerful, has all abilities, saves the day, has the magical white horse who's his soul mate reborn (Not kidding here), and has enough angst baggage to fill a freight train. And he's always wining about how awful things are, how lowly he is.. I call them the Boo Hoo Books.
Literally EVERYONE has a soulmate. Everyone. And past figures she likes get reborn to being the horses, which adds to the angst and such. It's like one sickening incest soulmate-a-thon and I froth with hatred when it's mentioned.
Okay, done frothing. Just be warned if you start reading more of her work. The first ones of series tend to be okay, but after that..
That said, my husband loves them somehow. I forgive him though. ;)