Exile's Valor (Heralds of Valdemar Series #7) Book

I think this book was even better the second time around. I always love noticing stuff I missed the first time around... And sometimes it is the silliest things... for instance this line from the book made me giggle out loud this time through and I did not even remember it the first time through. Last page of Chapter 12 pg 258 in the paperback version. The line is "chattering like a flock of noisy little birds, and he with the look of a man being nibbled to death by ducks". All I can say is Ms. Lackey has a cruel streak, cuz I have seen a flock of ducks go crazy for a bunch of bread and you would not want to ever be their target. It would be a VERY slow agonizing death! Anyway, with this being my 2nd or 3rd read for the Valdemar series I have to say I am really enjoying falling in love with the world she created all over again. Her's were the first fantasy novels I had ever read where there were not only openly accepted gay & lesbian characters; but some of them were actually the hero of the books. Definitely not how most gay & lesbians were portrayed in books & films when I was growing up. It was great in this series to finally get Alberich's full story as well as so much of Selenay's background filled in. A definite must read!