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A review by berlinbibliophile
Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey
3.0
This was a nice bit of fluff between heavier reads, and I still feel like I'm coming home whenever I read about Valdemar again.
While I was getting a bit tired of Mags as a character in his last book, this one, with its several focus characters, its Haven setting, and it's renewed focus on espionage, worked better for me. If everything always feels a bit too easy for Mags, I'm willing to overlook a lot for a hero who is genuinely extremely competent at his job.
Although Brand was a bit too obvious in his moustache-twirling villainy for me to believe, I did like this twist on Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare-inspired things are my FAVOURITE.
While I was getting a bit tired of Mags as a character in his last book, this one, with its several focus characters, its Haven setting, and it's renewed focus on espionage, worked better for me. If everything always feels a bit too easy for Mags, I'm willing to overlook a lot for a hero who is genuinely extremely competent at his job.
Although Brand was a bit too obvious in his moustache-twirling villainy for me to believe, I did like this twist on Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare-inspired things are my FAVOURITE.