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A review by timlucier
Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey
3.0
The first time I read the Storms series, I had no idea what was going on.
As a huge fan of Lackey's work, in particular those taking place in Valdemar, I read most of these books out of order given their accessibility (working through used book stores, etc.) Storms came out new while I was working through her books, so I gave it a try and was completely lost in the narrative and unhappy with this Valdemar that seemed so different from the one I knew.
Later, once I discovered Amazon and was able to order all my missing Valdemar novels, I re-read it and enjoyed it much more - though still not as much as many of her other books.
If you are going to read storms (which you absolutely must if you want to know the whole story of Valdemar, as it is today,) just make sure you read enough of the other books first.
Most of these books, you can read in any order.... however, if you are going to read any of the storms series, you must read the Winds series first (and possibly Kerowyn's tale as well as both Alberich books) if you are to keep from being as hopelessly lost as I was.
Personally I do find this trilogy a bit dull in comparison to Lackey's other Valdemar stories, so I recommend it only as somewhere to go when you just need more Valdemar in your life, and definitely not somewhere to start as your introduction to Valdemar. (starting? try a stand-alone like Brightly Burning or an earlier trilogy like Arrows of the Queen.. I actually started with the Owl books which come directly after this trilogy and I loved them.) The first time I read it, as someone who was pretty well-read in terms of Lackey's work but had missed the key storyline of the Winds and Kerowyn's tale, I would have rated this one star. Having returned to this book (and trilogy) after catching up on my missing plot points, I now would bring that up to 3.
As a huge fan of Lackey's work, in particular those taking place in Valdemar, I read most of these books out of order given their accessibility (working through used book stores, etc.) Storms came out new while I was working through her books, so I gave it a try and was completely lost in the narrative and unhappy with this Valdemar that seemed so different from the one I knew.
Later, once I discovered Amazon and was able to order all my missing Valdemar novels, I re-read it and enjoyed it much more - though still not as much as many of her other books.
If you are going to read storms (which you absolutely must if you want to know the whole story of Valdemar, as it is today,) just make sure you read enough of the other books first.
Most of these books, you can read in any order.... however, if you are going to read any of the storms series, you must read the Winds series first (and possibly Kerowyn's tale as well as both Alberich books) if you are to keep from being as hopelessly lost as I was.
Personally I do find this trilogy a bit dull in comparison to Lackey's other Valdemar stories, so I recommend it only as somewhere to go when you just need more Valdemar in your life, and definitely not somewhere to start as your introduction to Valdemar. (starting? try a stand-alone like Brightly Burning or an earlier trilogy like Arrows of the Queen.. I actually started with the Owl books which come directly after this trilogy and I loved them.) The first time I read it, as someone who was pretty well-read in terms of Lackey's work but had missed the key storyline of the Winds and Kerowyn's tale, I would have rated this one star. Having returned to this book (and trilogy) after catching up on my missing plot points, I now would bring that up to 3.