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    <body><![CDATA[I will say this -- my favorite aspects of <em>Vows and Honor</em> duology/trilogy/whatever is that the main relationship is between two women and is platonic*.  The Oathbound is about two women, Kethry, who used to be a noble of a poverty-stricken house, but after her brother practically sold her into marria...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52288894">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If book had been structured as a linked short story collection rather than a loosely-tied-together novel, it would have been better.  Adding the first Tarma-Kethry story from <em>Sword and Sorceress III</em> would have been another improvement, but there may have been reasons why that didn't happen.  Not eve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76647272">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finished this last night. I grabbed the Sword and Sorceress III volume from the library in order to read the beginning of the story, and that was very compelling. This volume developed the characters and story arc. I found it less a single novel than a sequence of encounters, but there is an undergi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74432102">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nostalgia!  The book doesn't hold up from my thirteen-year-old memory, but I still really appreciate the pulp fantasy feel it had.  Also, feminism and gay-acceptance.  Yes.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lackey is one of my favorite authors ever!  I started reading her in 8th grade but I will still pull out her books to reread them.   Her character building is really her main strength – you want to meet her characters – which is probably why I always reach for her books as a pick-me-up, it’s l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13846941">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy this series as you can see by how many times I've read it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So so so so SO good.  Loved loved LOVED the characters.  TOTAL AWESOMENESS!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176797.The_Oathbound_Vows_and_Honor_Book_1_" title="The Oathbound (Vows and Honor, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey">Vows and Honor</a> Trilogy - bk 1   Takes place during reign of co-consorts Arden and Leesa (1270 AF, Valdemar)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I only picked this up because I wanted to read something that had strong women beating people up and I wanted to not think too hard. Lucky me, this book has both of those things... I'll leave it at that.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Oathbound (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176797.The_Oathbound_Vows_and_Honor_Book_1_" title="The Oathbound (Vows and Honor, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey">Vows and Honor</a>, Book 1) by Mercedes  Lackey (1988)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Two women vow revenge for various crimes against them by becoming expert warriors. Interesting characters, if a bit dogmatic, but a rather disjointed storyline.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Less a novel than a collection of incidents, this book is fun, but should have *started* with the story that started it all, &quot;Sword Sworn&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second ML book I read.  I found this one very enjoyable and I love the characters of Tarma and Kethry.  Just fantastic.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Oathbound (Valdemar: Vows and Honor, #1)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Tarma witnessed her clan's murder and, swearing vengeance, became a master warrior. Kethry fled her forced &quot;marriage&quot; and became an adept--pledging her power to the greatest good. When Kethry obtains a magical sword which draws her to others in need, the two vow to avenge the wrongs done to womanhood.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like this author, but all of her books that I have read need a mild to moderate sexual content advisory. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love all the Valdemar books and have read each of the series... they are awesome fantasy stories!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[*sigh* Once again, rife with spelling errors. A little maudlin in places, but it served its purpose for me.]]></body>
    
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