Name: Arrow's Fall
ISBN: 9780886774004

Mercedes Lackey

Talia, Herald to the Queen of Valdemar, travels to a neighboring realm to investigate a prince's proposal to marry the Queen's heir, but discovers an evil plot to destroy Valdemar

Arrow's Fall

Allison Garrett

The final book in the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy, Arrow’s Fall was a bit disappointing to me. Talia is now a full-fledged herald and as the Queen’s Own, she steps into a world of responsibility while trying to maintain her friendships with the other heralds. 
	Pros: 
•	Talia- Once again Talia is the highlight of the book, and her abilities and strength are the most likeable things about it. 
•	Enemies- At least in this book there were solid enemies that you could actively root against and a real battle scene. 
Cons: 
•	Pacing- The pacing in this book is just so awkward. The first half is so slow with no action at all. While some build up is needed it’s just extreme, and then suddenly there is more action than can be written in such a short amount of time. Without spoiling anything, horrific things are just dropped into the story so quickly and non-descriptly that I had to read it twice to believe it even happened. 
•	The romance- Beyond being a slow burn, it also moved ridiculously slowly. It was like Talia and Dirk didn’t speak then suddenly they were madly in love. If the life bond was the cause of that, it would’ve been nice to have that explained a little more in depth. 

I’m giving Arrow’s Fall 3/5 stars because I did read it in basically one sitting and I will continue on with the Valdemar books, it just didn’t quite live up to my expectations.

Laura Kehoe

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Follows the adventures of Talia as she travels the land as a Herald of Valdemar in the third book in the classic epic fantasy Arrows trilogy With Elspeth, the heir to the throne of Valdemar, come of marriageable age, Talia, the Queen’s Own Herald returns to court to find Queen and heir beset by diplomatic intrigue as various forces vie for control of Elspeth’s future. But just as Talia is about to uncover the traitor behind all these intrigues, she is sent off on a mission to the neighboring kingdom, chosen by the Queento investigate the worth of a marriage proposal from Prince Ancar. And, to her horror, Talia soon discovers there is far more going on at Prince Ancar’s court than just preparation for a hoped-for royal wedding. For a different magic than that of the Heralds is loose in Ancar’s realm—an evil and ancient sorcery that may destroy all of Valdemar unless Talia can send warning to her Queen in time!

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