– Customer review on 15/10/2011

I discovered Lackey's "Valdemar" fiction a year or so ago and quickly devoured 1/2 a dozen of her books. They're not top-10 material, by any means - I mean, no-one would compare her to Tolkien - but they're comfortable and enjoyable. Let's say that Tolkien is a fine steak dinner from a good restaurant. By comparison, Lackey is a higher end hamburger - say, Red Robin. No-one would say a burger is better than a steak, but a burger is perfectly enjoyable, far more common, and sometimes even to be preferred as comfort food.