Reading the Last Herald Mage trilogy

I finished The Silmarillion a few days ago actually. I enjoyed it! I know it's a lot different to the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit but I found I wasn't as fond of this writing style. I prefer when it's more like his other work. I really enjoyed Thingol and Melian's storyline, it was so tragic!

In other news, I actually bought another Mercedes Lackey book, Magic's Pawn. I felt weird reading Storm Warning because it takes place so much later in the whole Valdemar series. So I went on Thriftbooks.com and bought the first book of the Last Herald Mage trilogy, because its cover is what interested me the most. And I've really enjoyed it! Vanyel is such a sympathetic character, I really feel for him! And the gay thing was such a pleasant surprise. I really didn't go into this series expecting anything gay and the fact that it's between some of the main characters and not just a gay side character or a vague "confirmed bachelor" sort of thing is really pleasant. I wish I could write a letter to Mercedes Lackey, let her know how much this means to me as an aspiring writer, but I don't know what address to send it to. I don't even know if it's proper to still send letters to authors! I bought the next two books in the trilogy today on a whim, it was only $17 so I don't feel too bad about it. They should arrive within the next two weeks. I'm so excited to read them! I've found some really good series this year, first with the Scholomance series and now with the Last Herald Mage series. I'm really happy about it!