@wigglytuffitout A quick synopsis review indicates that I have owned this book but somehow neglected to ever read it, which is somewhat confounding

@wigglytuffitout Also, as someone who has read A Lot of her books: which one(s) did you try that you couldn't get through?

@InspectorCaracal honestly i can't remember off the top of my head - mostly pern, way back in middle school, because everyone told me that i'd love them and i tried about three and just couldn't make it past the second chapter or so every time lol

Black Horses For The King was a book i got on vacation and gobbled up on the ride home, so i may also be viewing it with rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia LOL

@wigglytuffitout I dunno what your general reading preferences are but in Pern alone there are several different series of differing reading levels and narrative dynamics

- Dragonriders of Pern, the "most popular" but also my least favorite, I never liked the protags. Very heavy on McCaffrey's more dubious relationship kinks.
- Harper Hall, which are a lower reading level and I think feature her age-gap kink, few dragons
- White Dragon trilogy, my favorite, ace protag, more scifi than fantasy

@wigglytuffitout There's also a wide range of stand-alone Pern novels and stories if you wanted to try picking up one of them instead.

@wigglytuffitout Personally I loved Moreta's Ride but it is not a happy-ending book, you have to be on board for lots of sadness at the end or you'll either regret reading it or won't be able to get invested.

@wigglytuffitout (my guess is every time I looked at it, I thought it was by Not Anne McCaffrey and read something else instead <.< )