The latest entry in the enormously and deservedly popular Darkover saga [Thendara House] is a direct sequel to The Shattered Chain…. This book is more uneven than the last Darkover novel, Hawkmistress!…, and hence is less than ideal as a starting point for the saga. However, Bradley's prose is up to its usual high standard, many scenes have raw power, and enormously serious questions are addressed.

Roland Green, in a review of "Thendara House," in Booklist, Vol. 80, No. 3, October 1, 1983, p. 222.