false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226637548m/3598830.jpg 3598830 5 <B>From the national bestselling author— the new novel set in the “darkly fascinating world”(<I>SF Site</I>) of the Black Jewels.</B><BR><BR> Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was ruled by corrupt Queens who were wiped out when the land was cleansed of tainted Blood. Now, only one hundred Warlord Princes stand—without a leader and without hope.<BR><BR> Theran Grayhaven is the last of his line, desperate to find the key that reveals a treasure great enough to restore Dena Nehele. But first he needs to find a Queen who remembers the Blood’s code of honor and lives by the Old Ways. The woman chosen to rule Dena Nehele, Lady Cassidy, is not beautiful and believes she is not strong. But she may be the only one able to convince bitter men to serve once again. 3641533 book 3 3 2009 The Shadow Queen (The Black Jewels, #7) total:384|5:133|4:159|3:74|2:11|1:7| 384 1552 725 75 5 2 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:10:37 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:18:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 21:37:50 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 21:46:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 22:47:09 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 22:52:58 -0800 2009 The Shadow Queen, I was sure that I would end up hating it. I thought that the new characters would be pale representations of the Blood that I had fallen in love with and was upset to think that I might have to stop reading Anne Bishop's novels in order to retain m...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 14:44:33 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 07 19:54:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:41:34 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:09:53 -0800 2009 1
You will need to at least have read "The Invisible Ring" to appreciate the many references to Jarad, Lia, and...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 21:18:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 22:16:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 14:21:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 14:36:59 -0700 2009
There's something a little bit trashy about Anne Bishop's books, but as some reviewer somewhere said, the pages are sprinkled with the literary equivalent of crack. I can't help myself.

Yes, the characterization is often possessed of all the subtlety ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 06 20:26:11 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:26:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 18:17:23 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 00:00:03 -0700 2009
But Unlike the reviews I've read I (at this point) don't mind the side plot of Daemon and Jae...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 08:06:04 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:47:27 -0700 2009 The Invisible Ring, as well as some from the actual trilogy. This deals with the descendants of the characters from The Invisible Ring, as well as...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 19:29:13 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 08:23:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 16:37:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 18:05:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 09:52:59 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 10:04:01 -0700 2009 Cassidy is a Queen whose court all vacated at the end of their year contract. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 23 11:08:01 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 12:27:45 -0700 2009
When I first heard Anne Bishop was writing another Black Jewel book with new characters, I was wary, because I fell in love with the characters from the original trilogy the first time I read the books and came to love them more every time I reread the books. The Shadow Queen...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 02:12:55 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 21:37:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:18:43 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:11:58 -0700 2009 1
Bishop has been trying to tell stories about other people in this wor...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:51:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 06:28:16 -0700 2009 I loved it! I probably would have gotten more out of the book if ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 03 20:57:34 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 30 21:28:15 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 03 20:57:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 23:13:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 17:20:08 -0700 2009
To my delight they were in the book but what made me even more happy was that I loved the new characters...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Aug 27 01:35:08 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 01:48:48 -0700 2009
The story itself has its moments, but the series has lo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3598830