false 47956 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg 47956 8 353853 1 3 1998 Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1) total:1960|5:1028|4:552|3:252|2:93|1:35| 1960 8325 2712 193 26897 4.08 14055 1072 3143599 135145 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 1 6 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jul 16 15:13:47 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:48:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 31448407 1103670 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 5 4 false Thu Aug 28 12:52:33 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:56:50 -0700 2008
Bishop’s work is highly subversive. It develops a female-dominant society based on Kipling’s reminder: “the female of the sp...more...]]> 29999895 1411916 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 2 5 false Tue Aug 12 20:04:02 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 11:43:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 43185588 1916877 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 5 3 false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Jan 15 17:34:45 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:03:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 71966714 2759722 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 3 2 false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 03:05:22 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 03:05:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65372971 2410636 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 01:24:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 01:25:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54736754 1610734 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 1 3 false Sat May 02 18:32:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 18:37:57 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 79417240 2415283 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 5 0 false Mon Nov 30 10:45:09 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:20:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70453349 1132446 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 4 0 false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 05:51:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 09:33:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43706007 945050 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 2 2 false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 10:55:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 17:29:38 -0800 2009 Oh, and rage, hatred, vengeful characters, and grudges - what's not to love about this book?
That being said...

When an author creates a completely different world, a little background information might be useful so the reader has ...more...]]> 81074381 2028224 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 1 0 true Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 07:03:09 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 10:35:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 66290539 1836077 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 3 3 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:25:19 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:02:13 -0700 2009
"So that's his brother? Ah, right, his brother with wings. . . . Saetan Sa Diablo? For serious? . . . Magical cockring of Obedience! . . . Aww, that's actually pretty cute. Family togetherness, d'aww. . . . Ew!...more...]]> 3918998 244267 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Aug 01 12:10:34 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:14:58 -0800 2009 46595561 2040284 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 5 0 true Sun Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Feb 16 21:11:06 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 21:16:19 -0800 2009 Daughter of the Blood is a captivating introduction to the world of the Blood, a psychic aristocracy with a rigid caste system. It begins the tale of Witch, a young Queen named Jaenelle, whose destiny is to cleanse the Blood of the taint they've suffered for the past few thousand years. But Jaenelle...more...]]> 20440570 623829 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 4 1 false Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 03:01:07 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 02:22:11 -0700 2008
I did enjoy although i do feel numb to the characters sufferings at some point...]]> 76596007 50581 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 4 0 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:05:20 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:29:40 -0800 2009
A few other issues I had were:

No map. I...more...]]> 72033586 1051140 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 3 0 false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 14:56:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:29:12 -0700 2009 The only reason its not getting more is because of the material. Its filled with pain and despair and torture and abuse.

Clearly this is the setup book for the following two novels. I'm not sure if it would have been possible t...more...]]> 58247471 2378530 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 02 18:54:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:55:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38896235 1215148 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 5 0 false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 16:09:54 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 06:09:05 -0800 2008 Study Buddies Group list. Wow, I was not disappointed. I’m in love with this book.

The action and characters were a little hard to follow in the beginning, but were soon made clear. I'm still a little fuzzy on the locations of the realms/lan...more...]]> 39082437 1244455 47956 0451456718 9780451456717 1888 181 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47956.Daughter_of_the_Blood 4.25 3 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 21:10:16 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 21:17:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47956