false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256149182m/47956.jpg 47956 8 Anne Bishop's debut novel, <I>Daughter of the Blood</I>, is like black coffee--strong, dark, and hard on delicate stomachs. Within the Blood (a race of magic-users), women rule and men serve, but tradition has been corrupted so that women enslave men, who seek to destroy their oppressors. Female children are violated before they can reach maturity; men are tortured and forced to satisfy witches' sexual appetites.<p> Bishop's child heroine, Jaenelle, is destined to rule the Blood, if she can reach adulthood. Her power is hidden; her family believes her mad. Saetan, High Lord of Hell and most powerful of the Blood males, becomes Jaenelle's surrogate father and teacher. He cannot protect her outside Hell, where he rules. She refuses to leave Terreille, risking herself to protect or heal other victims of violence. Can Daemon, Saetan's estranged son, keep her safe from the machinations of the evil High Priestess? Or will he lose his battle to control his destructive urges and endanger her?<p> Readers may find some aspects of Bishop's world confusing; not least that most of the good guys live in Hell. But her protagonists are compelling, sympathetic characters who overcome terrible adversity. If you like Anne Rice or Laurell K. Hamilton, try this one. <I>--Nona Vero</I> 353853 1 3 1998 Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels, #1) total:1911|5:1005|4:537|3:244|2:92|1:33| 1911 8122 2630 184 2 5 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 09:13:59 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 09:33:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false 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...]]> 2 4 false false Tue Aug 12 20:04:02 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 11:43:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false 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...]]> 1 5 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jul 16 15:13:47 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 15:16:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false 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...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 01:24:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 01:25:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat May 02 18:32:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 18:37:57 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 2 2 false 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?
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When an author creates a completely different world, a little background information might be useful so the reader has ...more...]]> 3 3 false 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...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 4 1 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 16:25:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:47:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 10:33:50 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 05:36:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47956