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Queen of the Darkness (The Black Jewels #3)
by
Anne Bishop
Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written, and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her enemies once and for all.
Even so, she cannot stand alone. Somewhere, long lost in...more
Even so, she cannot stand alone. Somewhere, long lost in...more
Mass Market Paperback, 430 pages
Published
January 1st 2000
by Roc
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n Book 3 of the Black Jewels Trilogy, The two evil Witches who have wreaked so much havoc in all their lives, Hekatah and Dorthea, continue their scheming to bring down Janelle, the once and future Queen of the Blood, and her kingdom.
Daemon has returned and is finally united with Janelle, as well as his brother Lucivar and all the powerful friends she's made along the way- including the magical creatures who only bow to her.
The book ends with one climatic battle, fought mostly in the psychic rea...more
Daemon has returned and is finally united with Janelle, as well as his brother Lucivar and all the powerful friends she's made along the way- including the magical creatures who only bow to her.
The book ends with one climatic battle, fought mostly in the psychic rea...more
Feb 29, 2008
Pandem
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5 of 5 stars
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"The Realm of Terreille will be torn apart by its own foolish greed. Those who survive will serve, but few will survive."
So said the mad seer Tersa in the prologue in the first book of this trilogy, Daughter of the Blood, and this is when it finally happens.
Everything changes, everything gets torn apart in this book. It's heartbreaking, exciting, saddening, exhilarating, hilarious, agonizing, and breathtaking. . .it's, to use the term, a true thrill ride. It's an awesome, incredible book, and I...more
So said the mad seer Tersa in the prologue in the first book of this trilogy, Daughter of the Blood, and this is when it finally happens.
Everything changes, everything gets torn apart in this book. It's heartbreaking, exciting, saddening, exhilarating, hilarious, agonizing, and breathtaking. . .it's, to use the term, a true thrill ride. It's an awesome, incredible book, and I...more
Entertaining and suspenseful but pretty confusing in all the magical jargon. There were so many explanations and attempts at being mystical that I felt dumb trying to straighten everything out. Kind of like having to ask a person to stop and repeat their story because they're just too into their own world.
The overall story line was good though and actually really heart breaking most of the time. This kind of wrapped up the tone of the series with a very dark edge to it. I liked that it wasn't t...more
The overall story line was good though and actually really heart breaking most of the time. This kind of wrapped up the tone of the series with a very dark edge to it. I liked that it wasn't t...more
So I finished the Black Jewels Trilogy. I enjoyed the neat tying up of loose ends at the conclusion for the most part, though considering the detail the author put into other scenes in the book, you would think the, for lack of a better term, "sexy times" when the characters FINALLY hook up would be a bit more detailed. It was tactfully done (or *cough* avoided) as far as that goes. I guess my one beef with the end of the book, and really the series, would be the strangely incompetent arch villa...more
Honestly the last of the black jewels trilogy was the BEST ONE. It had Jaenelle asserting and coming to terms with her powers, both Lucivar and Daemon together (YES!), and some witty dialogues that made me chuckle. The sexual tension was there but it remained pleasant and not as vulgar and disgusting as the rapes and abuses in the first novel (i was shocked, really). We finally got to enjoy the whole SaDiablo family reunited and continued to DETEST those two bitches (sincerely) who just can't le...more
I got sucked so hard into this series that I ended up reading books two and three in an afternoon. I think that says something on its own. I gave up a whole day to this, rather than the hour or two I like to devote to reading.
It's funny, too, because the style of the series really annoys the heck out of me. I love the darkness of it -- and I don't mean that it's set in hell with demons and witches and whatever. The author really does deal with some incredibly dark issues, and that tends to fasci...more
It's funny, too, because the style of the series really annoys the heck out of me. I love the darkness of it -- and I don't mean that it's set in hell with demons and witches and whatever. The author really does deal with some incredibly dark issues, and that tends to fasci...more
So it's supposed to be this whole feminist role-reversal thing, but doesn't commit to it as well as Ruins of Ambrai does. Names are patrilineal, and the whole men-protecting-women thing seems less feminist and more "oh those poor women, we must be strong and such because they are so weak lala it's the Victorian age all over again". Which slightly pisses me off. So it doesn't go into my "feminist" shelf. Or should it? To mark that it tried?
But besides that, it reads fast (and the parts that don't...more
But besides that, it reads fast (and the parts that don't...more
As the conclusion to the series it was alright. I think the characterization in this book took a nose dive. All the secondary characters of Jaenelle’s court are confrontational and untrusting which seems out of place following book two. You only get to see what is really going on with Jaenelle through other people’s view points which makes it hard to feel anything at all toward her. Luciver’s sudden change in life status is bewildering and seems to be just thrown in to make the conflict more per...more
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This concluding novel of the Black Jewels trilogy is the strongest of the bunch. Bishop manages to keep all of her male leads on screen this time, and all the character-building that went on in the previous two books means that I cared about what happened to them all from the start. The world-building is still the weakest aspect of these books (though I finally got, in this third volume, that the only access from Terreille to Kaeleer and vice versa is through portals, so there's very little comm...more
May 07, 2013
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Synopsis:
Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written, and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her enemies once and for all.
Even so, she cannot stand alone. Somewhere, long lost in madness, is Daemon, her promised Consort. Only his unyielding love can complete her Court and secure her reign. Yet...more
Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written, and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her enemies once and for all.
Even so, she cannot stand alone. Somewhere, long lost in madness, is Daemon, her promised Consort. Only his unyielding love can complete her Court and secure her reign. Yet...more
Coming into this I wasn't expecting much actually but I have to say that The Black Jewels #3 had it's moments until the so called 'epic' battle at the end which I felt was really silly and pointless. There's a lot in this book that didn't make sense which made me head desk a couple of times.
Really bad antagonists
First of all the two evil witches in this story Herakah and Dorothea are just really incompetent. You really wonder how they could have kept the Dark Kingdom under their rule for such a...more
Really bad antagonists
First of all the two evil witches in this story Herakah and Dorothea are just really incompetent. You really wonder how they could have kept the Dark Kingdom under their rule for such a...more
This is one of the best trilogies I have ever read. I'm blown away by the world that Anne Bishop has created and will definitely by buying more of her books! That being said - this was my least favorite of the trilogy. Still a 5 star book - in my opinion - but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the first 2. I think it was because some of the things that happened just didn't make sense to me. I won't post any spoilers but I will say that two people should have been executed long before now. I kep...more
Anne Bishop takes hold of her reader's very souls in the stunning conclusion to her fascinating Black Jewels Trilogy. The first book enthralled me, the second book captivated me, and now, after reading the third book, I am utterly bewitched with Anne Bishop. Her trilogy is a masterpiece, unlike any other fantasy works I have ever read. Mystifying, sensual and radiating with dark magic, tests of faith and compassionate love. This book just lungs for your heart, rips it apart, just to put it back...more
I found this a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy begun in Daughter of the Blood and Heir to the Shadows. What stands out to me with Bishop's Dark Jewels series is great world-building and endearing characters. The series is one of those few that is good "comfort food" as well, one of those that bears rereading, curling up as with a visit with old friends.
Is it perfect? No. I could pick some holes in plot; I have style issues (particularly some pet phrases that I could wish she'd use more spar...more
Is it perfect? No. I could pick some holes in plot; I have style issues (particularly some pet phrases that I could wish she'd use more spar...more
An excellent conclusion to a really weird series.
I read all three books in about 3 weeks, they were that well written and that well paced. Anne Bishop dares you to stop reading.
I still can't decide whether I liked these books or not. They were very out of my element and a lot of the themes distresses me greatly. However they were a great way to kill a few weeks at a boring summer job.
The end was a tad anti-climactic I felt, but the build up to it was nail-bittingly exciting.
Upon finishing the...more
I read all three books in about 3 weeks, they were that well written and that well paced. Anne Bishop dares you to stop reading.
I still can't decide whether I liked these books or not. They were very out of my element and a lot of the themes distresses me greatly. However they were a great way to kill a few weeks at a boring summer job.
The end was a tad anti-climactic I felt, but the build up to it was nail-bittingly exciting.
Upon finishing the...more
“Queen of the Darkness” is the 3rd book in Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels trilogy. After I finished this book, I was totally hyped and couldn’t come down fast enough from an emotional read. Not since Sword of Truth, has a series affected me so much. If you have read my previous two reviews, you already know how I feel about the Black Jewels series. The first book was the darkest, but you became hooked pretty fast, and recognize that Anne Bishop has created a world like non other, and her imagination...more
OK! Trilogy done, really satisfying! Def one of my favorite female-centered thick-tomed fantasy series. I really enjoyed the growth of the main character in this book, and the agony and tension between the main character and the love interest was great...to a point (see below)
SPOILERS:
I had a FEW quibbles along the way, namely:
-Why, if everyone is SO UBER with magic and detection was the spy allowed to stay in the house to try to kidnap her sister? Why did she let her family stay so long AT ALL?...more
SPOILERS:
I had a FEW quibbles along the way, namely:
-Why, if everyone is SO UBER with magic and detection was the spy allowed to stay in the house to try to kidnap her sister? Why did she let her family stay so long AT ALL?...more
The book starts direct where the last book was ending. Jeanelle is now Queen and it's not easy for her. Because Hekatah and Dorothea want to destroy her and the people she loves. They provokes war between Tereille and Kaleer and Jaenelle have to make some diffucult decisions.
The relationship between Daemon and Janelle isn't easy at the beginning of the book. He find his way to her back but both don't know how to react and handle each other. She stay away from him and he's thinking that she don't...more
The relationship between Daemon and Janelle isn't easy at the beginning of the book. He find his way to her back but both don't know how to react and handle each other. She stay away from him and he's thinking that she don't...more
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Este volume traz-nos o culminar da ação, numa narrativa rápida e viciante. Com uma intriga bem estruturada, assistimos a grandes desenvolvimentos, sem momentos monótonos, tornando o livro mais forte e cada vez mais dark.
As personagens são o trunfo desta saga. É impossível o leitor não torcer por Jaenelle, Daemon, Lucivar e Saetan. Mas a personagem que destaco neste volume é sem dúvida Surreal, uma prostituta assassina, forte, corajosa e ex...more
Este volume traz-nos o culminar da ação, numa narrativa rápida e viciante. Com uma intriga bem estruturada, assistimos a grandes desenvolvimentos, sem momentos monótonos, tornando o livro mais forte e cada vez mais dark.
As personagens são o trunfo desta saga. É impossível o leitor não torcer por Jaenelle, Daemon, Lucivar e Saetan. Mas a personagem que destaco neste volume é sem dúvida Surreal, uma prostituta assassina, forte, corajosa e ex...more
This book was so great. I couldn't put it down at all. From start to finish it completely had my full attention.
I was really curious to see how Jaenelle and Daemon were going to have a relationship when they've been apart for thirteen years and the last time he saw her she was just twelve and badly hurt. The way they danced around each other was very funny. Jaenelle was so shy and Daemon hasn't been with anyone who wasn't using him as a pleasure slave.
I really loved how they came together. The...more
I was really curious to see how Jaenelle and Daemon were going to have a relationship when they've been apart for thirteen years and the last time he saw her she was just twelve and badly hurt. The way they danced around each other was very funny. Jaenelle was so shy and Daemon hasn't been with anyone who wasn't using him as a pleasure slave.
I really loved how they came together. The...more
This book was great. I admit, I skipped from 1 to 3 but I couldn't stand it..plus, I have 1,3, and 6. I loved the world created. It was pretty confusing at first, but I caught on eventually. It was a very dark series. I probably would not have spent the time reading it if it didn't have that edge to it.
I only want to say a couple of things about this story. First, I loved Daemon. I loved him because of the depth of his love and his purpose in life. If one wants a romantic relationship, it's tha...more
I only want to say a couple of things about this story. First, I loved Daemon. I loved him because of the depth of his love and his purpose in life. If one wants a romantic relationship, it's tha...more
This is my review of Anne Bishop's "The Black Jewels" trilogy as a whole.
I've had these books recommended to me by a girl friend who described them as mostly dark fantasy with an erotic twist. When it comes to fantasy books I lean towards the dark fantasy subgenre very much but I was a little worried how eroticism would fit in with that. Consequently I put the books on my to-read list but never actively looked to reading them. In hindsight I should've read them right away.
The Black Jewels trilog...more
I've had these books recommended to me by a girl friend who described them as mostly dark fantasy with an erotic twist. When it comes to fantasy books I lean towards the dark fantasy subgenre very much but I was a little worried how eroticism would fit in with that. Consequently I put the books on my to-read list but never actively looked to reading them. In hindsight I should've read them right away.
The Black Jewels trilog...more
The "final" installment in the Black Jewels trilogy that takes your breath away, kicks you in the gut and makes your heart sore in triumph. In Daughter of the Blood, we heard Tersa's prophetic cry, "She is coming!" Dreams made flesh is walking in the world. And Jaenelle Angelline is just that. A dream. So real at times. She is everything you want and more in a heroine, in a queen. Her goodness is heart warming and evocative. Her darkness is surreal and frightening. She is both dream and nightmar...more
It dragged, oh, how it dragged in the middle, god help me! With the Mary Sue-est of Mary Sues, there are points when it is just too irritating. Plus I have never had much sympathy for the iffy niffy love-lorn attitude especially if it's a centuries old male. Twilight much? It's annoying how Anne Bishop builds the hype and the tension and the mystery and in the end it's just molehill and not a mountain. Never a mountain. And there are just too many clashing points I could not gloss over.
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My favourite of the Trilogy, because of the way the story develops from beginning to end, a good ending for a very complex trilogy, the kingdom and the characters stick with you even after you've finished, good thing there's a few more additional books to this trilogy to keep the story going :)
The writing is simple and it is mostly based on dialogue so it's easy to read, though the amount of territories, characters and jewels gets a bit confusing unless you read of the books at once or keep trac...more
The writing is simple and it is mostly based on dialogue so it's easy to read, though the amount of territories, characters and jewels gets a bit confusing unless you read of the books at once or keep trac...more
I love this fantasy series. (It continues after this book, even if it says trilogy on some of the listings.) The relationships are rich and fleshed out, so much so that you find yourself laughing at inside jokes between characters. I usually think of traditional fantasy books as warrior-quest stories, like Lord of the Rings. (Not my thing!) This one has an interesting world with lots of drama, but at least half of the pages are spent on character development - the plot just gives them something...more
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I enjoyed this series with my enthusiasm dwindling by book 3. I still read it in a day basically, but found myself wanting more for a number of the plot lines and finales. There had been so much attention to the romance b/w Daemon & Jaenelle that when we finally see them together, it was anticlimactic. (ex. the arrival of Daemon & Wilhelmina seemed to mean very little.) Was also thrown by Lucivar's sudden marriage. The big finale was over too quick for me and lacked detail.
I real...more
I enjoyed this series with my enthusiasm dwindling by book 3. I still read it in a day basically, but found myself wanting more for a number of the plot lines and finales. There had been so much attention to the romance b/w Daemon & Jaenelle that when we finally see them together, it was anticlimactic. (ex. the arrival of Daemon & Wilhelmina seemed to mean very little.) Was also thrown by Lucivar's sudden marriage. The big finale was over too quick for me and lacked detail.
I real...more
The trilogy--na ngayon ay series na dahil marami pang sumunod na books-- created another world in my imagination.
I might say, this is the first time I encountered a story that tackles another shade of the dark side of life--which means I'm starting to be a wide reader. LOL. And I love the trilogy.
Pero sa bandang huli, i thought I want more. Not enough... Bitin. Isa siyang magandang plot line pero bitin. nandon pa lang ako sa climax eh... tapos biglang tapos na pala? Anong nangyare? Siguro kaya d...more
I might say, this is the first time I encountered a story that tackles another shade of the dark side of life--which means I'm starting to be a wide reader. LOL. And I love the trilogy.
Pero sa bandang huli, i thought I want more. Not enough... Bitin. Isa siyang magandang plot line pero bitin. nandon pa lang ako sa climax eh... tapos biglang tapos na pala? Anong nangyare? Siguro kaya d...more
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Anne Bishop lives in upstate New York where she enjoys gardening, music, and writing dark, romantic stories. She is the author of fourteen novels, including the award-winning Black Jewels Trilogy. Her most recent novel,Twilight’s Dawn, made the New York Times bestsellers list. She is currently working on a new series, which is an urban dark fantasy with a bit of a twist.
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