false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233365991m/528997.jpg 153008 13 The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good....and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phedre no Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission....and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Phedre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Phedre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair....and beyond. Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Phedre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear. Set in a world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess, this is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart a massive tale about the violent death of an old age, and the birth of a new. 2990010 book 2001 Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy, #1) total:4456|5:2324|4:1287|3:584|2:170|1:91| 4456 18951 5999 577 2 27 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 03:00:37 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 03:12:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 15 false false Tue Jun 10 13:32:17 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 13:52:42 -0700 2008
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I don't like Carey's writing style at all. It bores me to death...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 02:11:37 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 09:43:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 14 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 21:21:19 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 18:26:58 -0700 2009 1
From the rave reviews, and based on the vast number of people who seemingly loved this book enough to tattoo a representation of it on their body, I expected it to b...more...]]> 4 4 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 13:45:52 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 20:36:49 -0700 2008 Outlander books, I think, so when I finally read the back of the first volume my eyebrows nearly climbed up into my hair. An alternate medieval Europe, where...more...]]> 5 5 false false Sun Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Apr 09 08:50:50 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 08:51:20 -0700 2008
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This has fantasy, adventure and romance all wound up in a vibrant, we...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Oct 22 21:45:50 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 21:47:06 -0700 2007 2 2 false false Sat Oct 27 22:49:28 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 22:53:11 -0700 2007 1 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 17 15:21:34 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 15:21:34 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Dec 13 22:09:42 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 22:13:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 08 16:52:21 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 21:26:14 -0700 2009
It is a fairly complicated story due to various political intrigue...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 11:06:51 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 11:26:40 -0700 2008
She is bought while still young and brought into the house of a kind nobleman, who teaches her language, observation and various other...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jan 27 20:27:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 20:47:49 -0800 2008
i've learned that when you're a kid, you can read great fantasy by david eddings and feel like it gets kinda sexy sometimes (blush) but really it's about the knights and their queens and adventure and magic, etc.

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Where to start? Phedre is a courtesan's daughter, born to one of the Houses of Nigh...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=528997