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Jun 06, 2010

Mei-Lu rated it:

I live in a small town with a population of 500 so finding this book at my local library was like a major victory. Even though I didn't love Jacqueline Carey's second Kushiel series as much as I loved her first (which I have re-read many many times), that's kind of like saying I don't like an ordinary chocolate bar as much as I like, say, Green and Black chocolate bars. If you present me with something chocolate, I'm still going to enjoy eating it. That makes sense, right? So anyway, as with More...

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Jan 11, 2011

Phoenixfalls rated it:

The world Jacqueline Carey has created with this series continues to have a great deal of beauty and grace about it in this seventh novel. Her characters are still fully-fleshed and wondrous, each one unique and each one worthy. Like the first books in the other two trilogies, this one starts at the beginning of its heroine's tale, and many people may find it slow going at first, for Moirin's journey to her destiny does not really start until she leaves for Ch'in 2/3 of the way through. More tha More...

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Jun 23, 2010

Kelly rated it:

So here's what is going on with this one: Carey wants to have it both ways, and every way, with every halfway decent looking person possible, please. The story centers on a Celtic "witch" of the "faerie" peoples, who grows up living in a cave and is content to stay there, until her "destiny," which conveinently pulses inside of her and responds to all her questions, tells her to go off on a quest to figure out... what her quest in life is. Set 150 years after the ev More...

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Jul 15, 2011

Nikki rated it:

I've been putting off reading this trilogy until it was all out, wanting to immerse myself in Carey's world all at once. I'm glad I did: it took me a while to get to the point of wanting to read it without putting it down, but I got there. It starts slow, I suppose, but so did Kushiel's Dart, really... In any case, I got into it more than I did Imriel's trilogy: perhaps it helps that this is long past the days of Phèdre and Joscelin so there can be no disappointment at their portrayal or lack of More...

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Sep 04, 2010

Victoria rated it:

Aug. 2009

I met Jacqueline Carey at a signing last month, for this book and her other recent release, Santa Olivia. She mentioned how different fans at these later signings were from the rabid fans who had rushed up to her at the first signing – a day after the book came out – gushing, "I stayed up all night and read the entire thing and I loved it so much and when's the next one coming out?!?" And I thought, crazy people. But now I understand a little better. (Where's the n More...

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Jul 23, 2010

Kate rated it:

I really enjoyed this, and my worry that the 100 year disconnect between the last series and this would be too much was misplaced. Moirin is an engaging heroine and her mixed-up spirituality makes for interesting reading.

Things I particularly liked were the fact that Terre d'Ange appeared to be in 18th Century France stage rather than the more mediaeval stage that it was in for the Phedre books. I also liked the technological developments that China was going through and the fact t More...

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Aug 12, 2011

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Jacqueline Carrey is back with a third triology set in her fantasy version of France, Europe and the world. This time it's the story of Moirin we're told, great-great-granddaughter of Alais the Wise, who was the sister of Sidonie de la Courcel. The story starts in Alba, telling of Moirin's childhood and teenage years growing up in the deep forests as a child of the Maghuin Dhonn. She then travels to Terre D'Ange and learns of the D'Angeline side of her heritage - this inevitably involves rather More...

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Jan 08, 2011

Lys rated it:

Sono passate ben più di ventiquattro ore dalla fine della lettura di questo libro, e non sono ancora in grado di fornire un parere a mente lucida.
Vediamo se riesco a partire dai dati oggettivi. Come per i precedenti libri, la Carey si dimostra un'eccellente scrittrice: lo stile ricco, mai banale, mai noioso, sempre adatto alla personalità della voce narrante.
L'ambientazione è superba, sia per quanto riguarda Alba, che per Ch'in, dove una buona metà (la più interessante, a mio parere) della vic More...

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Dec 12, 2010

Joanna added it

I'd looked forward to this one for ages having lapped up the previous 6 Kushiel books, so I was disappointed when it left me a bit flat. The first part of the plot was rattled through very quickly, so that I didn't really believe the first doomed love affair, the quick coming-of-age passage, the flight to Terre D'Ange and so on - it felt very hurried. [return][return]In fact, I didn't really like or identify with Moirin until she was on the boat to Chi'in, when the pace became much more measured More...

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Feb 07, 2012

Resonarefibris rated it:

Una piccola premessa: andando in giro in cerca di altre recensioni per questo libro (sono adddemogratica e leggo quasi sempre le opinioni altrui), sono stata colpita dalla massiccia presenza di gente che si lamenta del "troppo sesso" nei libri della Carey. Una lamentela del genere fa sì che io, nell'ordine, resti basita per la spudoratezza di chi la scrive e non tenga conto dell'opinione. Non è che a me il sesso nei libri piaccia sempre, dipende dall'autore; ad esempio, la Allende per More...

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Jan 03, 2012

Dawn rated it:

This is a lovely return to the alternate history world created by Jacqueline Carey with a new main character. Moirin mac Fainche follows her destiny and her heart from Alba to Terre D’Ange and finally to Ch'in, encompassing a world on the edge of cultural, exploration and technological shift. The events in the novel take place roughly 100 years after Kusiel's Mercy, and the book shines from the ability to explore new ground while still referencing the characters veterans loved in books past. More...

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Aug 31, 2011

Melissa rated it:

Jacqueline Carey is one of the few author's who not only can entertain but inspires me to be a better writer. The skill with which she weilds words is rare. In the world of Fantasy books even moreso. For those that found the previous books too hard to read or hold inside, they will find this much lighter-hearted tale wholly to their liking.

Having waded through all through all of Kushiel's Legacy thus far, tracing the lives of Phedre and Imriel, I was expecting more of the same. When More...

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Aug 05, 2011

Aster rated it:

Nice White Lady Saves China! And Prevents Modern Warfare! And Finds Love!

Intrigue and court politics and sexual drama in equal measure with grand world-changing adventure. A thoroughly enjoyable read, fast paced, exciting, heart-rending and heart-warming, and overall fun.

Two things combined to leave a slightly icky taste in my mouth:
1) a whole nation of non-white people needs this one heroic white lady to be their savior. She really tries to treat fantasy china a More...

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May 11, 2011

H. Anne rated it:

I did like the first series. The second series was okay. And then there's this. The entire time I wondered: what the hell happened here? In previous novels, I found a lot of Carey's details to setting and people really interesting and pretty well done. This had me questioning everything. Sure readers might have been in the Alba setting before, but a refresher would've been nice. And yeah, Terre d'Ange was host to most of the other novels, but those were the settings that I really enjoyed More...

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Apr 08, 2011

Samantha rated it:

Jacqueline Carey has done it again. Sucked me into loving a character and forced me to gasp, grumble and cheer my way through her adventures. Compared to the previous Kushiel's Legacy books, this opening book in the third trilogy has a lot more magical content and borders more on the fantasy side of the alternate history fantasy.

While I love all of Moirin's adventures, something about the relationship she ends up in just doesn't strike me as believable. I'd much sooner expect one of More...

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Feb 08, 2011

Vaughn rated it:

Okay, so I love JC. You should just know that going in. And not for the reasons many have atested to. Yes, she's unique in that she 'sexed up the epic historic fantasy genre.' And, believe me, I am not at all put off by the sex scenes--she writes them very well! And is an equal opportunist, in that she writes them well whether they are hetro, gay, S&M, or sweet and tender.

No, for me the beauty of JC is her mastry of language and form, and in the power of her emotional connection to h More...

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Sep 06, 2010

Nicole rated it:

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May 31, 2010

Laura rated it:

I keep holding out hope that Carey will surprise me with another story as beautiful as Kushiel's Dart. This, unfortunately, is another near-miss.

The portions dealing with strict fantasy are actually beautiful. I love the summoning of the different gods and the games they play. I love the dragon and the melding of mythologies that Carey is so skilled at.

The rest, well, I was bored. For one, I do not buy for a second that the main character was raised in a cave withou More...

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Jan 14, 2010

Colleen rated it:

I had already read all of the Phedre books in this series, and was upset when I realized this book did not contain my favorite female character of all time, and actually didn't even plan on reading Naamah's Kiss because of it. I am so glad I relented!
I did not love this book as much as the Phedre novels, but I did really enjoy this story. Moiren is interesting character, but she lacks the depth and otherworldly shine that Phedre had. That being said, there was significant development More...

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Aug 24, 2009

Janice (Janicu) rated it:

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Premise: This is the beginning of a new series in the same world as the two Kushiel series, but takes place a few generations later. The heroine is Moirin, who was born into the Maghuin Dhonn, worshippers of a great brown bear, a wild people who are known as great magicians and feared for their past. Moirin at first has a simple life, living in the woods with her mother, but as she grows up, she learns about the outside world. Her father is a More...

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Aug 18, 2009

Kerry rated it:

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Jul 25, 2009

CD rated it:

I don't know how she does it, but she had done it again creating a great new series set several decades in the future from the Imriel series. This series deals with Maghuin Dhonn in the form on Moirin. She is the great-granddaughter of Alais the Wise, child of the Maghuin Dhonn and a cousin of the Cruarch of Alba. She learns her father is a D'Angeline priest dedicated to serving Naamah, goddess of desire. And if I have lost you, you really need to go and read the beginning of the series Kush More...

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Jul 23, 2009

Kim rated it:

Naamah's Kiss is set some 150 years after Carey's remarkable Kushiel trilogies, but the reader who has not read the earlier books can still enjoy this one, I think. In fact, if you attempted to read the Kushiel books and were ill at ease (as I was, initially) with the BDSM content, Moirin's adventures may be more your speed. Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty of sex here---Moirin is half D'Angeline and her father is a priest of Naamah, goddess of desire---and it's hot sex, with multiple More...

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Jul 18, 2009

Amanda rated it:

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Jul 17, 2009

Jaime rated it:

Though I’ve had Carey’s Kushiel series on my "want to read" list for quite a while, this is the first of her books that I’ve read. It absolutely won’t be the last. Carey has created an incredibly complex yet easily understood world, and has a knack for introducing us to it without boring us with rote history lessons. I was immediately pulled into Moirin’s world, and gladly followed her on her epic journey as she searched for her divine purpose. The D’Angeline are obviously based on More...

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Jun 27, 2009

Chy rated it:

Okay. I was a little depressed when I found out this was set generations after the Kushiel books, but it turned out to work very, very well. If it weren't, then when Moirin goes to the City of Elua, I would have stopped paying attention to her and done nothing but look for characters I knew, thus forgetting her story.

As it was, while she was on her way there, I was eager to get there to see what it was like, now. Then we were both outsiders, though in different ways. It was a rea More...

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May 10, 2009

Paul rated it:

With Naamah's Kiss, Jacqueline Carey, whose reputation has been largely based on the Kushiel world novels, returns to that world.

This time, Carey decides to jump forward in time a few generations, so that she can create a new situation, a new protagonist, and explore new parts of the world. While the Phedre Trilogy and the Imriel Trilogy shared a lot of the same characters and geo-political situation, Naamah's Kiss jumps forward three generations, to a granddaughter of Alais living More...

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Apr 03, 2010

Julia rated it:

Moirin of the Mahuin Dhonn “has the oldest magic in Alba running in her veins.” But her father is a Priest of Naamah in Terre d’Ange. From her mother, Moirin has learned to live and survive rough; she hadn’t been in a home until she was 13. She was raised in a cave and hated her first boyfriend’s home.

She leaves Alba for the City of Elua to pursue her destiny, her diadh- anam. She meets her father, does magical work for a man who uses her, becomes the Queen’s consort and studies wit

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Jul 25, 2009

Jen rated it:

I was a bit apprehensive about starting this book. Change is difficult. You come to love an author and certain characters. You want to read more about those characters you know and love; even in the case of the Imriel books you can see Phedre and Joscelin in the background. You do not want to leave them behind and start a new and unfamiliar journey.

I think I can safely say you can leave those apprehensions behind.

I did when I realized suddenly that four hours had passed i More...

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Jul 05, 2009

Chris rated it:

Naamah's Kiss is set generations after the last Kushiel book. When I first heard this, I was a little disappointed. The jump forward in time does make sense. It allows for a "happily ever after" for the first six books and allows for Carey to further explore her world. We are given more of a world view, including this world's version of the "New World". I love the alternate world that Carey has created.

The central character of this book is Moirin who is likabl More...

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