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2018 Reread:
This totally happened for some friends (all the way up through book two for now), and I remain forever in the charms and arms of Jaqueline Carey's type of writing. I love her vocabulary and lyricism, and they I'm just stolen away forever by her fully flushed culutres, religions, politics, histories, and how they all overlap. Nothing about this series ages in the years since purchasing it on each first publication dates or reread since.
2016 Reread:
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This totally happened for some friends (all the way up through book two for now), and I remain forever in the charms and arms of Jaqueline Carey's type of writing. I love her vocabulary and lyricism, and they I'm just stolen away forever by her fully flushed culutres, religions, politics, histories, and how they all overlap. Nothing about this series ages in the years since purchasing it on each first publication dates or reread since.
2016 Reread:
How do I even words about this boo ...more
I was inspired to read this book because it made the Top Ten Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of the Decade in a Tor.com readers poll, and the review/appreciation of it was very intriguing.
I liked it, overall, as a work of historical fantasy, but it really wasn't what I expected after reading the review. I found the political intrigue aspect interesting and several of the characters very engaging, but I can't say that it challenged me to re-evaluate the nature of womanhood or anything like tha ...more
I liked it, overall, as a work of historical fantasy, but it really wasn't what I expected after reading the review. I found the political intrigue aspect interesting and several of the characters very engaging, but I can't say that it challenged me to re-evaluate the nature of womanhood or anything like tha ...more
Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy series is, so far, a trilogy of trilogies, so to speak. A couple of summers ago, I read the first book in the latest trilogy, Naamah’s Kiss, and really enjoyed it. This first book in the entire series showed me that I have a lot to look forward to.
Phèdre nó Delaunay’s world is one that is both familiar and not. Carey has given us a reimagined Earth with elements that are familiar. There is a lot of known religion and mythology in her fictional religion and myt ...more
Phèdre nó Delaunay’s world is one that is both familiar and not. Carey has given us a reimagined Earth with elements that are familiar. There is a lot of known religion and mythology in her fictional religion and myt ...more
Recommended for fans of Bishop’s Black Jewels series.
For sure, I probably would have loved this if I had read it when I was young, shortly after being primed by V.C. Andrews’ Flowers in the Attic, Jean M. Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear series, and Ann Maxwell’s Name of a Shadow. Some of the ritualized sex scenes are reasonably arousing, if that’s what you’re looking for. But here I am, middle-aged, and not interested in ritual.
I hung in there until Phedre (excuse me: Phèdre nó Delaunay) bega ...more
For sure, I probably would have loved this if I had read it when I was young, shortly after being primed by V.C. Andrews’ Flowers in the Attic, Jean M. Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear series, and Ann Maxwell’s Name of a Shadow. Some of the ritualized sex scenes are reasonably arousing, if that’s what you’re looking for. But here I am, middle-aged, and not interested in ritual.
I hung in there until Phedre (excuse me: Phèdre nó Delaunay) bega ...more
it's been so long since I've read them, I guess I'd forgotten these books are ten tons of trash but lord save me, I do love them. I'd love them more with better genealogies, tho.
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A bit of a slow start, but once I got into it, I got really into it. I think I was overwhelmed by the list of players involved. It took some time to become accustomed to who was who and why or how they were involved in the drama. Very intricate book and I enjoyed the premise.
Jacqueline Carey writes a good story and I dig the characters she creates. But this book seemed to go on forever and there were so many characters to keep track of. I woukd jave enjoued this more if it had been broken up into a couple books and can't decide whether or not to make my eay though the rest of the series.
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