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I don't read much fantasy, but I quite enjoyed this book. The world-building and political intrigue carried the book for me and it was a nice break from elves/dwarfs/dragons of much fantasy that I've read. The setting is sort of fantasy-France with an alternate Christianity that uses pleasure and sex as part of the sacrament for the religion.
This book is not for the prudish or the feint of heart -- there are pretty graphic death, torture, and sex scenes. Not to say that the book is pure pornogra ...more
This book is not for the prudish or the feint of heart -- there are pretty graphic death, torture, and sex scenes. Not to say that the book is pure pornogra ...more

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