I really enjoyed Dark Currents.The world-building was skillful, giving insight into the positive and negative elements of two worlds combining. This setting provided a rich background for the story of an unusual heroine and her struggles with her heritage and the challenges she faces in the cours...
If they allowed 6 stars, I would give it 7.All Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's and Naamah series are exiting and so wonderfully done that I started reading them again (rarely happened to me). After years of looking for something captivating I finally got it. Pardon me for this the books are written ...
I already liked 'Dark Currents', but I also had some issues with it. 'Autumn Bones' however, feels better balanced and I ended up enjoying this book more than its predecessor. J. Carey has created a very nice eldritch community with a lot of interesting characters. The story, however light and no...
SUPER RAMBLY I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS BUT BELIEVE ME THIS BOOK WAS GOOD.***Would not recommend if you have not read the Kushiel series. First book is called Kushiel's Dart.***I binge read this so fast.I've read Jacqueline's Kushiel series and I absolutely loved it like 2000%. It's...
It's a good thing that this book kept mentioning the Gilmore Girls, because that's what this series does remind me of: the cute small town, the frustrating locals, a bit of an overly dramatic love triangle. This kept most of that, with some sadness at it ending and various characters being remove...
I love her self-reliance. Very Julie of the Wolves Found this book more annoying than the previous one, but it picked up halfway through.
Screw magic. Give me some political fantasy any day, and I'm a happy reader.I liked Kushiel's Dart. I'm not sure if there's a definite quality improvement or if I'm going too easy on this one, but I loved Kushiel's Chosen.The Kushiel's Legacy series takes place in a sort of Fantasy Counterpart C...
So you wrote a highly-successful trilogy. Congratulations! What now? Well, you could write a sequel trilogy: new narrator, same old world and intrigue. Some writers want to milk the cash cow for all it's worth. Other writers, like Jacqueline Carey, create worlds compelling enough to justify ...
My blood beat hard in my veins and hammered in my ears, like the sound of bronze wings clashing. And I understand for the first time what it meant that Kushiel, the One God's punisher, had loved his charges too well...Imriel de la Courcel's blood parents are history's most reviled traitors, while...
IF ALL THAT IS GOOD CONSIDERS YOU EVIL, ARE YOU? Once human but now immortal, Supreme Commander Lord Tanaros fled the realm of Men and chose darkness when he killed his adulterous wife and his liege king who cuckholded him. A thousand years have passed in service to his master, the dark god Sato...
Some books hook you from the very first sentence. Other books fail to capture you at all. And then, there are books like Banewreaker: tales what will coax you subtly, irrevocably, word by word, without you realizing it, until you cannot stop poring over its pages. I started reading this series be...
Since I read the first two books from the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey, I am a huge fan of hers. But nothing, and I mean NOTHING, prepared me for this book! “Kushiel’s Avatar” is by far the best book I have ever read! For the first time in my life, I thought I was living in a book. A couple...
This is going to be a very unpopular review. So, to all of you who may hate me after reading this, I apologize in advance. 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 blow me aw...
It is supposed to be every reader’s fantasy. A threat will force a regular person into frantic extravagance. He or she must spend more and more money until finally delivering a package across the street costs four thousand dollars cash. A character fleeing a bad guy will purchase plane ticket aft...
Sunjata handed me a suede pouch. “Take it. I don’t want it anywhere near me.” I opened the pouch and withdrew a ring. Plain gold, shaped like an intricate knot. “Is it a good copy? Good enough to fool Astegal?” Sunjata gave me a disdainful look. “Wh...