Melissa B. (dragoneyes) - , reviewed on 11/16/2010 + 841 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I had this book sitting on my shelf for a long while. I finally pulled it out, dusted it off and decided to read it. Within the first page I was wondering if this was a mistake. I felt the writing was kind of "flowery" and I wasn't used to that so I was a bit discouraged. I kept on with it though and decided if the first chapter didn't hold my attention I would just donate the book. Well by the first chapter I was hooked. I loved this book. I am now an overnight fan of Jacqueline Carey. This book blends in betrayal, battle, love, loss, sex and much more. The landscapes, costumes, people were so vividly captured in my mind. I would say that the only two downfalls to this book for me were that there were a whole lot of characters that I had a hard time keeping up with them and at the end Phedre just came off as too "perfect". Everything she did was without a flaw it seemed. But that's probably because she's Kushiel's Dart and meant to be that way. I highly recommend this book and will not hesitate to read her others.

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