Anne Bishop
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 412 pages Rating: 4.09 | 33790 Users | 2113 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Daughter of the Blood |
| ISBN: | 0451456718 (ISBN13: 9780451456717) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Black Jewels #1 |
| Characters: | Jaenelle Angelline, Daemon Sadi SaDiablo, Saetan SaDiablo, Lucivar Yaslana, Surreal SaDiablo |
| Literary Awards: | IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (2000) |
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Librarian's Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.The Dark Kingdom is preparing itself for the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy--the arrival of a new Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But this new ruler is young, and very susceptible to influence and corruption; whoever controls her controls the Darkness. And now, three sworn enemies begin a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, and the destiny of an entire world is at stake.
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| Title | : | Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels #1) |
| Author | : | Anne Bishop |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 412 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 1998 by Roc NAL (New American Library) Penguin |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Magic. Fiction. Dark Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 33790 Users | 2113 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels #1)
2.5 "trashy, campy, cheesy, sordid" little stars !!In grade six, my second best friend and I discovered her mother's V.C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic series and we snuck them out the bookshelf and read them in the park while eating chips and drinking lemonade. We found those books so enticingly wicked and could not believe all the things we read about. No more Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew for us- all we wanted to do is read adult books and unbeknownst to us that these were the trashiest books out1st read - January 20142nd read - September 2018Buddy read with Aly, Ange, Annie & Anzu (Although I think only Aly, Anzu and I actually ended up reading it LOL)Daughter of the Blood is a really difficult book to review and I think that's partly due to how uncomfortable it made me feel when I was reading it. This is a DARK fantasy story, if you're looking for an easy read then that's not what you're going to get here. However, if you're looking for a story that is as compelling as it is
I think this book gave me brain herpes. A good read, but horrible. The characters are caricatures. The world is nigh-incomprehensible (who includes a list of jewel ranks and titles (broken down by gender), but not a freaking map? especially when this place apparently uses interdimensional travel?!) I wish I could feel sympathetic to the characters- but they all remind me of a too-perfect job interview: "my only flaw is that I love my work... too much." The plot is well-paced, and makes good use
Excerpts from a stream of consciousness transcript as I read this series:"So that's his brother? Ah, right, his brother with wings. . . . Saetan Sa Diablo? For serious? . . . Magical cockring of Obedience! . . . Aww, that's actually pretty cute. Family togetherness, d'aww. . . . Ew! Ew Ew! He just circumcised someone with his teeth! . . . Oh, look, the unicorns just showed up. . . . Someone else is in a killing rage, yawn. . . . Magical cockring of honor! . . . So he has wings, and also
Things I did not like about this book:- Proper names (the winter solstice holiday is Winsol... Satan is Saetan... Demon is Daemon... - Lack of character development- Redundant descriptive language- Elaborate and pointlessly nonsensical magic schema- Crappy plot arc- Completely implausible antihero- TOO MUCH SHIT ABOUT HAVING SEX WITH KIDS- TOO MUCH SHIT ABOUT HATING WOMENThings I did like about this book:- There was a horse character- The child molesters got exploded
I bought this book with no concept of how much I would be drawn to the world Anne created. It spoke to my soul. Then it slammed my heart to the ground. The ending is quite possibly one of the most painful I've ever had to read. It just ripped apart a fragile little dream and smiled while it did so. After I sat in shock for more than a few minutes, I checked the publication date, thinking the second book might be available soon. No such luck. I bought the book in it's first month of release. The
*Reread* 12/15/13 Well this was an interesting reread. The world building is actually done throughout the series so it was Awesome to reread and follow everything much clearer. It was also during a BR so it was interesting to see how confusing this is the first time around. I didn't have as much problems as my buddies the first time around but I'm glad I got the input of those as they read it for pimping purposes...haha It was still uncomfortable at times but i read every word without skimming
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