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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The level of S&M was a little alarming, but the story was exciting. (  ) picardyrose | Nov 10, 2009 |  Reminded me a bit of Robert Howard's stories actually. I'm sure most would focus on the sex, but I rather found the descriptions of action very good. Also, the blending and melding of various legends and cultures into a world almost like our own but not quite is done very well. ( )1  JonathanGorman | Oct 31, 2009 | A great fantasy novel - far outclassing Ann Rice's Beauty series. Each of the main characters are compelling and the story is woven intricately, yet comprehensibly. (  ) ascgrrl | Oct 21, 2009 | A young girl, Phedra, born with a red blemish in her eye, is delivered to one of the 13 Houses of night pleasures to be trained eventually, to serve patrons. Her red blemish catches the eye of Anafiel Delaunay, a poet and masterspy. He recognized her blemish for Kushiel's Dart,a spot that denotes her gift for pain and pleasure and he decides to accept her as one of his students and trains her along with another, in the art of being both a courtesan and a spy. There are references to S&M in this book, but they are but references. There are no graphic scenes to detract from the real story, that of complex court intrigues, the mystery behind the real identify of Anafiel Delaunay, friendships and battles to wrest lands and the royal throne. As Phedra grows into her own, she becomes more than the creature of night pleasures she had thought she was, and her intelligence, fearlessness and compassion helps her survive a betrayal, gain loyal friendships and ultimately become an integral key to saving the royal throne from usurpers. Throw in some mysticism, master spies, political double crossing, a graceful and skilled fighting priest, mountain tribes and wandering nomads, a great battle and you have a gripping page turner, one that has left me desperate to get my hands on the sequel of the life journey of one Phedra no Delaunay Montreve. ( )1 cameling | Sep 1, 2009 | I picked this book up thinking it would just be another sex book romance between Phedre and Anafiel. SO FAR FROM IT! Granted, the sex aspect drives the first quarter of the book, but there are three other quarters of the story and each part just gets better and better and better. I am absolutely impressed with Carey's work and can't wait for more of it. The politics added up beautifully and everything was connected, there were no loose ends. ( )2 BridgetMarie | Aug 18, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0330493744, Paperback)The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission...and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Phèdre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Phèdre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair...and beyond. Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Phèdre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear. Set in a world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess, this is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart-a massive tale about the violent death of an old age, and the birth of a new. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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