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Jan. 11th, 2005 09:22 pm#2. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey.
Lilo lent this too me last wednesday, and i've been nigh obsessed with it ever since. I don't bring it to work, the cover's a little risque and my coworkers unbearably nosy, but having something this interesting has coincided well with my new year's pledge of monopolizing and/or watching less tv.
This book is what would happen if The Three Musketeers fathered an illegitimate child on a romance novel, and said child was reared in the world of Anne Rice's Sleeping beauty series.
that being said, it's some of the prettiest language i've come across in a while, and the book has an exquisite sense of flow and timing. it caused me separation anxiety every time i had to put it down.
there's certainly a lot of other things operating beneath the surface, mostly about sex, but with a healthy dose of all the attendant emotions, from love to jealousy to obsession to honor.
i wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend this book, only because i imagine there has to be a sympathy of proclivity present for the book to be actually enjoyed. but i'm certainly going out to buy the second book as soon as the opportunity presents itself.
Lilo lent this too me last wednesday, and i've been nigh obsessed with it ever since. I don't bring it to work, the cover's a little risque and my coworkers unbearably nosy, but having something this interesting has coincided well with my new year's pledge of monopolizing and/or watching less tv.
This book is what would happen if The Three Musketeers fathered an illegitimate child on a romance novel, and said child was reared in the world of Anne Rice's Sleeping beauty series.
that being said, it's some of the prettiest language i've come across in a while, and the book has an exquisite sense of flow and timing. it caused me separation anxiety every time i had to put it down.
there's certainly a lot of other things operating beneath the surface, mostly about sex, but with a healthy dose of all the attendant emotions, from love to jealousy to obsession to honor.
i wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend this book, only because i imagine there has to be a sympathy of proclivity present for the book to be actually enjoyed. but i'm certainly going out to buy the second book as soon as the opportunity presents itself.
