The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood/Heir to the Shadows/Queen of the Darkness

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Summary: Mother Night and the Darkness be merciful!
Review: The Black Jewels Trilogy is one of the most fascinating and spellbinding fantasy series I have ever read. Most important, readers must read this trilogy in its entirety in order to fully appreciate it. In this novel, Anne Bishop creates a supernatural matriarchal society controlled by witches and portrays an interesting view of male and female roles in this type of environment. The story centers around a young girl, Jaenelle, thought to be a living myth who would restore a culture being lost during a time of corruption. The series portrays Jaenelle's development from witch to queen from the perspective of three males who would play an important part in her life. Not for the squeamish, Bishop generates a very dark, sad, and disturbing mood filled with horror, sex, and violence...but she does such a great job with character development that the reader begins to empathize with the characters and appreciate their quest for happiness in this dark world. This novel has everything-action, romance, drama, comedy. I gave the Black Jewels Trilogy 5 stars because (for me) it was a fantastic read - I was unenable to tear myself away from the book and I became so engrossed with the characters, I was literally sad to read the last page.

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Summary: Helluva Triology
Review: The three stories in the Black Jewels Triology demonstrate Anne Bishop at her best. They are fun, interesting, and enjoyable reads all. The good guys live in hell, and what is better than that? I am a huge fan of sci-fi fantasy novels and am pretty selective about what I reccomend to others, but I would reccomend these books. There is court intrigue, family drama, love, redemption, romance, magic, and magical creatures contained within these pages.

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Summary: I wish I could give it more stars
Review: This series (all contained in one book now)is tied, in my opinion, with The Song of Ice and Fire series as the greatest ever written. The characters are amazingly deep and easy to get attached to. In this series the lines between what is 'Good' and what is 'Evil' are often blurred, and morals often war with honour. It'll make you laugh out loud (thus getting a few funny looks) and will also choke you up in a few places. In other words... read the series, read the series, read the series.

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: Truely one of my favorite books of all time. The characters are perfect. I'd read anything about them just to hear more about their lives, feelings, and thoughts. Even the minor characters have attached hooks in my heart. I had taken this book out of the library and after reading two pages into it I knew I had to run out and buy this book as soon as possible. This book grabbed me and sucked me into the lives and minds of the characters. I can't even count how many times I've read and reread this book. Excellent, wonderful, a feel great emotional ride. Awesome.