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Summary: Greatest Trilogy Ever Written
Review: Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop is an excellent ending to the Black Jewels. It was one of the best books I've ever read, although I truthfully enjoyed Heir to the Shadows more, I was very pleased with the way Ms. Bishop ended the story, though I would have liked to know more about Daemon and Jaenelle. I cried so hard during the last few chapters of the book, when well loved characters sacrificed themselves for the good of the realm, it was beautiful. By the time I finished this trilogy, I honestly felt as though all of these people were my greatest friends in the world. This Trilogy is a MUST read!
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Summary: Queen of the Darkness - book 3 of the Black Jewels Trilogy
Review: I thought it was a great finale for Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy. Daemon gets to see Jaenelle at her full power. She has to find a way to destroy Hekatah and Dorethea's powerful rein in order to avoid a war between Kaeleer and Tereille. When Daemon, Lucivar and Saetan find out that what Jaenelle is going to do endangers her life, the Heart of Kaeleer, they must go down as close as they dare to the Abyss and try to keep her from plunging to far. A definate read for all fantasy lovers.
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Summary: Be Forwarned
Review: Be Forwarned, this was an "interesting" book. However, while I didn't read the other reveiws and do not care to, you should know about the SEXUALLY EXPLICIT maayerial this book contains. The mortar of the book is inapropriate material. I don't know who you are, however, since I found this book in the teens section of the library , I felt you should know what you getting into.
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Summary: Not as strong as the first, but still worth it.
Review: Loved this series...If you're looking for intrigue, romance and a strong plot.
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Summary: THE BEST FANTASY RIDE YOU WILL EVER EXPERIENCE!!!
Review: This book was great!I have read every one in the trilogy and as soon as i got it i read it in a day.The character's are so real at times they seem to come to life.If you have any skeptisisms just read the books, they speak for themselves!Anne Bishop is one of the best new artists, and i cannot wait to read her new book.
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Summary: A Satisfying End to a Wonderful Trilogy
Review: When I finished the second book, Heir to the Shadows, I immediately started on this one. Jaenelle has finally made her Offering to the Darkness, and has set up her court as the Queen of Ebon Askavi. She is finally in the full blossom of her unimaginable power. The Blood have been slaughtering her people in an effort to take over her lands, and she must find a way to destroy the taint that has taken over many of the Blood. Even with the help of her Court and the Kindred, their combined strength may not be enough to keep the Realms from being destroyed in a terrible war. In some books I feel like I'm left hanging, even though it's the end of the trilogy, with what-if's and what-about's wandering through my head. I did not feel this way at the end of this trilogy. The ending was a perfect conclusion to a wonderful, captivating series.
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Summary: Spectacular story!
Review: I recently finished reading The Dark Jewels Trilogy for the third time, and I have to say, it was just as good this time around as the first two. Anne Bishop has a willingness to deal with the dark side of life as well as the goodness without the squeamishness you find in most books, all the while making it all highly entertaining for her spellbound audience. I stumbled onto Daughter of the Blood about the time Heir to the Shadows was released, and I've been hooked on Ms. Bishop's work to the point that I've even read all of her short stories I can find. I highly recommend these books to anyone who is looking for something different, no matter what their normal taste in reading would be. I'm anticipating the release of The Invisible Ring with high expectations. Thank you, Ms. Bishop, for crafting such a superior story!
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Summary: A difficult finish...
Review: Ms. Bishop has entranced her readers from the very beginning, with characters both dark and vulnerable and delightfully real. This is the final chapter of the Black Jewels chronicle, I know that Ms. Bishop was true to her characters and told their story to the best of her ability. That does not mean that I as a reader have to be completely happy about it. When good triumphs over evil everyone cheers, but the triumph comes at a terrible cost for some characters we readers have come to feel incredible fondness for. Ms. Bishop did not take the easy way out, she did not give us a cookie cutter happy ending, but she told a story filled with hope, betrayal, dismay and love. I found the book difficult to read, only because I had grown so attached to the characters, but this IS the ending of THIS story. I hope you enjoy it.
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Summary: *pout*
Review: I really did like this book. Really, I did. But I still have a few qualms about it. Actually, not just this book in particular, but for the entire trilogy itself. Okay, Surreal finally has more appearances. That's good. But you would think that after saving Jaenelle's life (_Daughter of the Blood_) the family would show more deference or be more grateful. I mean, Surreal makes a lot of things happen. But no one seems to notice. Lucivar is married. In _Heir to the Shadows_ you grew fond of Lucivar. You cared about what was to become of him. Then he gets married. This supposed "love of his life" POPS! out of nowhere! Who is she? Where did she come from? How did they meet? Her personality? Huh? Well? ....
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Summary: confused but happy
Review: I finished reading queen of the darkness in two days. I lovedthe first half of the book, and some of the second half but i hatedthe part just before the end. I couldn't believe that Jaenelle could ask them to sacrifice that much, but at least she did too. For the most part, Daemon was almost always great, except there were a few places where he seemed to be out of character, eg. those times when he was afraid of Lucivar and when he fainted. That didn't sound like him to me. Lucivar was great! His whole family is great. Jaenelle, sometimes she doesn't seem like the Jaenelle that was in the first two books, she's changed a lot when it comes to ruling and killing these days. Does anyone else think that the woman on the cover looks a little to old to be twenty five? Surreal is the best; she's funny and she's always picking fights with the guys in the family, for after an upset with her name, she's become family. Chaosti, Khardeen and Aaron were mentioned a lot in this book compared to the other two and we learn what happened to them, ie marriage, children etc. but there are some people that we just don't see any more, except for one line appearences, which was really confusing and annoying. There are so many new people and they're not described enough for people to remember them by. One thing i don't understand fully is the ending, and since i can't say what happened here, if anyone could fill me in on exactly what they thought happened i'd be grateful. All in all, i loved this book, bar the end.
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