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Summary: Great beginning to at great series!
Review: I loved this book. It had me spellbound. I was wondering what could come next. It is a little gorey at times, but I think that is there to help see the difference in later books. I recommend this book highly!
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Summary: Wish I could give this book and series more stars!!!
Review: This book was fabulous. My co-worker lent me the series and the pre-quel and i read all four books in four days!!! I cannot even begin to say how amazed I was of the characters in these books!! All of the characters were compelling to the very end and the plot and storylines all blended well together. I would have to say my favorite character of course was Daemon. He sounds so sexy!!! But I guess I like my men a little on the cynical,broody side. I hope Mrs. Bishop adds some more titles to this series and I want more!! more!! more!!! Fiona
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: If you can get over the violence that permeates in Bishop's world, "Daughter of the Blood" is an interesting read, opposing traditional fantasy. Demons are good. Men are victims. Women are ruthless in their ambition and malice. I enjoyed it, but found supporting characters and some expressions cliched. Despite Bishop's attempts to create a matriachal society, she still sketches sexual stereotypes. *SIGH*
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Summary: I wasn't impressed
Review: After reading several glowing reviews, I eagerly anticipated reading this, but I was very disappointed. It IS dark, but that's not the problem. It reminded me quite a bit of _Demon In My View_ by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (an adolescent-written vampire thriller), in that the characters are all either fully evil or amazingly rage-filled, all of the characters who have emotional reactions have extreme reactions or none, and none of the characters ever seem to have any concern about repurcussions for their actions. Murder between the ruling class is not against any law, or ever punished as such - few even take revenge. Mutilation of slaves, for no reason other than entertainment, is the norm in this society. The sex is entirely abusive - either as prequel to murder, as expression of disgust, or unpleasant to those who are prostituting themselves. I have no particular objection to reading about abusive sex, but I don't much enjoy the same chord being played so universally. There may be a sex scene in which one of the participants is not horrified, enraged, or disgusted later in the series - but I'm unwilling to wade through any more of it to see. I bought this because of the comparisons I'd seen with Carey's _Kushiel_ series - but they simply don't compare. It's perhaps because of that expectation that I was so disappointed - Kushiel sets a high standard. This basic storyline is intriguing and novel, the writing fairly clear and unconvoluted, and some of the characters held promise. This book has redeeming qualities, but it has a lot to redeem.
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