Note: It is possible to read this book as a stand alone as relevant events from Book 1 and Book 2 are reflected upon in enough detail for a reader of Book 3 to grasp the point. However, I highly recommend reading the earlier books so that you get the most out of this book. Set 10 years after Book 2,...
This is the third and last book of the trilogy that describes the life of Phèdre. This review assumes you read Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen. Let's get my main impression out of the way first; this book disappointed me. Everything was fine for the first half. Ten years after the events of...
Kushiel's Avatar is the concluding book in a trilogy that begins with Kushiel's Dart and continued in Kushiel's Chosen, so you should read those books first. Phedre is a very engaging heroine, and Carey writes this pseudo-Renaissance pagan world evocatively and sensually and I love how she intertw...
Ten years later Phedre has been resting and enjoying her life but she finds herself trying to work out a way to rescue Hyacinthe. It's interesting but it didn't feel like there was 10 years between this and the previous book, it felt like only a few short years. There was a lot of the story tha...
This book goes to such a dark place, to the point where some of the middle can be difficult to read, and yet it does an awesome job at completing Phedre & Jocelin's story.2nd Read: 7/19/2013Original Read: 4/22/2010 Original Review "I was surprised by the darkness of this book, but captivated noneth...
Full review at SFF Book Review.I cannot stress enough how much I loved Kushiel's Dart. The second book already was a let-down because there was very little of what made the first book so great. Phèdre's exceptional gift is nothing new anymore, neither is the world Jacqueline Carey has created - magn...
I adore Jacqueline Carey's writing. I personally think she is more suited for me than George R. Martin. She is definitely more personal while her world-building is still just as vast as Martin's.Kushiel's Avatar starts 10 years after the end of Kushiel's Chosen. Melisande Shahrizai is vanquished and...
Ten years have passed in Terre d'Ange, peace and prosperity for the country, and for Phedre and Joscelin. Phedre has never forgotten Hyacinche, still trapped by the curse of the angel Rahab, and has long searched for (and never found) the one thing which could free him - the name of god. Then come...
9/2010: This time, I kept stumbling over the misuse of abjure for adjure. It's driving me bonkers. Aside from that little copy editing issue, the review stands.6/2008: Re-read. Earlier review stands.The final volume in the escapist fantasy I've been luxuriating in lately. Lush, sensual, compelling. ...
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