by Jacqueline Carey, Simon Vance
Note: While this is Book 4 in Kushiel’s Legacy (also referred to as the Terre D’Ange Cycle) it is Book 1 in the second trilogy and focuses on Imriel de la Courcel, who we met in Book 3, Kushiel’s Avatar. Kushiel’s Scion can be read on it’s own. Set in an alternate history mixed with a bit of fantasy...
I'm a huge fan of Carey's first three Kushiel books centered around Phedre: Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar. They precede this book chronologically and I'd read them first. This book begins a second trilogy built around Imri, who was introduced in the Kushiel's Avatar. I foun...
Second Read 8/11/13First Read 4/24/10
Jacqueline Carey is a great author of realistic fantasy, and I adore her. Kushiel's Scion is the beginning of Imriel's trilogy, and it's distinctly different from Phedre's story. However, it's still a rich and lush adventure of a very likeable young man. Highly recommended.
Die deutsche Rezension findet ihr hier.4.5___________________________Imriel nó Montrève de la Courcel is a boy with many roots. He is Melisande Shahrizai’s biological son, but had lived for ten years as a shepherd, believing he was an orphan. Then he had become a slave who had to endure torture and ...
This begins the second trilogy, in the Kushiel's Legacy series. This trilogy follows Imriel de la Courcel no Montreve, the adopted son of Phedre and Joscelin, and the biological son of Melisande Sharizai.Imriel is now a teenager, coming into his majority at the royal court of Terre D'Ange. He's th...
Oh, the teenage angst! Oh, Imriel. I like how Carey changed these novels structurally to reflect the difference in Imriel's narrative voice, as opposed to Phedre's. Phedre is always looking back after a story is done, much with the "and this upcoming moment was really good!" or "if only I had known ...
This is a comprehensive review of the series as a whole:By far my favorite books ever. An alternative medieval history with a unique slant on religion (not preachy—quite the opposite—the message is to love freely. With a soul-depth delivery). Carey’s stylized writing isn’t for everyone, but I found ...
Re-read.Number 4 in the Kushieline saga. I'm hooked, completely. Carey's a good writer, I buy the premise, and I care about the people and their Byzantine intrigues. Hell, after 4 books this size, I know these folks as well as I know some of my own family members. In this book, Carey changes viewpoi...
Does this complex world ever reveal all it's hidden mysteries? I don't think so. This is another winner from the talented Ms. Carey. Imriel de la Courcel now has his only trilogy. I'm very thrilled because Ms. Carey did mention she wasn't going to do another Kushiel line because it was so draini...
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