Books read 2009: 1

[aeditimi]

That's right, just the one so far. But it was another 700 pages, and it serves as the review for the entire Kushiel's legacy double-trilogy.

- 1. Kushiel's Mercy, by Jaqueline Carey. Far and away the best of the six books in the series. Imriel battles politics, strange magics, and the ghosts of his past in attempt to gain the possibility of

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[traumerin]

Carey struggled in finding her voice and her style. It's clear to me that reading her Kushiel's Legacy is also reading her emerging voice as a writer.

See, I loved the voice in the first book--it grabbed me immediately and I was enthralled, and totally enjoyed being in Phaedre's head. I was never as absorbed by Imriel, nor did he ever feel quite as real to me. This could also be a general function of my not being that interested in male protagonists as a general rule...