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Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
5.0

1015 pages, and I'm impressed by how tightly the story was woven together, and yet how I can see that there will be plenty to fill the next two volumes of the trilogy.

A quote from a review (by Piers Anthony) that summarized my views better than I could have expressed them:

"It's a book the reader can live in for a while, and be sorry to leave. I think of a pyramid: the start is slow because there are many courses of tile to lay, setting up. But in time the courses build into a massive structure, intricately interlinked, with its devious mysteries. The protagonist is uniquely endowed for this effort: who would have expected a sexual masochist as a heroine! But how can one not love her? ... Overall, a powerful narrative, with savage action balanced by exquisite characterization. The best fantasy I've read in years."