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gquintana 's review for:
The Black Jewels Trilogy
by Anne Bishop
This series has so much going for it. First of all, the magic system and society are very interesting. It is a matriarchal society (based on the fact that the women are more magically powerful) and the women own their men. The jewels are basically tiers of power. The darker the jewel, the more powerful the person with black being the most powerful tier.
I gotta say, I tripped and fell hard for the main male characters. Saetan, Daemon, and Lucivar (what names, am I right?) all grew on me. The boys are sarcastic SOBs and Saetan is the long-suffering ringleader of all the craziness that comes with having two powerful black jeweled males and Jaenelle to deal with. It was great.
Jaenelle goes through so much, and I am so happy that her trauma was not resolved quickly. It took years and another book for her to recover from what happened in her childhood. Good on you for not trivializing trauma, Bishop.
I also liked her writing style in general. It was very engaging and considering this book was 1200 pages, keeping me glued to the end was no mean feat. Part of it is that this series does not drag itself out. As a matter of fact, there are many time skips to keep the action moving. Sometimes this can be jarring, but it worked well here.
This book is very vaginal fantasy though, and sex scenes abound. There is also quite a lot of abuse, especially sexually. Sex is a major source of power here. Tread carefully if this is not your cup of tea.
This series gave me a big hangover! I would definitely recommend.
Review also available on my blog.
I gotta say, I tripped and fell hard for the main male characters. Saetan, Daemon, and Lucivar (what names, am I right?) all grew on me. The boys are sarcastic SOBs and Saetan is the long-suffering ringleader of all the craziness that comes with having two powerful black jeweled males and Jaenelle to deal with. It was great.
Jaenelle goes through so much, and I am so happy that her trauma was not resolved quickly. It took years and another book for her to recover from what happened in her childhood. Good on you for not trivializing trauma, Bishop.
I also liked her writing style in general. It was very engaging and considering this book was 1200 pages, keeping me glued to the end was no mean feat. Part of it is that this series does not drag itself out. As a matter of fact, there are many time skips to keep the action moving. Sometimes this can be jarring, but it worked well here.
This book is very vaginal fantasy though, and sex scenes abound. There is also quite a lot of abuse, especially sexually. Sex is a major source of power here. Tread carefully if this is not your cup of tea.
This series gave me a big hangover! I would definitely recommend.
Review also available on my blog.