Kushiel's Avatar :: Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy)
Genre: Fantasy
Year: 2003
Ok, I've just finished "Kushiel's Avatar" which is book three of Carey's series. (The second was "Kushiels's Chosen")
I'm stunned. This series is amazing. Phedre no Delaunay is so rich and alive to me, as is the world she is a part of. The fact that this is a debut series for Ms Carey is amazing.
What intrigues me most is the fact that all of the countries and cultures in this novel are recognizable in some way, as versionsof the ones we have in our own world. Phedre comes from an alternate France, where the most basic tenet of their faith is 'Love as Thou Wilt'. Phedre begins as the daughter of what is called the "Night Court" which is basically the red light district. Phedre is considered flawed by the house she was born into, so she is sold into indentured servitude to a man called Delaunay. There she learns that her 'flaw' is really a gift, and she is trained as a courtesan and spy. The scrapes she gets into, and out of... I really couldn't put the book down. I hope the Imriel trilogy is as good.
Very seldom do I come across books that have characters that stay with me after the book is done. Phedre will be with me for a long time, as will Joscelin. I find myself just saying her name for the hell of it because I love the sound of it: Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve...
Must. Read. Again.
Kushiel's Legacy
Genre: Fantasy
Year: 2003
Ok, I've just finished "Kushiel's Avatar" which is book three of Carey's series. (The second was "Kushiels's Chosen")
I'm stunned. This series is amazing. Phedre no Delaunay is so rich and alive to me, as is the world she is a part of. The fact that this is a debut series for Ms Carey is amazing.
What intrigues me most is the fact that all of the countries and cultures in this novel are recognizable in some way, as versionsof the ones we have in our own world. Phedre comes from an alternate France, where the most basic tenet of their faith is 'Love as Thou Wilt'. Phedre begins as the daughter of what is called the "Night Court" which is basically the red light district. Phedre is considered flawed by the house she was born into, so she is sold into indentured servitude to a man called Delaunay. There she learns that her 'flaw' is really a gift, and she is trained as a courtesan and spy. The scrapes she gets into, and out of... I really couldn't put the book down. I hope the Imriel trilogy is as good.
Very seldom do I come across books that have characters that stay with me after the book is done. Phedre will be with me for a long time, as will Joscelin. I find myself just saying her name for the hell of it because I love the sound of it: Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve...
Must. Read. Again.
Kushiel's Legacy
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