Naamah's Kiss (Kushiel's Legacy Series #7) by Jacqueline Carey
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- Pub. Date: June 2009
- 656pp
- Sales Rank: 2,316
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2009
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
- Format: Hardcover, 656pp
- Sales Rank: 2,316
- Series: Kushiel's Legacy Series, #7
- ISBN-13: 9780446198035
- ISBN: 044619803X
Synopsis
The author of the New York Times bestselling Kushiel fantasy series returns with an all-new saga set in her brilliantly imagined Renaissance world and featuring Moirin, whose divine gifts prove to be crucial as she comes up against an ambitious mage, a noble warrior princess desperate to save her father's throne, and the spirit of a celestial dragon.
Publishers Weekly
The seventh installment in Carey's bestselling Kushiel series (after 2008's Kushiel's Mercy) follows its youthful protagonist, Moirim, from bed to bed as she worships sexuality goddess Naamah. Following a tragic affair, Moirim travels to Terre d'Ange, this world's France. There she takes a variety of lovers, from the aristocratic occultist Raphael de Mereliot to Queen Jehanne herself. The elderly but wise Lo Feng befriends Moirim and leads her to the distant land of Ch'in and the true love of her life, the gruff but affectionate ex-bandit Bao. Moirim and her friends endeavor to save the Ch'in emperor's daughter Snow Tiger from a curse, but their efforts come at terrible costs, not least of which is the certainty of multiple sequels. Carey's triumph as a writer lies in her ability to turn these stock-nearly stereotyped-components into an engaging, fascinating novel. (July)
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Jacqueline Carey is the author of short stories, essays, the nonfiction book Angels: Celestial Spirits in Legend and Art, novels Godslayer and Banewreaker, and the nationally bestselling series Kushiel's Legacy. Carey lives in Michigan. jacquelinecarey.com/
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Jacqueline Carey does it again!by Anonymous
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October 26, 2009: I am never disappointed reading a book set in Jacqueline Carey's exciting world of Terre d'Ange. I always find the characters interesting, the story compelling and the writing style to be page turning!
I Also Recommend: Kushiel's Scion (Kushiel's Legacy Series #4), Kushiel's Mercy (Kushiel's Legacy Series #6), To Serve and Submit, Kushiel's Justice (Kushiel's Legacy Series #5), Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy Series #1).
Not Up To Parby Anonymous
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October 05, 2009: I loved books 1 - 6 of Kushiel's Legacy and was thrilled when this book was announced. However, I was not as pleased when I finished reading it. I felt as though Carey lost what she once had. The main character Moirim doesn't grow. She is the exact same person at the end of the story as she was at the beginning. She never suffers, she never loses, she doesn't deal with any tragedies. Both Phedre and Imriel in the previous books grew as they dealt with huge obstacles and losses and pain. They experienced the hardships of life and became stronger, better people because of them. Moirim doesn't. The story has so much potential, so many half-steps to really intriguing and intense plot twists and happenings, but Carey always cuts them off short, keeping Moirim perfectly safe and in all honesty, boring. She is always safe, always protected, and really doesn't offer much to the story. I did not form any connection with her, a sign of a bad character in my opinion, and by the end, really didn't care if anything happened to her, but then I knew nothing would. I was sorely disappointed and hope the next book is significantly better.
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