Daughter of the Blood (Black Jewels, Book 1)
The dark and alluring first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s beloved Black Jewels series introduces Jaenelle Angelline, a witch with astonishing power and a dangerous destiny, and Daemon Sadi, the lethal Warlord Prince born to be her lover.
Seven hundred years ago, a Black Widow witch saw an ancient prophecy come to life in her web of dreams and visions.
Now the Dark Kingdom readies itself for the arrival of its Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But she is still young, still open to influence—and corruption.
Whoever controls the Queen controls the darkness. Three men—sworn enemies—know this. And they know the power that hides behind the blue eyes of an innocent young girl. And so begins a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, where the weapons are hate and love—and the prize could be terrible beyond imagining...
Seven hundred years ago, a Black Widow witch saw an ancient prophecy come to life in her web of dreams and visions.
Now the Dark Kingdom readies itself for the arrival of its Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But she is still young, still open to influence—and corruption.
Whoever controls the Queen controls the darkness. Three men—sworn enemies—know this. And they know the power that hides behind the blue eyes of an innocent young girl. And so begins a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, where the weapons are hate and love—and the prize could be terrible beyond imagining...
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I was warned before I picked up this book that it was a little dark. However, I don't think the warning was enough.
I was shocked at the darker parts but still found myself begging for more. This book didn't take long to read nor did all the others in the series.
Anne bishop finds a way to draw you into characters you feel you know a little about and shocks you as she twists and changes them in front of you. Few Authors have draw me in so far into a world and left me praying that she will write more. Once you finish this book all the others will quickly follow.
I was shocked at the darker parts but still found myself begging for more. This book didn't take long to read nor did all the others in the series.
Anne bishop finds a way to draw you into characters you feel you know a little about and shocks you as she twists and changes them in front of you. Few Authors have draw me in so far into a world and left me praying that she will write more. Once you finish this book all the others will quickly follow.
I finally finished this book.
I wanted to like this, and maybe went into it with expectations that were too high...it's redeeming qualities were too few and far between.
There's just SO much going on, a huge world with a unique magic system and its own politics and barely enough explanation or guidance to support me in understanding it. I can't tell you how many times I sat there confused, or had to search the ebook for names and places to confirm things. Seriously, who includes a list of jewels (power levels) but no maps in a world with three realms (? I'm not even sure if that's correct). What's worse, I still don't understand the magic system that apparently doubles up as a transport system??
The narrative jumped around a little too much for my liking - I could see jumps and transitions like this if it had been adapted into a series or movies, but it was too chaotic for me to read and threw me off quite a bit. Maybe coupled with there's too many characters POVs.
My biggest gripe was definitely how sexual this was - I could've done without, but it's literally its own character or plot it's that important. But it's the young characters and the grooming (?) and the pedophilia and the incest - I got big YIKES the whole time.
I enjoyed the banter between some characters (Daemon and Saetan and Jaenelle) and it definitely picked up towards the last like 10th of the novel. I liked Lucivar too, but he was barely present - I would read the next ones for characters like Lucivar.
I wanted to like this, and maybe went into it with expectations that were too high...it's redeeming qualities were too few and far between.
There's just SO much going on, a huge world with a unique magic system and its own politics and barely enough explanation or guidance to support me in understanding it. I can't tell you how many times I sat there confused, or had to search the ebook for names and places to confirm things. Seriously, who includes a list of jewels (power levels) but no maps in a world with three realms (? I'm not even sure if that's correct). What's worse, I still don't understand the magic system that apparently doubles up as a transport system??
The narrative jumped around a little too much for my liking - I could see jumps and transitions like this if it had been adapted into a series or movies, but it was too chaotic for me to read and threw me off quite a bit. Maybe coupled with there's too many characters POVs.
My biggest gripe was definitely how sexual this was - I could've done without, but it's literally its own character or plot it's that important. But it's the young characters and the grooming (?) and the pedophilia and the incest - I got big YIKES the whole time.
I enjoyed the banter between some characters (Daemon and Saetan and Jaenelle) and it definitely picked up towards the last like 10th of the novel. I liked Lucivar too, but he was barely present - I would read the next ones for characters like Lucivar.
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