Kushiel's Dart: Phdre's Trilogy 1 | 
pickI keep returning to this trilogy so it was finally time to acquire the hardcovers. Phèdre is such a warm, intelligent narrative voice and her romantic arc drips with dramatic irony. All the intimate scenes in this trilogy serve multiple purposes; she learns something, or the reader does. Indeed, many read almost like action scenes rather than explicit content. Thus, these books feel most accurately categorized as a political espionage fantasy.
Hello Valloweeners! I hope you all have been having as much fun as I have shopping for your #Valloween matches! We haven't posted anything up to this point aside from the #ValloweenSwap itself, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to post some of my favorite books that align with the Valloween theme. Out of all of these, a long-time favorite is the Kushiel's Legacy series. So good! What are some of your favorites? Everyone is invited to play!
pickI‘m on book 5 of this series about a religious courtesan spy and no one can stop me #quietimreading #iykyk
Really liked this book thought it was different from the fantasy I usually read, I thought ending was okay, don‘t know if I will continue the series. But overall recommend it for someone who wants some spicy fantasy with interesting characters and culture.
1. There is an infamous story of me crying at my desk in middle school (full-on sobbing) over the impact of a book. I cannot remember the name for the life of me, but I recall it was a classic 🤷🏻♀️🥹
2. Sci-fi, fantasy and mystery - suspense & imagination
3. Tagged is a fine example
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
pickThis is a great series that I‘m sorry is over. It uses France and England in a fantasy middle age period. It involves a very loose interpretation of various cultural things about the world and is really great adult fantasy. I don‘t know of anything that is quite comparable to it. All of the books in the series are good. Some people may be put off by the sexual liberalism but it‘s one of the reasons it‘s unique in my opinion.
It's been ages since I've read this series so I don't remember details, but I think Melisande and Phèdre's dynamic is roughly comparable to Frank and Carl's.
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pickIt feels like it‘s taken me forever to read this hefty fantasy but it was so worth it! I loved the political intrigue, the clever, complicated characters, and the effortless world building. Love as thou wilt. #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
1. Ack. How do you answer that? Probably Sherlock Holmes (A Study in Scarlet, especially), and Kushiel‘s Dart, for ☺️ reasons
2. The two books by Mr. Crouch I read more recently. Like 🤯 and 🤔 at the same time
#Two4Tuesday Thank you @TheSpineView and @The_Penniless_Author 🙂
♡︎ 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐶𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒 ♥︎
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𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑝, 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛.
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"But Pierre Cantrel had a weak head and strong passions, so when coin swelled the purse at his belt and seed filled to bursting the purse between his legs, it was to Jasmine House, indolent and sensual, that he hied himself."
I do believe that is the most exquisite passage of a man's raging libido I've yet encountered!!
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The tagged book is Book 1 of a series I'd love to read!! Beautiful cover too ❤️
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panThis has been on my “to read” list for years based on its glowing reviews and maybe I hyped it up too much but I nearly bailed on this book. I appreciated the action and the fact that this book was almost broken into three very different installments but I was almost painfully bored by all the politics and many many many names of various courts.
1. I am proud of my heritage (🇷🇺) and when I got Litsy
2. I am thankful for the motivation to clean and organize the past to move forward in the future
3. Tagging @The_Penniless_Author, @daisyheadmaesie and @BookDragonNotWorm 👋🏻💓➡️
#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon Thank you @obviateit 😊
Well, Littens, it's been a while... and I'm not sure if I'm back, but I wanted to pop in and say hi. I HAVE been reading... just also pretty unwell, anxiety-wise.
Right now, I'm rereading Kushiel's Dart for a readalong. I am wincing away from what I knooow is coming, while things seem so easy here at the start...
And here we go. After eight chapters of cultural context and suggestive eyebrow waggling, a hint of a plot!
...I‘m enjoying revisiting this book enormously and really curious to see what my buddy readers make of it #ReadAsThouWilt
Read-along details: https://onemore.org/2020/08/20/kushiels-dart-announcement/
bailedAn interesting world but the book is over written and repetitive, and I also didn't like some elements of the story. I bailed at 97 pages.
This may possibly be my very favorite series. There are actually 3 trilogies, and I love them all. Kushiel‘s Dart/ Chosen/ Avatar I‘ve reread many times. Political intrigue, a wonderful fantasy religion, kinky sex, and my favorite female main character anywhere. So good.
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Rich in characters and world building. I read these in grad school and I remember standing in a bar and trying to explain to a friend these books. "So, uh, there's this woman who loves pain and she grew up trained as a courtesan and a spy..."
Recently learned that Tor is reprinting the Kushiel trilogy this summer! Shout out to Giselle at Tor for sending along a copy. I reread it a few years ago, but looking forward to revisiting Terre D‘Ange again. https://shayshortt.com/2017/01/17/kushiels-dart/
#WyrdAndWonder day 18: celebrate an author
I had several in mind today, but a few conversations changed my course to an old favourite: Jacqueline Carey. Her sagas of Terre d‘Ange are gorgeously imagined, lusciously executed conflicts of love and treachery, purpose and personality. She‘s got a lot of mentions this year as an author folk would like to read or reread, so: who is up for a Wyrd & Wonder summer read-along of Kushiel‘s Dart?
pickAn intricate and complex high fantasy filled with politics and desire. I was hesitant to read this. I hate sex in books. But the story does not focus on the physical actions when Phedre is with a client, instead, it focuses on the espionage. Sure, you know what is happening, but it‘s in the background to everything else going on. A surprising find!
Full review https://www.behindthepages.org/post/kushiel-s-dart-by-jacqueline-carey
I don't know how long this will last, but the paperback of Kushiel's Dart is only $1.99 on Amazon. 🙂
Just in case you haven‘t read this- you can get the first in MY FAVORITE SERIES for just $1.99 today- Ms Carey says it‘s available across all ebook platforms, not just Kindle.
The first in this amazing fantasy series is just $1.99 in ebook form.
"Love as thou wilt." ❤️
This book has been taunting me on the booksale shelf at the library I work at for weeks and today I was like, fine, I'm taking you home! It's a queer kinky poly epic fantasy classic that I can't believe I haven't read yet. #QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #Fantasy
Just wondering how many others do this? For both I have a fancy copy, one to match the rest of my series set, and a paperback to loan-only to very most trusted friends.
Thank you @Soubhiville I‘ve managed to make 45 sausage rolls whilst Bunk has happily been distracted by his new play mat! 👍🏼
Can‘t thank you enough sweet friend..... what a gorgeous Christmas present. I ❤️the books, can‘t wait to don the socks and my January Buddyread will feature Narwhals. But....... the tote is amazingballs- love it so much. Looking forward to 2019 and so,hope we make it to Austin.
Happy Christmas from our house to yours. ❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄
pickI was looking for a new fantasy series and this was recommended by Bookriot. Really glad I read it as it is very different than my normal style. Set in an alternative historical time perios reminiscent of Rome, it follows Phedre, a courtesan who is trained as a spy and also marked by two gods. Politics, murder, religion and history but mingled with intrigue, mystery and sex.
Can't wait to read the next ones
Read them all, and absolutely love them for a miriad of complicated reasons. Trying it this way, now. #audible #booksandcoloring #somanytinytriangles 🖤📖🎧
“In the general course of things, when beauty passes, the flower bows its head upon the stem and fails. Sometimes, though, when the petals droop, a framework of tempered steel is revealed within.”
• I am starting this one while the dog is on guard patrol •
#TBR #dogsofLitsy #reading #reader #Saturday #doorstopper #bigbooks
• Have you read this trilogy? Thoughts? •
pickHow to describe? Political machinations abound - a complex world where sex is not shameful, nor are prostitutes... while the main character is marked by Kushiel and enjoys pain, the sex isn‘t the focus- it IS however important to the story and treated respectfully and more-or-less tastefully
My favorite under-the-radar book (and series and author) for #24in48‘s hour 30 challenge.
I know there is a cult following, but still I‘m surprised at some fantasy lovers not knowing about these books.
I consider them under the radar because of the S&M aspect; there are some people I definitely don‘t want to discuss them with! But if you like incredibly sexy books AND epic fantasy, you need to read these now!
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A wonderful friend sent me some books to cheer me up during recovery. ❤️❤️❤️I‘m so excited! 🤗The library hold for American Gods is 20 weeks, so I get to cancel and bump someone up a spot! #bookmail
pick🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 This. Was. Epic. I've been meaning to read this book for such a long time and now that I've read it I can't believe it took me so long to get to it! I don't really even know what to say about it except that it is a work of art. I will be adding the next one to my tbr stack immediately.
#kindledeal $2.99 until the end of May. Sounds like the start to a good fantasy series.
New stained glass piece completed this weekend. It‘s meant to be House Shahrizai‘s symbol, three crossed keys on a field of midnight blue. Made for my best friend, who is also a huge fan of the books.
On page 112 now and really enjoying myself. Though, someone needs to make me a new cup of tea. I hope everyone is having a great Sunday!
bailedI decided to bail. I was dragging my feet through this book and could not get into it. Just not for me. At least I paid only $.99 for it 😊. #bailed @Vinjii hopefully you‘ll enjoy it!
