Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy) by Jacqueline Carey Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy)
Book Review: An okay conclusion to the series
Summary: 3 Stars
If you really like the first two books you will like this one. To a casual reader the premise is somewhat preposterous. Not as well written as the first ones, but I've also read a lot worse!Book Review: Fantastic Finish
Summary: 5 Stars
The last book of this trilogy.
An amazing ending, gave us readers exactly what we wanted. Truelly wonderful ending, I can keep on going forever with positive synonyms, but I wont.This book had a dark undertone to it and had a more of a quest quality to it, which of course was refreshing and original. Not in the least bit disappoiting, this ending was a reward to the readers of this trilogy. Sometimes haunting, yet always delightful reading. A climactic ending, I'm not ashamed to say I shed a tear or two. I really loved this trilogy, and it is rare indeed to find books as enjoyble as this trilogy. From time to time i read over my favorite chapters returning to the wonderful, alluring,sexual,adventurous world of Phedre no Delauay.
Read and enjoy.
Book Review: Phedre-- you let me down
Summary: 1 Stars
I loved the first two books. In fact, I read them so often that they fell apart and had to buy hard cover copies. So, I waited for the conclusion of the trilogy with baited breath.
Wow, what a waste of time.
All the things that made Carey's first to novels so compelling were there, but it was as if her editor decided not to rein in Carey's tendency to be a bit overwrought this time because "hey, melodrama worked for the first two book so more melodrama will be better for the third!" There were too many plot twists, too many different cultures to explore, too many unlikely friendships, too much trauma between Phedre and Joscelin, too much interference from gods, just too, too, too.
The bones of a fantastic conclusion are there, but some of the flesh should have been pared off before releasing this one to the public.
Book Review: Great Series
Summary: 5 Stars
This story is an amazingly rich and layered fantasy that will completely suck you in if you give it half a chance.
From reading all three of the Kushiel's novels thus far, I can tell that Ms. Carey has done her research about ancient places, languages, myths, and religions to weave her stories into something that feels real even as you are swept away in the fantasy of it all. You are able to see the world that was, yet imagine a world that might have been all at the same time.
These are NOT kids books. They have sexual themes that definitly make them grown-up reading and make it necessary to be able to put personal preferences aside and simply go along with the story, but nothing about those situations feel gratuitous or simply placed there for shock value; they actually help propel the story. Avatar in particular has scenes which shock and upset, but this serves to bring you farther into Phedre's world and empathize with her plight.
All in all, I love the Kushiel's stories and am anxiously looking forward to the next books. If you love history and love fantasy, I think you will also find this series facinating.
Book Review: Phedre goes out with a bang!
Summary: 5 Stars
An intense conclusion to the Kushiel's Legacy triology - and just as riveting as its forerunners! Once again, Carey is successful in creating an epic world of diverse cultures, heartbreaking romance, political intrigue, sensuality, comedy - and above all, a host of characters (new and old) that will draw you so far into Phedre's story, you'll be lost in it until the end. I must say that Phedre's encounter with the Lord of Death is part of an unsettling portion of the book that will leave your skin crawling. The dark elements found in this third installment of the triology parallel Phedre's full exposure as the anguissette she is, in all her guilty pleasures, and finally the acceptance of who she is. The growth and maturity in Phedre's character by the end (as with Joscelin, Hyacinthe and Imriel) adds to the complexity of the story as a whole. Carey has succeeded in bringing Phedre's journey on a round-a-bout in her enthralling conclusion. Go read it! You won't be disappointed.