Kushiel's Scion (Kushiel's Legacy) by Jacqueline Carey Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Kushiel's Scion (Kushiel's Legacy)
Book Review: Another Winner from Ms Carey
Summary: 4 Stars
Building on the eroticism of the first triolgy, Kushiel's Scion is an excellent opportunity to renew old acquaintances and meet the new actors in what will obvously be a series. A fast paced and thoroughly enjoyable read.Book Review: I didn't think she could do it!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I read the first Kushiel trilogy I was overwhelmed and I fell in love with the main characters, especially Phedre. Every book in that trilogy mantained the same energy level and I admit I was doubtful of whether the author could pull it off in a new trilogy,with a male as her main character.
I was pleasantly surprised by the result. While I don't think any book she ever writes will match that first one for me...this one nevertheless comes close. It is, without a doubt, an incredible work of fiction.
The world she has created touches on ours in familiar and interesting ways, and we see more of those similarities to our world in this book, yet it is clearly a unique and fully-developed stand-alone world as well. The countries and cultures she has developed are amazeing, and her characters are nothing short of incredible.
While I miss the submission theme from the first trilogy I am really looking forward to seeing more of this character, Imriel.
Book Review: Excellent beginning
Summary: 4 Stars
The main arc of the story is credible, even gripping. The book suffers a bit, though, in comparison to the earlier trilogy, as Imriel, while a well realized character, is nowhere near as fascinating as Phedre. He has his demons to contend with, his issues to confront, but he's a pretty standard hero, in the end. Phedre was a complete original. The first 500 or so pages worked beautifully, as did the last 50. I found myself skipping large portions of the siege of Lucca, however. It was quite obvious that Imriel would encounter adversity, would grow, and would come out of it wiser, stronger and more mature. This whole episdode, therefore, was predictable and just a bit boring. I did find it amusing how Imriel keeps comparing himself unfavorably to Joscelin, but whenever he actually gets in a fight, he completely destroys his opponent. No doubt we're being set up for more significant encounters in the future, and I'm looking forward to them.Book Review: Back to Terre D'Ange
Summary: 5 Stars
In Kushiel's Scion, Carey returns to the lush alternate Europe
she mapped so well in the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy. This is
a fascinating world, grounded in an imaginative religion/mythos
and vividly detailed. And as in the Kushiel's Legacy books, Carey has once again created a narrator with a marvelously unique voice.
As young Imriel no Montreve de la Courcel, foster child to Terre D'Ange's greatest living heroes, shares his struggles to find his place in the world and define how to shoulder the legacy of heroism and villainy he was born to, the reader is enmeshed in Terre D'Ange's past and future. The
device of revisiting the stories in Kushiel's Legacy, through Imriel's eyes, was very well-done. And Imriel's own story as it unfolds becomes just as fascinating as Phedre's once was.
I expected to like this book, if for no other reason than that I was eager to revist Terre D'Ange - one of my most favorite landscapes. But this book far surpassed those expectations, going off in directions I had not anticipated. Imriel is a wonderfully complex character - brooding,angry,
wounded,loving, honorable and intensely driven. I really loved this book and impatiently look forward the next volumne. Kudos to Ms. Carey, for finding a way to include and be true to Phedre and Josceline and to give Imriel his own voice and story. Highly, highly recommended for Kushiel's Legacy fans.
Book Review: Back to Terre D'Ange
Summary: 4 Stars
Thank goodness Carey has returned to Terre D'Ange. (The Banewreaker books were dreadful.) Kushiel's Scion is a return to form, and brings Imriel, a child rescued by Phedre in her earlier Kushiel series, to the fore. As usual, the book is full of intrigue and blessed by the well thought out world created by Carey. The downside: clearly, more books are to follow. The lengthy section on the siege of Lucca was dragged out for way too long. I would have preferred to see the plot advance a little further in this book.