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Daughter of the Blood: The Black Jewels Trilogy Book 1 Mass Market Paperback – 29 October 1998

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In the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's beloved Black Jewels Trilogy, a race of witches and warlocks whose power is channeled through magical jewels will meet their once and future queen...

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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Publisher : Penguin; Reissue edition (29 October 1998)
Language : English
Mass Market Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0451456718
ISBN-13 : 978-0451456717
Dimensions : 10.59 x 2.77 x 17.2 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 182,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 4,843 in Coming of Age Fantasy
- 13,594 in Epic Fantasy (Books)
- 13,854 in Romantic Fantasy

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"A terrific writer...the more I read, the more excited I became because of the freshness of [her] take on the usual high fantasy setting, the assurance of [her] language, all the lovely touches of characterization that [she slips] in so effortlessly."--Charles de Lint

"Darkly mesmerizing...[a] fascinating, dark world."--Locus

"Lavishly sensual...a richly detailed world based on a reversal of standard genre cliches."--Library Journal

"Vividly painted...dramatic, erotic, hope-filled."--Lynn Flewelling

"Intense...erotic, violent, and imaginative. This one is white-hot."--Nancy Kress

"A uniquely realized fantasy filled with vibrant colors and rich textures. A wonderful new voice, Ms. Bishop holds us spellbound from the very first page."--RT Book Reviews

"Mystical, sensual, glittering with dark magic."--Terri Windling, coeditor of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror

"Dark, morbid, sinister, and yet it holds you completely fascinated and spellbound by its beauty...One of the most original and readable books in the fantasy genre."--The 11th Hour

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Others--including Etched in Bone, Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.

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Amazing books and amazing series

Reviewed in Australia on 16 January 2019

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Amazing series. Completely different and out of this world. I can see other reviewers point of view when describing the trigger warnings of this series however I could read through this. It wasn’t the basis of the storyline, it was only a part of it and it was handled with such finesse and gentleness that it didn’t set off any triggers in me. I loved this series. I thought it was amazing and so well written. I read each book through and couldn’t put them down. The characters are so well written, the world so developed that you are absorbed and held enthralled by the stories. Amazing books. Amazing series.

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Reviewed in Australia on 12 August 2019

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I really enjoyed this book although the names were a bit confusing at first but the suspense, intrigue, was great.

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Two Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 30 December 2014

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Great ideas, but the plot drives the characters and it makes the writing a little wooden.

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My favorite Author of all time Fantastic series 4th time I have read all books

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I'm torn over this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2019

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On the one hand, the world-building in this book is very good; maybe a bit too complex, too early on. The first part of the novel was a bit of a struggle, trying to work out what the different territories were without context (a map would have helped) and also how the Jewel hierarchy worked. Even though there was a list of Jewels, in order, at the front of the book, it wasn't that clear immediately how people used them/moved beyond their birthright Jewel and suchlike. However, the writing is very good and I persevered, and it does click into place. For some reason, though, I didn't find myself particularly engaging with any of the characters. Many are extremely unlikable and obvious 'baddies', but even the characters who are meant to be good aren't that likeable and felt somehow one-dimensional. Janelle, the 'special' child at the centre of the plot is just that - a child, and not one who seems to have much to her, apart from her ability to perform next-level magic without any training.

The world the author has created is complex enough that it should have felt like a fulfilling read but compared, say, to Sarah J Maas, the plot didn't feel that it was moving forward very well. When I'm in the middle of a book I love, I find myself thinking about it even when I'm not reading it, and I can't wait to pick it up. At times, I felt that I was forcing myself to read on. I should also say, as others have, that this will definitely not be the book for you if material concerning rape, abuse, paedophilia and torture are likely to be triggering. Now to qualify that because, really, who loves reading about these topics, they are handled well within the context of the book, and aren't gratuitous; a lot is hinted at. The whole system of control and rule the author has built means that both men and women have become very distrustful of each other. Powerful women - the witches and Queens - attempt to control powerful men by using 'rings of obedience' which are attached to the genitals, and send bolts of pain to the region if the men step out of line. At the same time, men of the Blood attempt to break young girls before they come into their birthright power by 'spearing' them in a way that causes distress (and the fracturing of their minds) on their virgin nights. Bit of a spoiler ahead now, so stop reading if you don't want to find out more ....

While I could handle the system of power and control the writer had set up, the one thing I found very distasteful was Daemon's relationship/feelings towards Janelle. At the time when Daemon (a powerful, ringed male) meets Janelle properly, she is twelve years old. Although Daemon is a 'pleasure slave' to powerful queens and witches, he is unable to have full sex, due to the ring which, it appears, keeps him in a flaccid state (this was something I didn't entirely 'get' - if they're going to have pleasure slaves, why limit what they can do!) However, even though Janelle is just a child, Daemon believes she is the lover he's been waiting for, as she is Witch (a powerful Queen/Witch whose coming was prophesied 700 years earlier). Daemon begins to have 'stirrings' if Janelle brushes against him and, clearly, he feels a sexual draw to her, even though he reins this in. Personally, I found this distasteful, as it was a main character having these feelings. It's even worse bearing in mind Daemon is one of the long-lived peoples (I'm not sure how old he is supposed to be, but he's clearly been knocking around for a thousand years plus!) It's one thing that the 'baddies' are engaging in such behaviour, but when you hear one character say to the other, re Daemon, than he's unlikely to be able to 'resist her twelve year old body', that's a big no-no for me. I would have far preferred the relationship between Daemon and Janelle - and the hint of potential future romance - if she'd been, say, seventeen or eighteen. I know that's not the way the Black Jewels world has been set up to work (and virgin nights are had younger), but I feel there could have been a way for Witch to come into the novel with a bit more maturity on her side, while still retaining her naivety.

In conclusion, I'm not really sure how I feel about this series. I can't say I'm chomping at the bit to go onto book two - and, as a heads-up, this is definitely not a stand-alone book. You'll need to read the rest to find out what happens. I'm hoping that everything is tied up within the first three books; it's described as a 'trilogy' but I see there are a LOT more than just three books in the Black Jewel series. I probably will give the second book a try at some point, but this world definitely hasn't grabbed me in the way a lot of other fantasy settings have. It's well-written, hugely imaginative but, for some reason, fell a little flat for me.

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Emma Ansell

WARNING FOR RAPE AND PAEDOPHILIA. Good book but not excellent.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2017

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I bought Daughter of the Blood because it is so often recommended in the same breath as Sharon Shinn and Jaqueline Carey, both of whom leave me breathless.

This is a good book, but it is not an excellent book. The world building is interesting and the system of power (based on the “jewel” that a person receives at birth, and then the “jewel” that they later receive at a later date) is fascinating – really this is one of this book’s great strengths.

The premise is solid, if somewhat cliché (but who doesn’t enjoy a bit of cliché in their fantasy? Clichés are often popular for a reason). This is a matriarchal land, in which a system that used to function as a meritocracy has been sabotaged and corrupted by a power-mongering Queen who has systematically eradicated any who might stand against her and continues to purge herself of potential rivals through destroying any young girls born to powerful jewels. The true Queen (or Witch, as she’s called) is prophesised to appear and set things to right.

One of the main problems that stopped me from enjoying this book as much as I might have is that the Witch is not a character that the reader can really empathise with at all. I hesitate to say it, but she is at times reminiscent of a Mary Sue: exceedingly powerful, infinitely wise whilst still a child, and just immediately able to complete feats of great power with little to no instruction.

I would also warn any potential readers that this is a book that has instance upon instance of rape and of paedophilia. In fact, much of the plot is based upon these two things as it is the means by which the evil Queen breaks the “jewels” of potential characters. Please do bear that in mind. It also includes torture of male genitalia.

Overall, it’s the sort of book that pulls you through whilst reading it, but once finished I was undecided as to whether I wanted to buy the sequel.

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Buglebead

Too dark for me.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2017

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I came to this having read Bishop's series about 'The Others' which I thoroughly enjoyed. This is much darker. Her ability to build worlds is still excellent, but I found the grisly content too much. Whereas in the 'Others' Bishop places a childlike innocence into some of the adults, here it is the children who are the victims. The plot kept me turning pages, but the last chapter was so awful I do not feel able to continue with the series.

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Smileygirl

Amazing series - dark and heart wrenching put unputdownable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2014

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This series is something else, I have since gone on to read just about all of the related spin offs. It is very dark for what I took to be a young adult series, none of the lead characters have easy lives, living under the vicious and sadistic regime of magic users who have perverted the intended use for their gifts. Really you have to read these books yourself, I would put them on a level with Anne Bishop's Written in Red for world building, character building and the way they just pull you in. These books feel real and even when you're horrified by what's happening you're desperate to read more. In this book Jaenelle who is Witch, Dreams made Flesh, and who it is prophesied will bring about a regime change and restore the rightful order when (and if) she comes into power is only a girl. In spite of the part of her that is WItch and ancient, she has incredible powers but little understanding of them, she is the hope of many people and many races in all the realms but the book focuses particularly on three men who have been waiting her prophesied arrival and the regime change she will bring about with a desperate hope. They will do anything to keep her alive until she can mature into her powers, but one man in particular is afraid that the greatest danger to her may be himself.

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Kitsune

compelling read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2016

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I never read this author before and stumbled across it as I was reading some other top 500 reviewer , its a most compelling read I have read in a long time me being not the brightest took a few chapters to understand the jewels and meaning but as pages turn it becomes very clear to understand even 4 me, I loved the main charters the story line was also nothing I have read before there's plenty of action that grips the reader and also a heart rendering tale of love, family and loyalty . I just glad I don't have to wait fore the books to be published on to my next ;-)

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