Jacqueline Carey
Paperback | Pages: 576 pages Rating: 4.13 | 10014 Users | 406 Reviews
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| Title | : | Naamah's Curse (Naamah Trilogy #2) |
| Author | : | Jacqueline Carey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 576 pages |
| Published | : | June 24th 2010 by Gollancz (first published June 14th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Fiction. Epic Fantasy |
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Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the Kushiel's Legacy series, delivers book two in her new lushly imagined trilogy featuring daughter of Alba, Moirin. Far from the land of her birth, Moirin sets out across Tatar territory to find Bao, the proud and virile Ch'in fighter who holds the missing half of her diadh-anam, the divine soul-spark of her mother's people. After a long ordeal, she not only succeeds, but surrenders to a passion the likes of which she's never known. But the lovers' happiness is short lived, for Bao is entangled in a complication that soon leads to their betrayal.Particularize Books In Pursuance Of Naamah's Curse (Naamah Trilogy #2)
| Original Title: | Naamah's Curse |
| ISBN: | 0575093617 (ISBN13: 9780575093614) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Naamah Trilogy #2, Kushiel's Universe #8 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010) |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 10014 Users | 406 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Naamah's Curse (Naamah Trilogy #2)
Book two of Everybody Wants Moirin. Sorry, that's not the title. Ahem. Anyway, with the usual caveats applied to Jacqueline Carey's writing -- the prose is slightly archaic and may put you off; everybody falls in love with the heroine and wants to sleep with her; it's probably more than a tad heretical, etc -- I enjoyed it a lot. It's been a while since I sat down with a book and raced through it in a day, which contributes to my enjoyment: it's very good to get lost in a fictional world onIn the second part of this trilogy, we continue from where the first book ended, with our heroine trying to reunite with her beloved. This effort leads her to an enormous journey, with many stations where she will meet interesting people, good and bad, who will try to help or exploit her, where she will encounter great difficulties, lose her freedom and be called to use her internal strength to be able to withstand. This moving journey is the occasion for thoughts on human nature, the kindness
Although it showed signs of greatness akin to those that made its predecessors such wonderful reads, I felt that Naamah's Kiss turned out to be Jacqueline Carey's weakest Kushiel-related work to date. Given the originality and the quality of the previous two trilogies, Naamah's Kiss and the next two installments had extremely big shoes to fill. Quite unfair as far as expectations go, no doubt about it, what with the great tapestry of complex storylines that has been woven over the course of the
The adventures continue for Moirin and Bao in the equivalent of medieval Russia, Thibet and northen India. The plot is interesting but lacks depth and realism.
At the end of Naamahs Kiss, Moirins lover Bao set out on his own, uncomfortable with the magic that bound him and Moirin together. As Naamahs Curse begins, Moirin undertakes a dangerous journey to find him. The beginning is on the slow side, focusing on the hardships of winter travel and on Moirins stay with a kindly Tatar family. Then, Moirin learns that Bao has done something stupid.It took me a while to warm to Bao in Naamahs Kiss, mainly because of his habit of calling Moirin stupid girl.
I can't believe I've almost finished such a dear and wonderful series. If forced to choose the weakest book so far in the Kushiel's Universe series Naamah's Curse would be my nominee. However, it remains a solidly entertaining read and earns (albeit just barely) four stars.It's also an excellent cat pillow. "I do not know what else to say! I've spent the last year of my life following you halfway around the world, while you've been (view spoiler)[marrying Tatar princesses whose fathers betrayed
I am very sad to say this is my least favorite novel of Terre d'Ange so far. This is partly because of the theme Carey is exploring in this novel, but mostly because it simply does not measure up to the rest of the series.Don't get me wrong -- I love this world with a deep and abiding passion, and I will buy the novels in hardcover the day they come out as long as Carey writes them. But this, the third trilogy set in the world of Terre d'Ange, is simply less powerful than the two trilogies that
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