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Original Title:	Daughter of the Blood
ISBN:	0451456718 (ISBN13: 9780451456717)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Black Jewels #1
Characters:	Jaenelle Angelline, Daemon Sadi SaDiablo, Saetan SaDiablo, Lucivar Yaslana, Surreal SaDiablo
Literary Awards:	IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (2000)

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The Dark Kingdom is preparing itself for the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy--the arrival of a new Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But this new ruler is young, and very susceptible to influence and corruption; whoever controls her controls the Darkness. And now, three sworn enemies begin a ruthless game of politics and intrigue, magic and betrayal, and the destiny of an entire world is at stake.

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Title	:	Daughter of the Blood (The Black Jewels #1)
Author	:	Anne Bishop
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 412 pages
Published	:	March 1st 1998 by Roc NAL (New American Library) Penguin
Categories	:	Fantasy. Romance. Magic. Fiction. Dark Fantasy

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My wife bought the first book in this series and for some reason read it. The whole time she read it she complained how bad it was. Then for some reason I read it and we finished the series. The only explanation I can come up with is that magic is real, anne bishop is a witch and we fell under her spell. Even now I fall into the black obsidian stone.

1st read - January 20142nd read - September 2018Buddy read with Aly, Ange, Annie & Anzu (Although I think only Aly, Anzu and I actually ended up reading it LOL)Daughter of the Blood is a really difficult book to review and I think that's partly due to how uncomfortable it made me feel when I was reading it. This is a DARK fantasy story, if you're looking for an easy read then that's not what you're going to get here. However, if you're looking for a story that is as compelling as it is

The three realms of Terreille, Kaeleer (the Shadow Realm) and Hell are ruled by the Blood, people given the gift of Jewels of different-ranking colours. They are supposed to be caretakers of the land, and are deeply heirarchical. It's a matriarchal world, but a taint, a rot, has seeped into the Blood, and now the ruling Blood - both female and male - spend their time indulging in pleasures of all manner, often cruel. Some of the races are long-lived, and the Demon-Dead in Hell still have the use

Finished this first book from the Omnibus and damn that ending was intense. Also, quite sad. This world is very brutal. I find it interesting how very "adult" this series is since my first intro to Bishop was The Others and that whole series is PG-13 at worst. I wonder if this is a product of its times, since it was written back when LKH was still popular.I'm a fan though, and I wish there was more dark adult fantasy like this out there.

Major mixed feelings on this one. I bumped my original 3 stars down to 2 after a bit of thought. On one hand- I kept reading because I was so curious about where the story was going. On the other- this book made me squeamish and uncomfortable. When reviewers say this book is dark what they mean is it contains some really unpleasant aspects of violence, rape, incest, and pedophilia. Most of the characters were pretty awful human beings. Women rule men in this world and they do it by brute force.

I couldn't finish this. It wasn't the darker aspects that some of the other reviewers complained about that bothered me- it was simply tedious. There were millions of names and places thrown around, none of which were likable or enjoyable. I hung in there until nearly 100 pages into the book. I can't take it anymore. I give up.

As I started reading Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop, I wasnt sure what to expect. I knew it was a dark fantasy tale that the majority of my fellow readers have glommed. I also come to the realization that Anne Bishop has created a universe unlike anything I have ever read before. I wonder in the ten years since Anne created the Black Jewels Trilogy, how many authors she has influenced? If only I had read Daughter of the Blood when it was first published! This book blew me away from both a