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Didn’t Like It“I read this book the second in a series first. I thought it started out slow. I enjoyed the insight on a girl in a royal harem situation, very political. She is an well written, fiesty character. The story tells about how she will become an emissary, after be rescued from death by her forbidden...” see full review » see other reviews » |
“draggy, predictable, but overall okay. ”
B J wrote this review Friday, December 23, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I am starting to understand McIntosh's writing technique a little better...this book seemed very readable but predictable.
"A prisoner in the forbidden harem of the great Stone Palace of Percheron, Ana infalmes the desires of every man who sees her, even as she fears for her future. The city's beloved protector, Spur Lazar, offered up his life for her, accepting punishment intended for the bewitching odalisque. Now, without Lazar's guiding hand, Percheron has become a darker, more treacherous place.
Mistrusting the machinations of Herezah, his mother - who plots to destroy the odalisque Ana - the young Zar Boaz seeks counsel from the suddenly changed and dangerously secretive "Grand Vizier," counsel he desperately needs. War threatens from a distant realm; the cyclical battle of the gods intensifies; and the first of the Goddess's disciples is claimed by the demon Maliz. But all schemes must ultimately rise and fall on one unknown truth: Spur Lazar lives still, recovering in secret from the illness that has left him the gift of a curse."”
“girl power woman power vs man power vs evil power”
tan c wrote this review Thursday, December 3, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“great book, couldn't put it down.”
Jackie Q wrote this review Monday, July 7, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I read this book the second in a series first. I thought it started out slow. I enjoyed the insight on a girl in a royal harem situation, very political. She is an well written, fiesty character. The story tells about how she will become an emissary, after be rescued from death by her forbidden true love. ”
Susan R wrote this review Sunday, March 9, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No