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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “I love this book! It filled in some missing parts of the Daughter of the Blood Trilogy and is possibly some of Anne Bishop's best storytelling. It's hard to make characters meaningfull in short stories - but she excelled at it!” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This book gives some history to the Blood Jewels trilogy and fills you in on at least one story that is missing from the trilogy, as well as lets you know what happens afterwards. ”
Amanda F wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A book stemming from the Black Jewels Trilogy. It contains 3 stories, not written as well, but still a good read overall.”
Holly L wrote this review Thursday, September 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An excellent collection of four novellas which fill in some blanks and offer new insights. Weaver of Dreams tells how the Jewels and the craft of the Black Widow came to be. The Prince of Ebon Rih tells how Lucivar met and married a simple hearth witch. Zuulaman is a story of Saetan's comparative youth and shows us just what being a Black-Jeweled Warlord Prince really means, as well as the depth of the diabolical evil that was Hekatah. The last story, Kaeleer's Heart, discloses the outcome following the healing of Jaenelle after barely surviving the horrendous backlash of power that wiped the taint of Hekatah and Dorothea from two Realms.”
James M wrote this review Tuesday, August 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very good. The book isn't a novel; it's four separate stories. Usually I don't bother with short stories because I don't find them satisfying, but two of the stories in this book are more in depth explanations of things that happened in the Black Jewels Trilogy, things that I wanted to understand better, and was frustrated when Anne Bishop mentioned them only in passing. One of them is Lucivar's love story, and how he came to marry a lighter jeweled hearth witch. At 215 pages, it is closer to a novel than a short story, and very satisfying. The other story, 174 pages, is about Janelle and Daemon and their challenges as she tries to heal after cleansing the Blood of Hekata and Dorothea's taint. It was great to read about them again and get more of a happy ending than Queen of Darkness provided. The other two stories are much shorter, but are definitely worth the read, since they provide some wonderful explanations.”
Carolyn M wrote this review Wednesday, June 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wonderful collection of short stories that take place before, during and right after the Black Jewels trilogy. Outstanding, I cannot say enough great things. The characters are engaging and feel real, the plot and flow is enthralling and filled with twists and turns. There is such a down-to-earth feel in this fantasy world.”
Una wrote this review Saturday, April 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“If you've been reading the series it's worth reading this one. Kept my interest for the entire 4 hour flight. Some of her plot devices are hackneyed in the extreme but I was willing to go along for the ride”
Donna F wrote this review Monday, April 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I enjoyed this book. I feel that sometimes Anne Bishop puts so much information in her books that is hard to understand. Or you’ll be two hundred pages in and come to the realization that nothing has happened yet. In Dreams Made Flesh there were only short stories and these stories relied on the readers understanding of the previous books so that the story was an actual story instead of just background. ”
Casey wrote this review Friday, March 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really enjoyed the shot stories in this book. Particularly when tthe stories where about comments made in the first three books.”
Dani F wrote this review Sunday, December 28 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The missing romances for Lucivar/Marion and Daemon/Jaenelle, and a couple of short bits. Loved revisiting everyone. I was a little worried it would be hard to get back into the world, but it wasn't--this was much easier reading, except for the short bit about Saetan, and, perversely, I missed being slightly confused. Still, I love these characters, love the world, and really did not want to put this down, did not want it to end.”
DKayeS wrote this review Thursday, December 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A collection of short stories about the characters we've grown to love the the Black Jewels books, the longest (and IMO most interesting) being how Lucivar and Marion met. Do not expect a level of storytelling on par with the novels, however.”
Sara E wrote this review Thursday, June 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
