Title: Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy #1)
Author: Jacqueline Carey
Year: 2001/2003
Publisher: Tor
Pages: 912
Before I picked this up, I read many reviews raving about it as well as many raving against it. I'd call it a 3.5. The protagonist has her heavy Mary Sue-ish qualities, and there are parts that just seem stupid, but I did find myself thinking about it afterward and while reading other novels. I'm not talking about the sex which, like the yawnfest that is Fifty Shades of Grey, is neither edgy nor hot, but how the personal quests intersect with and are amplified at times by larger, mythic constituents. Hyacinthe's outcome is a good example.
I couldn't follow all the humans and action, but if A Game of Thrones has taught me anything, it's that sprawling, pseudo-Medieval fantasy epics will recap who is who and did what to whom as necessary, so elaborate family trees and notes are unneeded.
May I note retrospectively that I'm still mystified by how many people apparently have Phèdre's tattoo? I mean, I'm all for literary tattoos, but it seems excessive: http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/gallery_tats.htm
(May I also say that "Love as thou wilt" contains an unfortunate double entendre?)
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