#amreading (listening to) Naamah's Curse by #JacquelineCarey. This is the second book in the third and last #Kushielverse trilogy, in the setting that began with #KushielsDart, roughly 100-120 years later.
A medieval historical fantasy where the land that we know as France was settled by descendants of literal angels. Everyone is beautiful, courtesan is a respected profession, any consensual sex is sacred.
The earlier trilogies are not needed for enjoyment. The books are long.
@naga I want to get back into her books at some point. I have Kushiel's Dart and read about halfway through it but then life got in the way and I never finished.
@naga @zephasaurus_hex I absolutely loved the Sundering duology; it did such interesting things with a LOTR type world.
I've got her new book Starless sitting on my kindle shelves waiting to me, and I'm so excited to get around to it.
@bridgebury @naga @zephasaurus_hex I just finished starless today! It's very good. Extremely poetic.
@Nentuaby @bridgebury @zephasaurus_hex I've got Starless on audio, queued up soon.
@zephasaurus_hex She's doing a lot of intriguing things as her career and writing have matured. And is now writing largely stand-alones, so less daunting than trilogies of trilogies.
Though I loved the Sundering duology from early on, it didn't get much notice. An homage to Lord of the Rings told primarily from the POV of the Dark Lord's top general.