Reread Book Review: Daughter of the Blood

[sarolynne]

So, I read the Black Jewels Trilogy when I was in high school. It's been ten years at least since I read them, and in my memory, they were... not good. They were sort of fun to read, in a trashy, silly way. At the time, I remember finding them somewhat juvenile and rather fluffy, the darkness more or less superficial on what was essentially a

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[meritjubet]

Huh. I guess it really was a good thing that my library as a kid lost the first book of the series. I searched for it, because it did look interesting... but bah. I did, however, enjoy your rant :)

[anonymous]

This makes me wonder what would you think of Steelflower. Have you read it?

[sarolynne]

I have not. Is it that bad?

[anonymous]

Bad? On, no. The author actually impressed me a bit by remembering that people do not come out of travel smelling like roses. But I'd been reading a lot of badfic at the time, and I've never been as good at this type of thing as you, so I don't know if it was good. Anyway, the main character comes from a matriarchal society, that's why I mentioned it. If you'd like to read it for yourself, it's here.

If you do read it, I'be interested in knowing what you think of it.

[sarolynne]

...Interesting. I don't normally find matriarchal societies very well written--I'd like them to be, but I'm usually disappointed by the amount of thought that goes into them.

I may check it out. We'll see.XD