I judged a book by its cover

[Quint]

(Unfortunately for you rhetoric junkies, I was being literal.)

I picked up a copy of a fantasy book entitled "Kushiel's Dart," based on the intriguing cover art and the back, which mentioned, amongst other things, that the main character is forced to forever feel "pain and pleasure together." 'WELL, now,' I thought, and promptly bought it. And sat up til 3 in the morning reading it. What a fantastic story. I'm posting this here because it is highly BDSM, and I felt the people here would most appreciate it.

It is essentially a political intrigue story, with the main character, Phedre (pronounced "Faydra"), a courtesan with a red mote in her left eye. This mote marks her with Kushiel's Dart, which essentially means she is the penultimate masosub. She never has to be in sub-space; she can't help craving, loving, getting off on the pain. I'm so envious.

Anyway. The author (whose name I neglected to remember) has a tendency to be wordy, but her vocabulary is so lush and vivid that I rarely felt it was a flaw. She incorporates sexuality, religion (both Christianity and paganism in a very imaginative swirl), politics, and other staples of a good plot--and I'm only 600 pages into the 900-page book! I don't know why I'm not reading it now! Go, buy a copy and indulge!

 

[ltlwitch]

thanks

thank you for the tip on this book. it sound like a good one. I'll be looking for this one

Bright Blessings~
ltlwitch

 

[cymbidia]

It is a good book!

We read it and passed it around months ago. Right now, lilfrk has my copy - a hard back copy - and i'm sure she'd be glad to send it on to any of you who want to read it next. (Ummm, is it okay for me to volunteer you like this, lilfrk??? )

Yeh. Definitely a good book.

Another author with really strong BDSM themes and leanings is Laurel Hamilton and her Vampire Hunter books.

 

[KestralWolfe]

On books

Laurell K Hamilton is a book diva! Other good ones are "Macho Sluts" by Pat Califa, "The Leather Daddy and the Femme", by Carol Queen.

Honestly, anything by those two women are excellent, and fill almost any kink

KW

 

[lilfrk]

Yep cym you can. It's your book. I read it twice while I've had it.

Whoever wants it next please PM me and I'll send it to you. I believe the deal is you have to pass it on to next person that wants it.

cym, I also have your other book. Seems like everytime we get ready to do the snail mail thing something happens and it never gets done. So...if you PM me you'll get it back and the neat little things that you use as book marks.

 

[cymbidia]

lilfrk? Is that one of the books we did the, uh, writing-in-at-the-beginning thing? If so, will you expand on that for the benefit of us here - and then the next person to get this book can do it...and on and on.


Reminds me, i gotta try to get in touch with espressolover about my copy of The Red Tent that she's had for months - since before she disappeared.

 

[SpectreT]

Very good book!

I read it last month; as some of you know, I work in a bookstore, and happened to see its sequel, "Kushiel's Chosen" on our new release racks. Not being made of money, I dug around our fantasy section till I found the paperback of "Kushiel's Dart". It was probably the best piece of commercial fiction I've read in about five years.

Other fantasy books I'd recommend include "Blue Moon Rising", by Simon R. Green. It's a very funny book which starts off with the hero rescuing a dragon from a princess, and just gets better from there.

 

[lilfrk]

Yes. That's the book. God it's been forever let's see if I can remember. I write the next person's Lit name in the inside under mine. The lit person that gets it and reads it writes the next lit person's name under their's and so on and so on and so on.

Right?

 

[cymbidia]

Uh. Yeh. Yeh, that's it.
(I don't remember either!)


Maybe we should go to real names?

 

[lilfrk]

How about this: Both. If the person that gets it wants to add their real name to their Lit name they can. If not...all fine and good.

Rambling Rose asked for it. I'm going to try to send it to her by the end of the week.


(because we didn't remember...does that make us old? lie to me if you have to)

 

[cymbidia]

(because we didn't remember...does that make us old? lie to me if you have to)

Oh gods no! It means we've had really rich and diverse lives so far and of course a few small details will slip on occasion. That's all it means. Honest. Yes, i am so being utterly and completely truthful!

 

[lilfrk]

Phew...thank you for clarifing that for me. You're good to me.

 

[Rambling Rose]

I understand that someone here was interested in reading this book after I finish. Please feel free to pm me and I'll be happy to pass it along. I will need a mailing address, of course, but my discretion can be counted on.

 

[Ebonyfire]

(Unfortunately for you rhetoric junkies, I was being literal.)

I picked up a copy of a fantasy book entitled "Kushiel's Dart," based on the intriguing cover art and the back, which mentioned, amongst other things, that the main character is forced to forever feel "pain and pleasure together." 'WELL, now,' I thought, and promptly bought it. And sat up til 3 in the morning reading it. What a fantastic story. I'm posting this here because it is highly BDSM, and I felt the people here would most appreciate it.

It is essentially a political intrigue story, with the main character, Phedre (pronounced "Faydra"), a courtesan with a red mote in her left eye. This mote marks her with Kushiel's Dart, which essentially means she is the penultimate masosub. She never has to be in sub-space; she can't help craving, loving, getting off on the pain. I'm so envious.

Anyway. The author (whose name I neglected to remember) has a tendency to be wordy, but her vocabulary is so lush and vivid that I rarely felt it was a flaw. She incorporates sexuality, religion (both Christianity and paganism in a very imaginative swirl), politics, and other staples of a good plot--and I'm only 600 pages into the 900-page book! I don't know why I'm not reading it now! Go, buy a copy and indulge!

Isn't it a two book series? Venus Book club has both of them, and I was thinking of buying them. thank sfor the review.

Ebony

 

[SpectreT]

Re: Re: I judged a book by its cover

Isn't it a two book series? Venus Book club has both of them, and I was thinking of buying them. thank sfor the review.

Ebony

I think it's slated (Like most Fantasy/Sci-Fi) to become a Trilogy when all the dust is settled; The first one, Kushiel's Dart is available in Mass Market Paperback, the second, Kushiel's Chosen, is available in Cloth (Hardcover). I haven't read the second one yet.