Naamah's Kiss
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| Author: | Jacqueline Carey | |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing (2010 reprint) | |
| Pages | 800p | |
| Dimensions | 4.5 x 1.5 x 7 inches | |
| Weight | 13.3 ounces | |
| ASIN | B00QPJQCHU | |
| ISBN-10 | 0446198048 | |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0446198042 | |
- Amazon review
The characters are well written and the story is page-turning. So much more depth and substance than 50 shades or any other like a book. I am amazed also that in this series of books that are so well written you can close your eyes and feel like you are a fly on the wall. Now, this is a sexually explicit book that has so much more to the story than sex, even if sexuality is a big part of the book. It is about a different culture, kingdoms, and how they grow with intrigue and everything that goes with kingdoms in other historical fiction books. For those that may be offended by the explicit rendering of the sexual aspect of one country, I would say have an open mind because the story is so well done and weaves a magical web of sacrifice and duty. I especially enjoyed the parts where God was shown to bless those who sacrifice for others. As in the sea parts- not going to divulge spoilers and this is about the entire series, not just the first book. I have all the hardbacks and now the kindle editions as well.
- Goodreads review
Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts—the ability to summon the twilight and conceal herself, and the skill to coax plants to grow.
Moirin has a secret, too. From childhood onward, she senses the presence of unfamiliar gods in her life—the bright lady and the man with a seedling cupped in his palm. Raised in the wilderness by her reclusive mother, Moirin learns only when she comes of age how illustrious if mixed, her heritage is. The great-granddaughter of Alais the Wise, child of the Maghuin Donn, and a cousin of the Cruarch of Alba, Moirin learns her father was a D'Angeline priest dedicated to serving Naamah, goddess of desire.
After Moirin undergoes the rites of adulthood, she finds divine acceptance... on the condition that she fulfill an unknown destiny that lies somewhere beyond the ocean. Or perhaps oceans. Beyond Terre d'Ange, where she finds her father, in the far reaches of distant Ch'in, Moirin's skills will be a true gift when facing the vengeful plans of an ambitious mage, a noble warrior princess desperate to save her father's throne, and the spirit of a celestial dragon.
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