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Book Review of Jeweled (Court of Edaeii, Bk 1)

Jeweled (Court of Edaeii, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 3


Take the french revolution, mix in a touch of Kushiel's political world, and douse it in gasoline and set it on fire with sex... bold, graphic, tilt-your-head-to-the-side-with-awe sex! If you ever wanted a manual on how to have a threesome, this is good stuff for it. It begins with a woman who's suppressed her emotions, honestly and for good reason. It builds into a relationship with one man and then expands into balancing the emotional needs of two men and a woman's confusion at wanting two men. Sluice in a bit of psychic powers, a touch of the misfit, the adventure of ...

It's a good good book. The only reason I didn't rate it higher is that personally, the sex was too graphic and some of the positions were a little unbelievable to me, but that's just a personal choice. The fact that all of the characters grew emotionally throughout the book more than made up for that for me. It's something that a LOT of authors just don't do.