How strange! I had the exact opposite experience. By mistake I read Scion first. I then went in order, got to the end, and looped around to Dart. I thought Scion stood on its own extremely well and have been recommending friends start with it; I was almost unable to finish Dart and dismissed it as “Guess she hadn’t learned how to write yet”.
(My friend who started with Scion on my advice also ended up enjoying them all except Dart, and I suggested to Alicorn that she not start with Dart, she refused my suggestion, and then she disliked Dart and didn’t read the others which was my prediction all along.)
Kushiel’s Avatar continues to be my favorite of all of them, and the new Naamah series isn’t bad either.
I have not enjoyed these books at all. Kushiel’s Dart’s virtues, while not nonexistent, probably don’t include something best described as “fun”—it is not light or humorous or particularly merry.
Good catch! I’m just trying to ease into the romance literature as I’ve never read one before. But I thought I might enjoy one because of how often I fantasize about being married.
Kushiel’s Dart (but not the sequels). The worldbuilding is delightful.
How strange! I had the exact opposite experience. By mistake I read Scion first. I then went in order, got to the end, and looped around to Dart. I thought Scion stood on its own extremely well and have been recommending friends start with it; I was almost unable to finish Dart and dismissed it as “Guess she hadn’t learned how to write yet”.
(My friend who started with Scion on my advice also ended up enjoying them all except Dart, and I suggested to Alicorn that she not start with Dart, she refused my suggestion, and then she disliked Dart and didn’t read the others which was my prediction all along.)
Kushiel’s Avatar continues to be my favorite of all of them, and the new Naamah series isn’t bad either.
I started the next one, but haven’t finished it yet, may yet plod through to get to the later ones if I am bored on an airplane in the future.
I have not enjoyed these books at all. Kushiel’s Dart’s virtues, while not nonexistent, probably don’t include something best described as “fun”—it is not light or humorous or particularly merry.
I liked all the descriptions of how the different parts of society work logistically.
Good catch! I’m just trying to ease into the romance literature as I’ve never read one before. But I thought I might enjoy one because of how often I fantasize about being married.
If you’re interested in romance->marriage, you may actually like Amish romance novels.
Will check it out, thank you!
Of course not many romance novels are about married characters! :-)
Really?? Shows how little I know :(