The WORST Books Ever?
Add and vote. ONE version per title please. I thought this might be fun. It's just what it sounds like. What were the worst books you ever read? Keep in mind, this isn't an insult. There is no universal popularity with books.
List created by Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) -, on Feb 27, 2013
List Votes: 14 Books: 53 Contributors: 27 Watchers: 19 List Type: Open
List created by Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) -
List Votes: 14 Books: 53 Contributors: 27 Watchers: 19 List Type: Open
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, Bk 1) by E. L. James
When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to... more
Book Votes: 40
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Twilight (Twilight, Bk 1) by Stephenie Meyer
"About three things I was absolutely positive.
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him -- and I didn't know how dominant that part might be -- that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
I'D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT... more
Book Votes: 34
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Bk 4) by Stephenie Meyer
When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?
To be irrevocably in love with a vampire... more
Book Votes: 21
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, Bk 2) by E. L. James
Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.
But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and... more
Book Votes: 21
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Eclipse (Twilight, Bk 3) by Stephenie Meyer
Edward?s soft voice came from behind me.
I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again. This kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an... more
Book Votes: 18
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sevenspiders - |
Wicked (Wicked Years, Bk 1) by Gregory Maguire
The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so... more
Book Votes: 18
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
New Moon (Twilight, Bk 2) by Stephenie Meyer
I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES...
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches... more
Book Votes: 17
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, Bk 3) by E. L. James
When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by Christian’s singular erotic tastes, Ana demands a... more
Book Votes: 16
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Stephanie M. (iamstephanie) |
Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia...
A celebrated writer’s irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an... more
Book Votes: 12
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Donna B. (eclecticreader10) - |
Outlander (Outlander, Bk 1) by Diana Gabaldon
Unrivaled storytelling... unforgettable characters... rich historical detail... these are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon's work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured millions of readers.
Here is the story that started it all,... more
Book Votes: 11
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bookaddict |
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
This powerful first novel tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Both transform the life of Amir, the privileged young narrator, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy, just before his country's revolution and its invasion by Russian forces.... more
Book Votes: 9
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Bonnie (LoveNE) - |
The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, Bk 6) by Jean M. Auel
In The Land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel brings her ice-age epic series, Earth’s Children®, to an extraordinary conclusion. As the story opens, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte to... more
Book Votes: 8
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catsandroses |
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety, cynicism, and self-pity, it brings us... more
Book Votes: 7
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nougat37 |
Left Behind (Left Behind, Bk 1) by Jerry Jenkins & Tim F. LaHaye
When the trumpet sounds, where will you be? Passengers in an airborne Boeing 747 find out in this riveting novel by renowned Christian speaker Tim LaHaye and master storyteller Jerry Jenkins. Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread... more
Book Votes: 5
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Sianeka - |
Wild Animus by Rich Shapero
After graduating from college, Sam Altman finds himself subject to an urge he doesn't understand, an urge drawing him away from civilization. Altman's unleashed -- and increasingly unhinged -- imagination takes him first to Seattle and then farther north, to the remote Alaskan... more
Book Votes: 4
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Michael (MikeBpale) |
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER
National Book Critic's Circle Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year
The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York, People,... more
Book Votes: 4
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
The Shack by William P. Young
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious... more
Book Votes: 4
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Mick (zobielover) |
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, Bk 3) by Dan Brown
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object -- artfully encoded with five symbols -- is discovered in the... more
Book Votes: 3
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nougat37 |
Lord Foul's Bane (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Bk 1) by Stephen R. D...
The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever.
He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to... more
Book Votes: 3
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Lauri E. (Luluette) - |
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Edith Grossman (Translato...
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart... more
Book Votes: 3
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Sarah T. (Jeckie) |
The Awakening (Vampire Diaries, Bk 1) by L. J. Smith
Elena Gilbert is a high school golden girl, the one boys want and girls want to be. And Elena is used to getting what she wants. But when she meets handsome, haunted Stefan, he struggles to resist her because of his dark secret: Stefan is a vampire. Stefan is torn by guilt over his past, but he... more
Book Votes: 3
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
A masterpiece of storytelling and symbolic realism, this thrilling maritime adventure and epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and vengeful sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him and came to dominate his life. But more than just the tale of a hair-raising voyage, Melville's... more
Book Votes: 3
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Latricia F. (tsatske) |
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Pi Patel, a God-loving boy and the son of a zookeeper, had a fervent love of stories and practices not only within his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family and their zoo animals emigrate from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship. Alas,... more
Book Votes: 3
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Zoo by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
New York. Mexico. India. California. All around the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. It isn't the work of terrorists, but of animals, and their somehow coordinated assaults are escalating at a terrifying pace.
Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the events with an... more
Book Votes: 2
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Melva S. (TropicAtHeart) |
Son Of A Witch (Wicked Years, Bk 2) by Gregory Maguire
Beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But... more
Book Votes: 2
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Stacey S. (MajorCasey) |
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
A parable filled with truths that reads like an adventure-tale, this story begins with the disappearance of an ancient Peruvian manuscript containing the nine insights the human race is predicted to grasp as we enter an era of true spiritual awareness.
This bestseller draws on ancient wisdom... more
Book Votes: 2
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nougat37 |
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho & Alan R. Clarke (Translator)
An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No... more
Book Votes: 2
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Brian H. (col-stuckinmyteeth) |
Mockingjay (Hunger Games, Bk 3) by Suzanne Collins
MY NAME IS KATNISS EYERDEEN.
WHY AM I NOT DEAD?
I SHOULD BE DEAD.
Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are... more
Book Votes: 2
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Jennifer H. (jenart) |
The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: Wizard's First Rule, Blood of the Fold ,S...
The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3Wizard's First Rule, Stone of Tears, and Blood of the FoldBook 1: Wizards First RuleThe masterpiece that started The New York Times bestselling epic Sword of TruthIn the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell,... more
Book Votes: 2
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sevenspiders - |
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker,?his classmate and crush,?who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why... more
Book Votes: 1
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nougat37 |
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman &a...
The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies written in 1655. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing and everything appears to be going according... more
Book Votes: 1
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nougat37 |
Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman
Tarl Cabot has always believed himself to be a citizen of earth. He has no inkling that his destiny is far greater than the small planet he has inhabited for the first twenty-odd years of his life. One frosty winter night in the New England woods, he finds himself transported to the planet of... more
Book Votes: 1
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Ignatius J. Reilly, a grossly overweight medieval scholar who lives with his mother, is forced to seek employment when she can no longer tolerate his laziness. His disdainful encounters with the modern culture of New Orleans, his habitual misunderstanding of its inhabitants (some of them no less... more
Book Votes: 1
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Melissa D. (missyd3694) |
Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
The Perfect Place To Raise A Family
From the bestselling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a gripping story of terror within a small town. Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina with high hopes. But Step's new job with a... more
Book Votes: 1
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Melva S. (TropicAtHeart) |
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GIRL ON THE FRINGE ENTERS THE REALM OF NEW YORK'S CHIC, PARTY-HOPPING ELITE?
Soon after Bette Robinson quits her horrendous Manhattan banking job like the impulsive girl she's never been, the novelty of walking her four-pound dog around her unglamorous Murray Hill... more
Book Votes: 1
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sasssy25 - |
A Lion Among Men (Wicked Years, Bk 3) (Audio CD) (Unabridged) by Gregory Maguire &...
In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion.
While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—arrives... more
Book Votes: 1
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Brian H. (col-stuckinmyteeth) |
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Bk 1) by Suzanne Collins
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to... more
Book Votes: 1
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Brian H. (col-stuckinmyteeth) |
Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Bk 2) by Suzanne Collins
Fresh from their improbable victory in the annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta get to enjoy the spoils only briefly before they must partake in a Capitol-sponsored victory tour. But trouble is brewing...
President Snow tells Katniss directly he won't stand for being outsmarted, and she... more
Book Votes: 1
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Judy (DimensionX) |
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
With Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, author of such classics as Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater, takes center stage as one of America's most important writers.
'Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. has written one of the major novels of the year . . . haunting . . . irresistible reading .... more
Book Votes: 1
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sevenspiders - |
Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy & Dennis Taylor
The first truly critical edition of Hardy's most controversial novel, presenting a "clean" text in which Hardy's own light punctuation is restored.
Book Votes: 0
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Mick (zobielover) |
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive.Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to... more
Book Votes: 0
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catsandroses |
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells the story of four Londoners-three women and a young man with a past-whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect... more
Book Votes: 0
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Adriane S. (myhotstylist) |
Me Times Three by Alex Witchel
Everything’s going right for Sandra Berlin.She is living in Manhattan, climbing the editorial ladder at ultra-chic fashion magazine Jolie!, and she’s just become engaged to Bucky Ross, her high-school sweetheart. Bucky’s her knight in shining WASP armor, a successful ad... more
Book Votes: 0
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sasssy25 - |
Growing Up Lutheran (Audio CD) (Abridged) by Janet Letnes Martin & Suzann Johnson...
If you search for the word "coffee" in the Bible, if you're pretty sure that all the pairs of animals in Noah's Ark were married, and if you think tuna hotdish is okay but fishsticks are a little too ecumenical, you'll love Growing Up Lutheran. If the... more
Book Votes: 0
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Whitney (whitneyab) - |
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, Jamaica's capital, a cut-throat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses, is devoid of London's luxuries; life here can end swiftly with... more
Book Votes: 0
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Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - |
Escaped (Running in Fear, Bk 1) by Trinity Blacio
Jaycee Manz has been on the run since her sixteenth birthday. After growing up fast and depending on no one, how is she supposed to handle three male werewolves who claim to be her mates? Can she learn to trust them or will she continue to run?
Dane Glassgo, alpha of his clan and a special... more
Book Votes: 0
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Holly (Salix67) |
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of The Art of Mending, and Open House, a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal.
Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew.... more
Book Votes: 0
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sasssy25 - |
The Devil and Miss Prym (Audio CD) (Unabridged) by Paulo Coelho & Linda Emond (Na...
A new novel of temptation by the author of the international bestsellers The Alchemist and The Zahir.
A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by his painful past. A woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each of them will face questions of life,... more
Book Votes: 0
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Melody C. (Melody1959) - |
Evening by Susan Minot
During a summer weekend on the coast of Maine, at the wedding of her best friend, Ann Grant fell in love. She was twenty-five. Forty years later--after three marriages and five children--Ann Lord finds herself in the dim claustrophobia of illness, careening between lucidity and delirium and only... more
Book Votes: 0
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Amelia (eleven) - |
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
Falling in love is never easy, but falling in love with an immortal god while your days on earth are numbered is almost more than a young girl can bear.
Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine has created a stunning new world of flawed gods, unbreakable vows, and ancient omens in this... more
Book Votes: 0
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Amelia (eleven) - |
Kissed by an Angel / The Power of Love / Soulmates (Kissed by an Angel, Bks 1-3) by E...
A love beyond life...a danger beyond doubt.
In a romantic and suspenseful collection of the New York Times bestselling trilogy, love's unbreakable bonds are put to the test.
When her boyfriend, Tristan, died, Ivy thought she'd lost everything, even her faith in angels. But now... more
Book Votes: 0
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Amelia (eleven) - |
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
With a new introduction by the acclaimed bestselling author, this is the spectacular deluxe tenth-anniversary edition of a fantasy classic--the sweeping tale of sorcery, magic, politics, war, love, betrayal, and survival... "A richly sensuous fantasy world, full of evocative history, religions,... more
Book Votes: 0