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Title: Outstanding.
Review: I probably own over 200 sci-fi/fantasy novels, and have read at least twice that. Carey's trilogy is easily one of the most politically intricate; Kushiel's Dart sports characters that are almost tangible with very human flaws and strengths set in a background with enough similarities to real settings for the reader to feel like he knows the world. While I'm not a fan for Phedre's particular sexual quirks, they did not in any way detract from the book and actually helped her character's developement. Her courage as a writer is to be admired as well; her writing style and level inevitably eliminated a great deal of her potential audience, and it's nice to see that there are still a couple of authors out there that have enough self-respect and respect for their audience to not hold back. Outstanding. Buy.
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