Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

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Submitted by Roxanne aka DarkRamoth
(Feb 09, 2001)

Daughter of the Blood is the first book of Anne Bishop's 'The Black Jewels' series. Hearing from friends and acquaintances about the content of the book really made me rather leery to read it at all, but despite the graphic scenes I was told about, there were hints of intense power struggles, and the classic story of a girl coming to find herself and her true power within herself.That is what this first book is about. It's about facing life, the hardships it throws at you, and the many different ways that different people from different backgrounds have done so in the past, and continue to do so later in their lives. The cast of characters is incredibly wide ranging, and the stereotypes aren't as clear cut as we wish them to be.An amazing mix of class rank, gender roles, and social rivalry all combine into a struggle for a new way of life by those abused and destroyed from violence and hate that was undeserved. This was a wonderful story, one that should be included among the mature-level for teenagers, in my humble opinion. I look forward to the next books in the series: Heir of Shadows and Queen of Darkness.