I loved the final installment of Imriel's trilogy! I wish I could stay with these characters forever - however I know all good things must come to an end. *sigh ( )

This series is a guilty pleasure beach read for me. I read it every few years and while it isn't the most engaging story or the best written I find it enjoyable and worth the time. ( )

This is definitely my favorite of the Imriel books. Part of it is simply that Imriel has grown up a lot, but the core of it is the deep, intense love he and Sidonie share, and what it enables them to do. This is an incredibly romantic story, although not in a traditional way.

I seldom read books more than once anymore, but this is my second time to read this one, and I'm sure I'll read it again. ( )

I was very surprised by how into this book I became. The story was surprising, and for the first time in the last three books I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. ( )

Kushiel’s Mercy is the last book in the second of three trilogies in the Kushiel’s Universe books. Three more books to go. I enjoyed the first trilogy quite a lot, but overall I enjoyed this second trilogy more. The main character worked a bit better for me, plus I think the author’s writing improved, especially compared to the first book which was her first published novel.

I really enjoyed the storyline in this book. It had some fun tropes that I haven’t run into much lately and I often had trouble putting the book down. There were a couple niggling logic issues I had trouble buying into, but they weren’t enough to pull me out of the story or dampen the fun. I think the whole trilogy had a little more humor than the first one did. At least, I found myself laughing a little more while I read it. There’s still a lot of dark stuff though, so this isn’t a humorous series overall. If there’s one big complaint I have, particularly the last two books, it’s that there are so many repetitive sex scenes and re-re-re-re-re-re-affirmations that the characters in question love each other. There’s usually some plot-driving discussion during those scenes to help keep them from being a complete bore, but it still got tedious.

I look forward to finding out what the last trilogy is about, after a short non-Kushiel break. ( )