Jacqueline Carey Books

3 books on our shelf. Average spice 4/5, average darkness 4/5.

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The books

  1. Kushiel's Dart

    Jacqueline Carey · Kushiel's Legacy #1 · complete series

    Spice 4/5 Darkness 4/5

    Phèdre is a courtesan and spy who finds pleasure in pain, sold into a world of political betrayal. Dense and long, with real kink, and it was doing romantasy 20 years before the word existed.

    • Court Intrigue
    • Gods and Mythology
    • Morally Gray
    • Slow Burn
    Content warnings

    Dubious or non-consent, Torture, Sexual assault, War, Graphic violence

  2. Kushiel's Chosen

    Jacqueline Carey · Kushiel's Legacy #2 · complete series

    Spice 4/5 Darkness 3/5

    Phèdre goes back to work as a courtesan to hunt a traitor, which puts her at odds with Joscelin and sends her to a version of Venice full of masks and poison. Even more political than the first one.

    • Court Intrigue
    • Morally Gray
    • Forbidden Love
    • Gods and Mythology
    Content warnings

    Torture, Kidnapping, Graphic violence, Dubious or non-consent

  3. Kushiel's Avatar

    Jacqueline Carey · Kushiel's Legacy #3 · complete series

    Spice 4/5 Darkness 5/5

    Phèdre and Joscelin go looking for a missing boy and end up in Darsanga, the darkest setting in the whole trilogy. Harrowing in places, but the payoff is worth it.

    • Gods and Mythology
    • Court Intrigue
    • Found Family
    • Curses
    Content warnings

    Torture, Sexual assault, Harm to children, Human trafficking, Gore