Kushiel’s Mercy by Jacqueline Carey

… I highly recommend this novel to anyone who enjoyed the previous five. It has it all: dire magic, forbidden love, transcendent spirituality, devastating war — and yes, sex. There is not as much sex as there is in some of the previous installments, but what’s here is beautiful, lit as it is with Imriel and Sidonie’s love. If you liked the waterfall scene between Phèdre and Joscelin in Kushiel’s Avatar, you will like the love scenes in Kushiel’s Mercy. I can’t say much more without ruining the plot, but I will say that when I turned the last page, I cheered Jacqueline Carey for a job well done… Read the rest.