A favorite for a universe and a pen that take us beyond words ...

It is a world in which it is not easy to return as it appears complex, as the diversity of characters, the profusion of places and names abound. A mythology blends with the story of the life of a heroine unusual, its evolution and the history of his people, not counting the political intricacies and challenges! So hard not to get lost in the maze of a plot that is spreading its wings and whose scope does not appear to achieve any limit. And yet, from the first lines, the author takes up the reader with no intention of letting go in a style which she has the secret, but also delicate and subtle, without any concession and accompanies in the tunnel at the end of which profile that hope to glimpse the light. It is a real work of haute couture, as overcasting on which other issues will hone and refine the final work.

As part of this fantasy is extremely well thought out, its starting point the crucifixion of Christ, inspired evangelism to create a world abounding more lyrical and magical as the Renaissance Europe. "Earth Angel" is home to the descendants of the blessed Elua and his followers, most children being raised in one of the 13 houses of the court nocturnal blooms. Heroin narrates the genesis and everything that ensued, the starting point of a gossamer frame on which will be grafted court intrigues, conspiracies, betrayals, power struggles, violence, blood and tears, but also a beautiful palette feelings for a multitude of finely sketched characters. It is a story that is built like a painter gives life to his blank canvas to gradually expand by a play of color, light and shadow.

Phaedra was born imperfect as standards of beauty for his own, decked out with a name that brings misfortune and carrying a red spot on the iris of her beautiful dark eyes. Sold by her mother, she was bought by Anafiel Delaunay, mysterious scholar with vague intentions, which sees its eye mark on the membership Kushiel God and who will educate, prepare mentally and intellectually. And although before letting go its servant vocation Naamah, dedicated to the pleasures of the flesh, severed all forms of seduction, having the distinction of experience pleasure in pain, and whose route will make a formidable spy. A strong destiny, fabulous, riddled with adventure, cheap shots, but also of love, desire and hope.

This is by no means an erotic book tends BDSM, although some sex scenes are touched almost euphemistically referred straightforward and sometimes bloody. Rather, it is an epic tale of beauty, addictive, compelling, exciting and definitely for adults, beautifully translated by Frederick the Berre who was able to preserve its very substance. It is masterfully told by a heroine that we see grow, learn, fight, build, evolve using all its advantages, suffer, cry for vengeance, love. It is a pad that requires that one gets stuck: they actually feel "bombarded" by so many names and descriptions, despite the "dramatis personae" in the beginning of the book, but it is a novel which is s impregnates and is eaten with relish as you would for a dish that we discover, find delicious and gradually liberate a multitude of flavors exploding in your mouth.