Phaedra is and remains a courtesan and a maid of Naamah. It is his nature, and she can not deny. Trained by a master, she will use sestalents for information. But sometimes the game is more complex than it seems cruel. And she could learn it at his expense.
Once again she will have to bet, the life, health, honor and love for the good of his paysmais this time it could lose more than it believes
This second volume will move in a parallel Venice - among other things as always, as Phaedra travel a lot.
Political intrigues move far down, but could impact up to Terre d'Ange. And as Phaedra always looking Melisande, she will end up in this vortex mixing.
For backward Kushiel excels in the art of politics and manipulation, and we see clear in all these frames at the end. It's well played, very well played.
Festivals Venetian atmosphere of pirate ships, Greek inspiration caves and squalid prisons, Phaedra will have to face trials well, which it did not expect.
And when the hardest of all is love, no one can predict what the outcome will be.
Really a very beautiful book, which interweaves political intrigue and love freely, and where we find Phaedra some more mature than the first (it also has more experience).
The author manages to bewitch us until the last page.
But if you have not enjoyed the tome 1, go your way, you will not like this one or the next one.
If you were just lost in the multitude of character, read quietly it goes, and it would be a shame to miss such a beautiful mural.
