I mean they were written in the 90s and they are fantasy and they do have romance in them..... BUT this series actually brings up some interesting ideas about preconceived gender roles in society and how a world would exist if they were swapped.
Yeah yeah. For instance- how rape is dealt with, protection, and then there's this whole deal with girls loosing their virginity.
The books follow two powerful half brothers- Daemon, who is a pleasure slave who can't get it up and the most powerful male in existence; and the winged Lucifer who used to be a pleasure slave but freaked out one too many times (you'll find out why, dum dum dum) and was banished to the salt mines. Their father is Saetan, the High Lord of Hell. Love the names right? Right? All three of these men are waiting for the Queen that will come and lift them out of opression from the tyrant Queens that currently rule them. Bishop creates a world that I thought was a little mind boggling at first- there are the jewels that you are born with and then the ones that you get after your offering, and then there are the different races and some live longer than others and THEN you can special skills etc. BUT there's this chart and blurbs at the beginning of each book and its not hard to catch on.
So anyways, Janelle is the sent Witch Queen they have all been waiting for, and it is essentially her story seen through all of the males in her life. I've read all three books and a couple of the tag alongs. Personally I think the trilogy are the only ones worth reading, but if you are one of those people who gets so super attached to their characters and you'll read anything and everything about them even if its not as good as the original.... go for it. There are a kabillion other books she wrote for your reading pleasure.
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