{"id":3717,"date":"2013-09-25T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.blogspot.com\/2013\/09\/the-invisible-ring.html"},"modified":"2013-09-25T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T14:40:00","slug":"the-invisible-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.com\/2013\/09\/the-invisible-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invisible Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Anne Bishop<\/b><\/p>\n

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So. Curiosity will lead me to sometimes read things outside of my norm, and this was one of those instances. It didn\\’t sit well, let\\’s say. The Invisible Ring<\/i> is in a fantasy world where the social system is turned on its head. People are born with magic powers, women are controlling, men are pretty much slaves to their instinct to protect and serve women. In fact, if I remember rightly, a backbone to the premise was the idea that women were not \\’ahem\\’ available<\/i> all the time, but only receptive to men at certain times, and when that came around, the men would battle to the death for the privilege. Like animals. And as you might guess, most of the people in this book treat each other besitally. Everyone\\’s been done wrong to or tormented and they all suffer from mental problems or past traumas, and act strangely. At least, I<\/i> couldn\\’t make sense of it. The main character, Jared, was sex slave to an evil queen until he killed her and got sent to an auction. He is bought by the Grey Lady and taken along on a journey. Of course he moves from being her slave to her paramour, with lots of fights in between. It was predictable. Characters alternated between being dull and confusing. The book is a prequel to the Black Jewels trilogy, which I haven\\’t read- I don\\’t know if it would have been better or worse for me if I had. This book made me never want to read another thing written by Anne Bishop. Sorry, but it was that bad. So forgettable I\\’m not sure now if I even finished it.<\/p>\n

Rating: 1\/5<\/b> ………<\/span> 416 pages, 2000<\/p>\n

more opinions:
A Novel Read<\/a>
Romance Book Wyrm<\/a>
the Bookwyrm\\’s Lair<\/a>
books in review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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