Daughter of the Blood Archives - Reading the End https://readingtheend.com/tag/daughter-of-the-blood/ before I read the middle Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:03:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://readingtheend.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-reading-the-end-with-words-2-32x32.jpg Daughter of the Blood Archives - Reading the End https://readingtheend.com/tag/daughter-of-the-blood/ 32 32 53371782 Fantasy recommendations, please https://readingtheend.com/2010/04/08/fantasy-recommendations-please/ https://readingtheend.com/2010/04/08/fantasy-recommendations-please/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:03:47 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=2335 Why does everyone always get raped in fantasy books?  That’s what I want to know.  I was all excited to read Daughter of the Blood, which Memory and Ana both said was wonderful, but see, if I had just glanced at Amazon and seen the plot synopsis that said “Sexual violence pervades [this book]”, I would have known in advance that it is not for me.  As it was I was doggedly determined to finish it, and I got all through, and nothing got resolved because it’s the first in a series, and, and, and I am sad.  I really…

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]]> Why does everyone always get raped in fantasy books?  That’s what I want to know.  I was all excited to read Daughter of the Blood, which Memory and Ana both said was wonderful, but see, if I had just glanced at Amazon and seen the plot synopsis that said “Sexual violence pervades [this book]”, I would have known in advance that it is not for me.  As it was I was doggedly determined to finish it, and I got all through, and nothing got resolved because it’s the first in a series, and, and, and I am sad.  I really wanted it to be a fantasy series that I would love and read all the books in.

Failing that, can someone please recommend me a fantasy series with a good sense of humor where nobody gets raped?

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