Queen of the Darkness (Black
Jewels, Book 3) by Anne Bishop
The Third And The Best
Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm.
No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands.
But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written,
and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her
enemies once and for all. Even so, she cannot stand alone. Somewhere,
long lost in madness, is Daemon, her promised Consort. Only his
unyielding love can complete her Court and secure her reign. Yet, even
together, their strength may not be enough to hold back the most
malevolent of forces.
Personal Review: Queen of the Darkness (Black Jewels, Book 3)
by Anne Bishop
Queen of the Darkness, the third and final book in Anne Bishop's Black
Jewels Trilogy is comparable to that of the movie, Return of the Jedi. I

can't help but compare this series to the original Star Wars Trilogy. With
Queen of the Darkness you know it will be an explosive accumulation of
everything that happened in the past two books.
Queen of the Darkness is where Jaenelle has come into her own and is
now a very powerful queen in her own right. With all this responsibility
placed on her shoulders, which she never really wanted, has many
important decisions to make. So many creatures, people and animals alike
rely on her for guidance. Janelle's family and close friends know what she
is capable of, and it is quiet a scary thing. If Janelle's hand is forced, she
will send such destruction across the land. I liken Jaenelle to a ticking time
bomb. Her great Witch power that is deep inside of her is building at such
a fast rate because of the evil skanky whore queen, Dorothea, the High
Priestess of Hayll and Hekatah the self-proclaimed skank Dark Priestess of
Hell. These two women are the most villainous characters I have ever read
in literature. They come in a close second to Iago, my all time favorite
villain from William Shakespeare's Othello. They are manipulative,
disgusting, greedy and have no morals. They don't love; just hate and
enjoy making those around them suffer. They are the complete opposite of
every that Jaenelle is. And they think Janelle is a pitiful scarred woman
who will be defeated so they can rule over the realms.
Because we, the readers, know what Janelle is capable of and these two
perverted evil skanks don't, when Janelle decides enough is enough with
them, the showdown is going to be something of epic proportions. Buckle
yourselves in your seats because this is going to be one bumpy ride!
It seems the realms have become filled with the stench of evil, much like
the cities of Sodom and Gomorra that were told in the Old Testament of
the bible. Evil is oozing out of every corner. The Blood has been corrupted
and the only way to make things right is a mass cleansing. This is where
the prophesy comes into play, where Witch will save everything that is
good and right and destroy everything that is not. She is dreams made
flesh; the savior. And Janelle is this savior.
A war is brewing. Anne takes very intricate steps with Queen of the
Darkness and uses her amazing storytelling skills to make the tension
grow. We don't know when or how, but something bad is going to happen.
Think of those horror movies where you watch the unfortunate soon to be
victim of the serial killer wander around unaware that she will be killed
brutally. The audience calls out trying to save the poor woman, but it is no
use, because the deranged killer is behind her with a knife ready to plunge
it into her flesh. That is the feeling I had while reading Queen of the
Darkness. Every page made me very aware that the ending to this epic
series will not end all happy and carefree. There will be collateral damage
and the one responsible for it all is Jaenelle, who over the course of these
three books is a character you can't help but grown such an emotional
attachment to.

Even though this may sound like a doom and gloom novel, there are some
bright points. Lucivar Yaslana, who is Janelle's biggest supporter and
protector, has found peace in his own life. After thousands of years of
horrendous torture both in body and spirit, Lucivar is now married and has
a son. His joy came through every single scene he was in because after all
his suffering, he has found his own slice of heaven. Saetan, Lucivar's
father and High Lord of Hell, is a loving father and grandfather not only
Jaenelle, his adopted daughter, but those who are her servants and
followers. He is there to give Jaenelle guidance and help her lead.
Then there is Daemon Sadi, son to Saeten and half-brother to Lucivar.
When Heir to the Shadows ended, Daemon was lost in the Twisted
Kingdom, insane from grief because he believed he stole Jaenelle's
innocence by raping her. Jaenelle went back into the Twisted Kingdom to
save Daemon, and now five years later, Daemon has risen out of the
Kingdom and is on a search. He is lost and still a bit broken because he
feels he doesn't deserve Jaenelle who he has been waiting for his whole
life. Lucivar is there the help him him. Daemon is able to find Jaenelle
again. That will begin the next step in their fragile relationship. When
Daemon first met Jaenelle, she was barely a teenager, now she is a grown
woman with incredible power. She loves Daemon deeply. Daemon's
feelings for Jaenelle can not be named because what he feels for her is so
deep and imbedded into his soul. He welcomes everything that Jaenelle is
from healer, to queen to Witch.
The love between Daemon and Jaenelle is a subtle passion. When they
finally come together after so many years apart, I wanted to be overcome
with their love. Anne only gives her readers a peek-a-boo look at what
Daemon and Jaenelle experience in each other's arms. And for those who
don't know, Daemon may be skilled at bringing women pleasure because
of his phantom power, but has never had actual sex with a woman. He is a
virgin and his first time will be with Jaenelle. If only Anne had gone into
further detail with the actual physical love between these two.
But their happiness does not last for long. Dorothea has finally pushed
Janelle too far and now Jaenelle must give into the power of Witch. That
means she will gather all her strength and power and unleash it across the
land. Jaenelle is an atomic bomb waiting to explode and no one can talk
her out of it, not even Daemon. Daemon decides to help Jaenelle and will
channel his own power, the power of the Sadist. He grapples with this side
of himself and he may not survive either, because when Saeten is
captured by Dorothea, Daemon must do some appalling things.
The last one-hundred pages of Queen of the Darkness are fast paced and
mind blowing. This is a meticulous planned step by step process that Anne
has written to end her Black Jewels Trilogy. It has been a very long time
since such a book made my heart pound. I cringed and gasped as my
heart broke for what Daemon had to do and the final outcome with
Jaenelle. The way Anne leaves things will have you aching in pain

alongside these two and those they love. What I can promise you is that
Dorothea and Hekatah get their comeuppance.
But, with the destruction and death to those who turn away from the light,
there is a hope of a better tomorrow. Things are not what they seem. Anne
gives her readers a special gift in the book, Dreams Made Flesh, which
holds four short stories. One being is Kaeleer's Heart. This story begins a
short time after Queen of the Darkness ends and about the aftermath that
Jaenelle has unleashed. Anne writes a tender story about Daemon and
Jaenelle that I was hoping for in Queen of Darkness. Both these two
characters seem so broken. Again, things are not what they seem and
Anne delivers the romance and love that Daemon and Jaenelle have for
one another so perfectly.
My journey with Anne Bishop and her Black Jewels Trilogy was an
incredible escape into a world that floored me. These three books have so
much yearning and emotion in every scene that Anne has written. If I were
you, I would not let this series pass you by like it did with me for so long.
Katiebabs
Daughter of the Blood (Black Jewels, Book 1)
Heir to the Shadows (Black Jewels, Book 2)
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