Imriel has grown up and made the decision to forego his love in order to fulfill the wishes of his cousin Ysandre, Queen of Terre d'Ange, and wed Durstan's niece Dorelei who will produce the heir of Talorcon in Alba. The land does not welcome him and his love haunts him. He allows himself to be bound with spells to forget his love and be able to make a life with his wife. It works for a time and he is able to find a happiness of sorts with her and their child-to-be. Then the land truly rejects him as his gods are upset with him for abandoning their basic precept and all that is left is Kushiel's Justice.
A good installment. Again, some of the journey stuff was a bit long. I understand that she doesn't want the journey's to look too easy and she wanted him to be humble at the end but at the same time, some of the details just dragged it on unnecessarily. I find this to be pretty true with her books. It's funny, they are books in which the basic precept is to love as thou wilt but those scenes take up a lot less space than journeys but a whole lot. I still enjoy them but wish at times that they would speed things up a bit.
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