Creator / Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey is an American author, mostly working in various fantasy genres. Her career was launched with Kushiel's Dart, to date still her most successful and most discussed novel.

Works

• Kushiel's Legacy Trilogies
  • Phèdre's trilogy
    1. Kushiel's Dart (2001)
    2. Kushiel's Chosen (2002)
    3. Kushiel's Avatar (2003)
  • Imriel's trilogy
    1. Kushiel's Scion (2006)
    2. Kushiel's Justice (2007)
    3. Kushiel's Mercy (2008)
  • Moirin's trilogy
    1. Naamah's Kiss (2009)
    2. Naamah's Curse (2010)
    3. Naamah's Blessing (2011)
  • Cassiel's Servant (2023)
• Sundering Duology
  1. Banewreaker (2004)
  2. Godslayer (2005)
• Santitos Duology
  1. Santa Olivia (2009)
  2. Saints Astray (2011)
• Agent of Hel Trilogy
  1. Dark Currents (2012)
  2. Autumn Bones (2013)
  3. Poison Fruit (2014)
• Miranda And Caliban (2017)
• Starless (2018)

Tropes associated with her works:

• Signature Style: Carey is well known for integrating sex and unique relationships into her books, either as part of the plot or exploration of the tropes involved, rather than for Fanservice:
  • Kushiel's Legacy, the longest running series, as a setting is built from the ground up on exploring fantasy sexual freedom, sometimes verging into deconstruction, and this is even before we get into what individual characters bring to the mix.
  • While light on actual sex, The Sundering is built on inverting Tolkeinesque good-versus-evil mythology while invoking Sex Is Evil at the root of the conflict.
  • Downplayed with Santa Olivia, which merely features a Queer Romance, albeit devoting plenty of fun time to it.
  • Agent of Hel follows a heroine that has to deal with a half-demon heritage and Unwitting Instigator of Doom tendencies mixed tightly into her emotional and physical relationships.
  • Miranda and Caliban is a Perspective Flip of The Tempest, and befitting a Shakespeare tale, takes full advantage of Alternate Character Interpretation to take Star-Crossed Lovers to its natural heart-wrenching conclusion.
  • Starless: Khai was assigned female at birth, but grew up in a monastery where he was treated similarly to all the boys and men around him, so he was unaware his sex and gender were different until much later in life. He does grapple with the news throughout then plot and does eventually start to view himself as both male and female, though he maintains he/him pronouns from beginning to end.