Hive [Paperback]

Ischade Bradean (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002

Hive is an erotic dark fantasy that provides a glimpse into the world of the Fae, the Fairies. In this world females dominate, males serve, and the Queen is both giver and taker of life.

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The Queen is assassinated, touching off fierce battle for the crown between her five daughters. Treason, betrayal, political intrigue, and murder are only part of what it takes to ascend to this throne.

When the apparent winner fails to deliver the final death blow to one of her sisters it exposes the Hive to the possibility of civil war. Using her power of seduction the new Queen persuades the powerful High Priestess to bow down before her and share the forbidden secrets of the Sisterhood of the Temple. Using her harem of males for unconvential purposes, she dares to stun the conservative established powers. Standing alone against an army of goblins led by her sister, its all up to Queen Aynia to lead her Hive to victory or death in a confrontation that proves sex is the ultimate weapon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 516 pages
• Publisher: 1stBooks Library (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0759677743
• ISBN-13: 978-0759677746
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,146,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not like most erotica, March 22, 2002

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Joe Sifino (Santa Ana, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hive (Paperback)

Since this is erotica I expected sex on every page. It was more like (dark) fantasy with erotic elements but few sex scenes in the beginning. The story really moves at a fast pace and it was a great straight fantasy story. Then when the action kind of slowed down the sex kicked in and the last third of the book was all action and some major hot HOT scenes.
THe end was good (I hate books that don't have a real end) but left some possible room for another book. Bring it on.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good first book but there are some rough spots, June 9, 2003

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hive (Paperback)

Every other review praises this book so I'll talk about the few rough spots I found. First, the description of the species that the main characters are from is a bit difficult to follow at first. They seem to be some cross between fairies and bees but it isn't clear. Second, even though we are told that males are second class (or below) there are still males who are quite assertive and hints that some sexual relationships are more patriarchical than one might imagine in such a society. Third, I found the scenes a bit jumpy especially as more locations and more characters are added. However for all these rough spots it is a good world, well connected and fairly described. The characters are interesting and the sex is frequent if a tad repetitious and overwhelming at times. I'm not sorry that I bought it and am glad it was recommended to me.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, May 30, 2002

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"kali2002" (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hive (Paperback)

This book stands on it's own as a great fantasy novel. The story is compelling and draws you in quickly. The 500 plus page count is a blessing as you don't want the story to end. The erotic scenes are hot and of such a wide variety that everyone should find something that turns them on. The main thing is that while the erotic parts are woven intricately into the story, the story itself is very good. It also has some great plot twists.

Bring on the sequel, I know there is going to be one, it can't end here.