I absolutely love this series...I'm actually on my third copy of Kushiel's Dart.
Her characterizations are vivid, as is her portrayal of a several very interesting societies, and every book just got...bigger...
Kushiels Avatar was the most epic, the characters were more frightening, and more real...it made me cry, laugh, wince, chew my fingernails...
Joscelin, quite possibly the most gorgeous man I've ever read...Carey is very very good at conveying beauty...and the scene in Avatar, after the fish... I cried because of how beautiful it was.
And Melisande was just marvellous...she disapointed me in the third book, Melisande without several layers of plot surrounding her just isn't the Melisande I had grown to love & hate.
I'm really looking forward to the Imriel trilogy...life in that household I predict will be very interesting... Imriel being who he is, and Phedre being who she is... I sense teenage rebellion x10.
*runs off to re-read the series*