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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Laurell Hamilton is undoubtedly a talented writer-- her success testifies to that-- so why is she spending nearly this entire novel stuck in Merry's bedroom? Okay, her take on faerie is strongly based on sexuality, but *everything* in this novel seems to revolve around sex. It's so prevalent that it is (remarkably) reduced to being dull and uninteresting. There's not much characterization-- descriptions of how each one was traumatized or otherwise brutalized by their society becomes repetitious and reduces a reader's interest rather than building it-- and the "metaplot" of the series barely advances an inch.
This doesn't serve Hamilton as a writer; she's *much* better than this. I really loved the balancing act she pulled off in the early Anita Blake books, setting up an interesting personal and professional life for her character and establishing deep, meaningful conflicts between these two "lives," but the potential to do likewise for Merry has been squandered. I read "Seduced" but am doubtful if I'll be back for the next book.
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Summary: TMI too much information!!
Review: I was really disappointed in the 3rd book in this series. The 1st two books I expected some background information to bring the current story into play. But this book spent 3/4 of the time into background information (this happened back because of this & that blah blah blah blah). I found myself bored beyond belief. I am disappointed as this definetly doesnt meet Ms. Hamilton extreme work's of art out there.
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Summary: Bloody, dark and seductive... but still too damn mysterious
Review: I love Laurell K. Hamilton. She writes like a dream (nightmares included). She has taken horror and fantasy novels to new places with her novels and I always enjoy reading them.That being said (written?), I only can wish for more from this book. More explination, more mysteries revealed. More Doyle loving (laugh). Though I sit here hungry for more of these sidhe, it will be a few more years until I can read of them again. *sigh* But this novel is wonderful read. Almost a 5. If only there was more.....
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Summary: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM, HOPEFULLY
Review: Well just how many men (elves, goblins, demi-fey....) will Princess Meredith actually take to bed in her quest to get pregnant? How many 'true' and 'final' loves does she have? Guess the number of jellybeans in the jar and win the kewpie doll! There's the five of six she has regularly, then the two new goblins, then another four or five, maybe six, new guards the queen sends her, then there is the queen herself... Heck I can't keep track, and to be honest after the fifth or sixth time it happens I kind of lost interest. It seems the only criteria the ring uses to select her bedmates is the ability to move, and even that's not a forgone conclusion. Everything in SEDUCED happens in the span of two days and if you read it and look back over the entire story you realize although you've gone through a lot of pages you really haven't accomplished much. Hopefully SEDUCED is being used as a setup for a grand finale because it really isn't all that interesting in and of itself. For those of you, like me, who have followed this story from A KISS OF SHADOWS thru A CARESS OF TWLIGHT you will probably want to continue, but be warned, you just might give up on the series after this. I'm going to bite the bullet and RECOMMEND it, but I'm hoping the next one makes it worth the time.
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Summary: Taken to extremes, but still...
Review: Hooooh-boy. What a waste of money. SBM is without a doubt the worst in the series. And the series was mediocre to begin with. First off... will someone please inform Ms. LKH that the repetitive descriptions to make the book longer really aren't necessary? PLEASE? I like the little details. They make the characters fun. But I really don't need little details about everything! Secondly... yes, Merry is on the quest to become pregant, take the throne, yadda, yadda, yadda. Enough with the sex already. It's not titillating, it's not intersting, it's not exciting. It's boring. One or two passionate encounters per novel...? I can definitely deal. I cannot deal with the one or two sexual encounters per chapter! Much like the Anita Blake series, LKH's writing is quickly moving from sci-fi into a really bad mix of sci-fi and soft-core porn. And it's not even interesting. It's kinda like the "Witchcraft" films... a touch of plot and dialogue, a lot of sex, a little bit of plot and dialogue, lots of sex, wash, rinse, and repeat. It's dull. Yet another case of taking something to the extreme and making it boring. Thirdly... the men. Much like Anita Blake, every major male character has to at least be in lust with Merry, with the possible exception of two. Wow. Gee, just like Anita! This would be a lot more tolerable if she would do us all a favor and just stick with a few good men, maybe just Doyle, Frost, Rhys, and Galen. Who needs the rest of them? Again... exteremes convolute the plot to boredom. There are some good points, really. I truly enjoy the political machinations, especially Merry's ability to take everything she has learned from her father and the "real" world, and how she brings it into the world of the Sidhe. I find the powers to be very creative. The major fight scene, for want of a better phrase, was LKH at her best! There really is potential here, folks. Too bad most of the good is completely overshadowed by the fact that the majority of the book is boring, poorly written, poorly edited, and poorly conceived.
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Summary: Possibly the worst book I have ever read
Review: This is by far the worst LKH book I have read and possibly the worst book I have ever read! While the past two Merry Gentry books have been somewhat interesting and entertaining, this one is nothing but soft-core porn that is incredibly boring and repititive. If I read how somebody's skin glowed or sparkled one more time I may have vomitted. And the ending - at first I thought that my copy was missing a chapter. It just ends! You're left wanting the time back that you spent reading this awful book. I used to be a LKH fan - but no longer.
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Summary: NC - 17
Review: On the positive side, Merry is still alive, despite the best efforts of her Unseelie enemies. On the other side, despite her and her macho harem's best work, she is not pregnant. Other things are happening though. Merry's personal magic is growing by leaps and bounds, and her touch is enough to bring back powers others have lost, and then some. Even that does not endear her to the sidhe who see her as a miserable half breed, or worse. Someone is willing to risk the anger of the Queen of Air and Darkness to assassinate the royal heir. They are even willing to bespell the queen herself. When Merry and Auntie Dearest lay aside past squabbles to unite against the enemy for a magical showdown, the duel is one well worth the price of admission. **** Merry Gentry is much more intense than the Anita Blake books. Despite having to rely on her guards for protection, Merry does not appear at all weak. At times, your brain will be stretched, trying to picture the fantastic creatures invented for the series, but at their hearts, even the strangest displays extremely human emotions that you can recognize. Be advised, you need to A. refresh your memory on who's who or what in the prior books as the cast continually expands and B. it's definitely NC 17. **** Reviewed by Amanda Killgore for Huntress Reviews.
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Summary: Unfulfilling
Review: Meredith NicEssus is still trying to get pregnant in order to win the Unseelie crown. A half-mortal faerie princess, Merry has been copulating with six gorgeous guards for several months, and has even helped impregnate another member of the Sidhe with a fertility ritual, but she still hasn't conceived. Which is a really bad thing because if her co-heir cousin Cel gets out of prison and produces a child first, he becomes the monarch of the dark fey. To complicate matters, a creature Merry recently killed left a deposit of magic inside of her. Now she has the ability to grant powers, and even return deity status to former gods. She's also brokered a deal to continue her alliance with the goblin king. He'll remain her ally if she has sex or shares blood with all of his kingdom's Sidhe half-breeds and awakens their faerie powers. Such an alliance could prove crucial when Cel is released, but it also means Merry will be a busy girl in the bedroom. Doyle, Frost, Galen, Rhys, Nicca and Kitto have all returned to be the king of Princess Merry's world. The first half of this book revolves around having sex, thinking about sex, talking about sex and then having some more sex. When her aunt, the wicked Queen of Air and Darkness, demands Merry's return to the Unseelie Court, violence and debauchery ensue. In the first two books of this series, Merry was an intriguing character, a multifaceted woman trying to balance her mortal life as a private investigator with her royal faerie ties. Now she's an unemployed vessel of power and a political prostitute. For someone whose only occupation is having sex, Merry is entirely devoid of passion. Laurell K. Hamilton's writing continues to be evocative, and her world-building skills are top-notch. But she fails to give the reader a story worthy of her characters. Nonexistent plotting, dull dialogue, repetitive body part descriptions and disappointing "power" plays transformed "Seduced by Moonlight" from a highly anticipated novel into barely readable soft porn. --Previously appeared in The Science Fiction Romance Newsletter
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Summary: It's like soft-porn! Except worse!
Review: Out of all LAURELL K. HAMILTON's books, this is by far the worst. It took me almost two weeks to read this book becuase I kept wanting to put it down and read something with a little more...plot. The story basically follows along the same lines as the last two in this series did. Princess Meredith must get pregnant and beat her cousin Cel in order for her to win the throne. So, of course, she starts sleeping with everything -including demin-gods and goblins- in sight (who all just HAPPEN to be lusting after her). Sounds like fun, right? Wrong. There's lots and lots of sex. Over described, BORING sex that makes you wish someone would throw Ms Hamilton's theasaurus out the window and burn it. Although, to look on the bright side, I'm sure her writing cant get any worse. Or at least, I hope it cant.
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: Try as I might I couldn't finish reading this book. The whole thing was shallow and filled with one empty sex scene after another. I imagine this is how a book of pornography would read. I own every single Anita Blake novel but I am very leary of buying the next one due out. Especially judging by this effort and by some of the most recent additions to the Blake series.
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