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Summary: Genre hopping fantasy/horror or fantasy/romance?
Review: I've read all of Hamilton's published books beginning with the Anita Blake books in the mid-1990s. While this current book is a fun read, I cannot help but think her recent works are increasingly mismarketed. Over the past 4-5 years, I have noticed a rapid upswing in the amount of sex and sexual situations she places her characters in throughout the books in both series. Though I have no problems with it myself, I would be appalled if my juvenile nieces got ahold of these books and read them. I think the amount of sexual content in these books warrants them placed perhaps closer to the 'romance' section over the 'horror/fantasy' areas I find them in bookstores. While this book is fun and interesting, I think its important to note that many of the unaware may not be prepared to explain the difference between fantasy multiple partners and the reality and dangers of the real thing to minors who may pick this up as escapist fun mind candy.
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Summary: Disappointing to say the least
Review: I enjoy the first books Laurell K. Hamilton wrote, the first Anita Baker stories. I read Cerulean Sins again, because I needed something to read and couldn't remember the plot. It's okay, not bad. Then 2 days later I found the Seduced by Moonlight in the bookstores. Halfway through I had to check the cover and make sure I hadn't picked up the Cerulean Sins book again. Some of the dialog was Exactly the same. The "Take one for the team" phrase. Even some of the sex scene's looked like cut and paste.
I say again I really liked the first books and look forward to more. I'd rather wait 2 years between books to get more substance, though. Like the other readers, though I'll check it out of the library before I buy it.
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Summary: She's going downhill
Review: I LOVE Laurell K. Hamilton. I loved the Anita Blake books. I fell in love with the tough women she wrote about. But her last 3 books (Seduced by Moonlight, Cerulean Sins, & Narcissus in Chains) left a lot to be desired. Her books used to have snappy dialogue, thrilling mysteries, and interesting characters. Now, she's relegated all that to the backburner as she gives each chapter a new sex scene. The first 150 pages of this book were sex scene after sex scene. I don't mind a little bit of sex, but what she's writing it might as well be a Harlequin Romance. I was looking for a mystery book with some supernatural overtones...not erotica. They have a section for that at the bookstore. This book was just starting to get interesting in the last 150 or so pages and then she just ends it. No explanation. I felt cheated. There's FINALLY a story, and she ends it. If Ms. Hamilton is running out of ideas, maybe she should stop now. Any hack can write sex scenes. If you don't believe me, go rent a porn movie. They have lots of movies there with no story. I'm not giving up on Ms. Hamilton. I just hope she goes back to what made me love her books in the first place. So...if you're looking for stupid sex scenes...try this book. Looking for something with substance? Try any of her early Anita Blake books.
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Summary: Fantastic Background Filler
Review: It's true that this may seem like filler, but for those of us used to Ms. Hamilton's two very popular series, it is apparant that she is simply building towards wonders to come. I agree, however, that she could certainly write the Merry Gentry and Anita Blake novels faster, especially considering the scant length of this newest book.
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Summary: Best Yet
Review: Although I read LKH's Anita Blake series long before this one, the Merry Gentry series has become my favorite of the two with the addition of this book. We saw all the characters in a new light in SBM and even added a few new ones much to the chagrin of many of LKH's fans. I myself really enjoyed the addition of the new characters and the development of the original ones. I will say if your already tired of the sexual nature that all her books have taken lately you probably not be pleased with this book.
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Summary: She did it again!
Review: She did it again with another excellent book that had me turning off my cell phone and locking the door so I could read it undisturbed. I preordered it last sept and was well worth the wait and it does open up the story for more books to be written and involves more of the court intrique to get a better understanding of it. I cant wait til the next one comes out where she attends her Uncle's court for the ball in her honor ... it sounds to be interesting especially due to the fact that they know he is sterile and I wouldnt doubt there is something in the works about it coming out in the open.
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Summary: Movin on up
Review: A good read in the hybrid fantasy-romance-thriller genre that Ms. Hamilton has been developing for years now. I think that her particular talent is creating interesting characters, not just the superpowers but the personalities, very rapidly. This book was also quite strong in that it had relatively few digressive plot lines, but managed to stick to the issues of getting ready to go back to faery for a visit and all the power struggles that would entail. It is clearly a bridge book - it consolidates a lot of ideas and action from the previous two books and sets the stage for going to the next couple of steps towards solving the underlying problems of Merrideth's survivial as an individual and of the sidhe as a people. However, the book would not be a good place to start the series and there are still a few nagging lapses in the series. The author is still having some difficulty dealing with some of the logical implications of working with immortal characters from the legends of unseelie sihde. At one point she points out the down side of immortality in so far as it means that one can be tortured forever and on the next page she has the characters in crisis over a bit of chopping up with a plain old blade. As an extream example, she mentions the green-man like power of having your head chopped off and then being able to get up and walk off with it. And within a few pages, a minor character is permanently killed by having her head cut off. But a willing suspension of disbelief that can handle faery should not boggle over a few deaths among the undying.
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Summary: Great combination of Romance & fantasy!
Review: Ms. Hamilton has again crossed genres to create an very interesting book that combines Celtic folklore and modern fanstasies. I wish she'd concentrate on this series because I can't wait to see what happens next!!
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Summary: Speechless
Review: i work for Borders Books and this book was flying off the shelves. it is a great book to read. the third book of her Merry Gentry series Laurell has left none of the heat and savy out of her writing. this book is not to be read slowly but to be devoured by all who love sex, violence, intrigue, polotics , and the carnal world of fantasy that is brought to life by this wonderful artist . if you have never read any of her books then you have got to be dead. get a copy today and indulge your mentals on something that is on some of the nations top sellers lists
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Summary: Erotic, fun, awesome ending, but transitional in nature
Review: This third book in the Meredith Gentry series continues with massive political intrigue, strange, erotic and complicated sexual situations and an overall fast pace. Meredith is preparing to meet with Both the Unseelie and Seelie Sidhe courts, along with a stop in between to the Goblin King to work out a longer protection scheme (I'll let you guess what she is bartering with...). But Merry begins to change to something more powerful. She appears to be favored by the gods, who are granting her the power to heal, to increase strenghts in others, and are giving her long lost Seelie artifacts. Now, as a consequence to killing the Nameless in the second book, when Meredith has initimate contact with her consorts and bodygaurds, she returns them their godheads - their powers from long ago re-emerge. This book is transitional in nature but has an AWESOME ending. Meredith's "consort total" continues to rise, with potentially absurd numbers coming in the next volume of the series. Although the entire book takes place over a few days, Hamilton's creative writing style keeps things interesting enough that you will find it hard to put this book down. Because of the continued influx of new characters and continued story development, I would not recommend starting off with this book - this series is important to read in order. It's also clear that Hamilton uses these books to act out her fantasies. I along with many others are gladly going along for the ride.
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