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Summary: Anita Blake is the most perfect woman ever dreamed of.
Review: I remember reading my first Anita Blake book by Laurel K. Hamilton so many years ago and thinking that Guilty Pleasures was one of the best books I had ever read, I have not been disappointed by the books that have followed. Anita Blake is everything I have ever wanted to be in a person and she lives in a world that is so unreal that you just want to be a part of it. There is about a 6mnth to a year between books and my only regret is that Laurel cannot put them out faster! This is one series that is sure to please no matter what you love: horror, romance, comedy, tragedy, science fiction and drama. This series has it all.
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Summary: THE BEST EVER
Review: the Anita Blake books are the best they put a woman in the drivr seat!! it is a good mix between fantisy and crime I have every one of the books and have read them over and over..I cant wait for the nexts one I hope she keeps on writing them love you Laurell!!!!
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Summary: Eagerly awaiting....
Review: I've followed the Anita Blake series from the start, and am eager to see where she goes from here-so many possibilities-She owes Edward a favor, Richard & Jean Claude, her own growing powers, Larry, her position as Lupa-I've no doubt that there will be at least another 3-4 books coming-my only problem with Laurell Hamilton is that she doesn't write them fast enough!
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Summary: Finally!
Review: Finally, the goddess of vampires and werewolves herself has written another undoubtely fantastic offering. Can't wait to read it. September, 2000 is too far away.
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Summary: fantastic
Review: i have read all of laurell hamiltons anita blake series and they are simply fantastic! they have everything from gore to romance with so much humor that you become addicted!! i can't wait for more!!
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Summary: Merry Disappointment.
Review: The book is full of rich descriptions. Page long descriptions. However, if this book was a movie, by watching the trailer you would feel you have seen the whole thing. Reading the review gets you the story completely!After reading some reviews and Amazon recommending this book based on my liking of the Kushiel trilogy, I was eagerly waiting to read this book. I loved the Kushiel Trilogy. It has great characterization, and sex scenes (even some crude ones) that really add to the story. A Kiss of Shadows has shallow characters that are mostly interested in having sex. Again, if this book was a movie, it would be an adult film with some story in it to justify the sex, and not the saga I was expecting.
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Summary: Being a Faeire Princess is not all its cracked up to be...
Review: I wonder what I would have thought of "A Kiss of Shadows" if I had not read Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake novels. Of course, for anybody who has read any of the ten novels about the Vampire Hunter and her complicated love life the similarities are blatantly obvious. We are presented again with a diminutive young woman with a strong sense of personal honor who discovers she has come into powers she never suspected she had, told in first person by our heroine so we always know everything she is thinking, including why she selects her clothing and how she hides her weapons. So Hamilton's fans will surely have the feeling they have been here before, and will be denied the perspective of fresh eyes when reading this first novel in Hamilton's new series (the next of which appears in March 2002). This time Hamilton's heroine is an insider to the tumultuous political intrigue, third in line to the throne of her people. The Princess Meredith NicEssus fled from the courts of Faeire, knowing that because of her mortality she would not survive another duel as she was unwillingly drawn into a power struggle over the question of succession. For three years she has lived among the humans, working as Merry Gentry for the Grey Detective Agency ("Supernatural Problems, Magical Solutions"), while sighting of the missing elfin princess became as popular as Elvis sightings in the tabloid press. Once again we are presented with a world "in media res," where the back-story on the heroine's circumstances are doled out during the narrative (along with some interesting references to what the fey did to Eva Braun with Hitler ticked them off). We assume this is the same alternative reality as the Anita Blake books since she has encountered the fey. But while part of "A Kiss of Shadows" takes place in the St. Louis area, there is never any mention of vampires, werewolves or animators. Early in the novel Meredith is "outted" by circumstances, and is stunned to find that things have changed at the high court and that apparently her aunt, the Queen of the Air and Darkness, no longer wants her dead. Or is this simply intrigue wrapped up in intrigue after intrigue?
Yes, the sexuality of these characters is prominent throughout the novel, as has increasingly been the case in the Anita Blake novels, although here it is tempered somewhat by the idea that sex has political implications to the fey. Certainly Princess Meredith embraces the joys of sex, as well as the prices it demands at times, more willingly than Anita has for the most part. But then Hamilton, who has created some of the most intense scenes in contemporary horror literature, has been writing for mature readers almost from the start. There is growing concern about the sex in her books, but the violence has almost always been more excessive and ultimately more compelling. The main difference between this and the Anita Blake books is that here there is a definite story arc, having to do with whether Princess Meredith will be able to stop her cousin, Prince Cel, from inheriting the throne. As the mists of uncertainty are swept away, what is revealed is a much more black and white world, where the battle lines are clearly drawn. Certainly there are a lot of recognizable features to this new beginning, but Hamilton has always been an engaging writer and I will be interested to see what happens next.
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Summary: Couldnt put it down...
Review: I am hopelessly hooked on Laurell K Hamilton. Every book that I pick up that she has written sucks me in and keeps me enthralled until the last page. I have read all of her Anita Blake books, but this was my first taste of The Merry Gentry series. Needless to say, it was very entertaining and action packed...things Ive come to expect from any Hamilton book. There was a bit of sexual overkill as well, but Hamilton does tend to go overboard in that area and I was not surprised or offended by it.The book oozed with a steady supply of unbearably hott men as Merry made her way from one adventure to the next...trust me, even though her life was constantly in danger, she was one lucky girl. All in all, this was a fabulous read. A definite keeper.
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Summary: No comparisons, please.
Review: I have read every book of the Anita Blake series. I had my favorites, but I enjoyed the overall series. I bought "Kiss of Shadows" with no expectations beyond the hints that the characters were even better than that of the Anita series. I have an interest with supernatural tales, and this book makes a good start. No, not every character was detailed, nor was every lead in the plot explained. I simply remember that this is a start to a series and those little hints will grow into wonderful new tales. I don't think it is fair to compare this book with the Anita Blake series because this is just one book, just starting. Meredith, the missing fey princess, is dragged back into UnSeelie Court life. Surrounded by beautiful, backstabbing fey, she must determine who is friend or foe in order to survive. Finding her powers just in the nick of time, Meredith earns her born right of princess of the UnSeelie fey. Give this book a try and read it all the way through. I found it to be worth every penny.
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Summary: Great Fantasy Novel
Review: Some people would say I'm to young to read this book for some of it's graphic scenes, since I'm in my early teens. But to be honest I never thought about the sex until I was reading it. Instead I focused on the fantasy fey magic thing. I loved this book and couldn't put it down until I finnished it.
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