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Summary: Wasn't disappointed...
Review: I eagerly awaited this book, and wasn't disappointed when I finally got it. It follows the first (which was also great) and left me wanting more. Very enjoyable!
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Summary: Fairytales return to their mature roots...
Review: I've been a fan of Hamilton's books for a while and I must admit that I was skeptical when I read this one, but I loved it!! I enjoyed it so much I went out and bought the first novel, Kiss of Shadows! Hamilton proves how good a writer she really is by not sticking with popular fiction. Her heroines are smart, sassy, and sexually independent! The supporting male characters aren't just window dressing; they have strengths and weaknesses just like everyone else. Besides,how many male characters have you read about that were too "macho" to cry? I wouldn't mind having Doyle and Frost guarding MY body 24/7 !! As far as there being too much sex in this book, I think there wasn't enough! Most people don't know that a lot of the fairytales we read as children were actually sanitized by puritanical westerners. Hamilton proves that fairytales can be dark, sexy and simply delicious!!
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Summary: Boring boring boring
Review: It's amazing a book can have so little substance. Laurell K. Hamilton used to be an author whose books I awaited eagerly. I received this one for Christmas and I was hugely disappointed. The writing was lazy and slopping, she used "cupid bow lips" twice in the first 15 pages! Get thee to an editor! Yes, yes, beautiful men want to sleep with Merry. /yawn
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Summary: The Case of the "Wasted Potential"
Review: "A Caress of Twilight" is the second of Laurell K. Hamilton's books featuring faerie P.I. Meredith Gentry, alias Princess Meredith NicEssus, heir to the throne of the Unseelie Court. The story supposedly hinges on a Hollywood "goddess" (actually a real goddess) who needs Merry's help in a fertility rite and an unnamed evil stalking Los Angeles. It sounds good; the problem is, we spend more time in Meredith's bedroom than anywhere else. Hamilton's prose is wonderfully evocative, and she describes her characters so skillfully you can almost see them (I loved the scene with ex-death god Rhys "helping" the police at a multiple murder scene). She has a great opportunity here to join the ranks of fantasy writers such as Piers Anthony and Mercedes Lackey in her mingling of the mundane and the magickal. Unforunately, she lets this chance slide in favor of delivering a semi-soft-porn romance revolving around Merry and her harem of guards who are in a race to get Merry pregnant and ensure her claim to her aunt's throne. I found it somewhat disturbing that Merry's main method of dealing with her guards' problems involved sex rather than logic or even magic. This is, after all, a woman who may become Queen of the Dark Court; a queen needs more than a seemingly endless sexual appetite to rule well. The confrontation with "the Nameless" at the end of the book is contrived and haphazard, as if Hamilton realized she had to wrap up this storyline somehow but only had a few pages to do it in. I really would have liked to see more of Meredith the P.I. and less of Meredith the sex object.
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Summary: gimme more, GIMME MORE!!!
Review: OH MY GOD!
This book is awesome! I'm not sure where to start...
I loved the descriptions of the sidhe's eyes!
Also, I don't care what anyone says, the book is not all "porn"... the plot is awesome, and those little bits of erotica just make it all the more so. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is into celtic mythology or faeries, and especially those with an imagination.
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Summary: More plot less porn
Review: As usual, Laurell K. Hamilton has delivered a book that promises more than it delivers. There's an intriguing and suspenseful plot waiting to be developed, and in some ways, it is - we get hints of intrigue at the Courts and hints of anti-fey prejudice in L.A., which contribute to the noir atmosphere LKH seems to flirt with. Unfortunately, it seems that Princess Meredith and her chronicler are more interested in giving us the Harlequin romance version of faery sex. Meredith never stops. To Ms. Hamilton's credit, though, the constant playtime does lead to a power struggle between Merry and her harem.
I'm very divided on this book and on the series in general. I like her ideas of alternate history - the golden goddess of Hollywood and the development of the politics in the Courts were well worth reading about, and I really liked hearing the speculations on ancient magical history. But it seems that... well...there's too much of a focus on how much and by whom Merry's getting some. I would really like to see that change a bit, and more focus placed on Merry's future.
Unfortunately, Merry is also limited in her options for work - she cannot be the 'decoy' she had been, she cannot interview clients alone, etc. What can she do? Other than the publicity value, what does she do to earn her paycheck? I'd like to see some more hints of real life stuck in at work. I'm weak-willed. I admit it. Despite the rather unfriendly review above, I'm going to keep reading the series, just like I've kept reading the Anita Blake series. But that doesn't mean I can't be the loyal Opposition. My advice? Read the books, but read them with critical eyes.
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Summary: A Caress of Twiilght Review
Review: A Caress of Twilight is Laurell K. Hamilton's latest installation of the Meredith Gentry series. Merrideth, also known as Merry, finds herself trapped deeper in the problems of the faerie court and her lover's lives. Balancing her assassin cousin, evil aunt, competitive lovers, and a full-time job is just another day in the life of Meredith Nic-Essus.
There is a great sense of urgency as Merry must produce an heir to the throne with one of the royal guards before her psychotic cousin is able to. She must also face the fact that everyone around her will live for eternity and her mixed blood damned her to a mortal life.
Being a long-time reader and owner of Hamilton's books, I have found her works to have become increasingly racy , but the content of each book is still full of the womanly spunk and determination in which her readers desire. She has really outdone herself this time. Magic and mythical creatures dominate the story with a more organic and magical feeling than the Anita Blake series.
The development of characters is done with excruciating detail which makes each of them all the more tangible. The terribly evil Queen, "Darkness" Doyle, and Frost are among some of the characters that one can get a real feeling for. There is a character for everyone in this series. Hamilton's vivid writing style and developmental nature never make a single moment dull or boring. The next book in line is eagerly anticipated. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the Anita Blake novels or who has a love of mythical lore.
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Summary: Entralling
Review: Oh my goodness, can a series get any better. I do not know how I will be able to wait until the next book to come out! I would just like to say that I am a major Frost fan. My friend and I are betting between one another on who the lucky one will be. She is wanting Doyle, I want Frost. However, after the last few chapters in this book, I am also vying for Rhys. I would want Galen, and truly would, except he doesn't show the maturity. Oh my. I just want to tell everyone to read the book. Ten stars if possible!
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Summary: The best got better...
Review: I had thought that Laurell K. Hamilton couldn't get any better since her Vampire Hunter series is beautifully erotic and page turning fun. I was wrong. Her lovely, haunting tale of the Faerie Court from the eyes of a mortal Fairy Princess is strikingly erotic, each chapter a new insight into the fathoms-deep pool of talent that is Hamilton's writting.
"A Caress of Twilight" is the first of the series and introduces Princess Meredith NicEssus, a "lost" fairy pricess who has left the royal court she called home to escape certain death. Three years later, living in Los Angeles, CA, by the "Great Western Sea" we find her with a silke working for a magical detective agency and the story takes off from there.
A must read for any interested in the fey, magic, fantasy or wonderful read. Kudos to Hamilton on a wonderful book- my copy's been borrowed time and again because word gets around.
Thanks!
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I love her new series! The politics of the Unseelie and Seelie Courts is engrossing and the developing relationships between Meredith and her Guards--as well as Meredith's developing power and political savvy--entertaining. Steamy sex scenes (although they lose a little bit of their impact when they're used so indiscriminately). I have to admit I'm rooting for Doyle--if he would only let his hair down more often (pun definitely intended-who would have thought hair could be so sexy?!)! I'm eagerly awaiting her next installment...
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