A Kiss of Shadows
2000 • 468 pages
Ratings27
Average rating3.9
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Ratings27
Average rating3.9
"All it would take was my true name being mentioned after dark, and it would float back to my aunt. She was the Queen of Air and Darkness, and that meant that anything said in the dark was hers to hear, eventually. The fact that spotting the missing Elven American Princess had become more popular than spotting Elvis helped. Her magic was always chasing blind leads. Princess Meredith skiing in Utah. Princess Meredith dancing in Paris. Princess Meredith gambling in Vegas. After three years I was still a front-page story for the tabloids, though the latest headlines had been speculating that I was as dead as the King of Rock and Roll . . ." In fact, Meredith has been posing as a human in Los Angeles, living as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. But now Doyle, the Queen's chief bodyguard and assassin, has been dispatched to fetch her back - whether she likes it or not. And suddenly Meredith finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt's plans . . . plans that affect the future of the entire UnSeelie Court. The requirements of the job: to enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful - and immortal - men in the world. The reward: the crown - and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty: death.
Series
9 primary booksMerry Gentry is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2000 with contributions by Laurell K. Hamilton.
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I would have given it 3 stars (because of predictedness) but it seems to have gotten me out of a reading slump and made me laugh more than once at the erotic scence which were actually quite good if a little bit too imaginative/diffrent to what I usually read when I want something...spicy. I will get myself the second part to see where the story is going and I'm looking forward to it.
Obviously I didn't know what I was getting into when I picked up this book. As a part of Barnes & Noble's free ebook offer I picked this one because it looked different and I was really surprised that I enjoyed it. I'm the first to say that I'm not into the supernatural/fantasy genre. The most I've ever read is Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit. But, this book kept me interested because it's a very dark, adult book. This is not for Twilight fans, this to me, almost felt like it had the potential for an r-rated movie. This book kind of lost me a couple of times though. One example is Merry's job as a detective: first it was about a detective agency and then it was obviously not about a detective agency, and then it brought the element back in glancing in the last few pages.
Another element that didn't weird me out like I thought it would was all of the references and scenes that were sexual in nature. I didn't feel like I was reading someone's attempt at writing soft-core porn or anything to that extent. The scenes were well placed and as she described how the Faerie courts worked the sex scenes were almost necessary.
So overall, I really enjoyed the book and will be continuing the series.
