A Caress of Twilight

Rating:
Summary: Nice Audio Narration
Review: A Caress of Twilight continues the saga of Merry Gentry, Fey princess. When Merry and her gang are called upon to speak to an Seelie court exile, Maeve, little do they realize what they're getting into. Maeve holds a terrible secret which could spell death for Merry and friends. Their lives are further complicated when they are called to investigate a gruesome murder....

I really enjoyed A caress of Twilight. Merry is an engaging character and her men (with the exception of Kitto and Sage), very hot! I particularly like Rhys, and Hamilton's style of writing. Very descriptive and engaging. This writing syle is greatly enhanced by the narrators command of the English language, and ability to change her voice to match each character! Well done!

I did feel the ending was a bit rushed. I'd like to see Hamilton 'tie up the cases' in the actual story. I also am probably one of the few people in the world who find Kitto...A bit annoying. He seems to cower and shiver like Golum from Lord of the Rings. And the dog bed thing only enhances the fact that this character seems more of a pet than a person....Erkk... I much prefer Rhys and Doyle!

This was a fun sexy read. Due to mature content, I'd recommend for adults only. Viva la Merry!

Rating:
Summary: Merry and her sidhe-men
Review: Well, I am an Anita Blake fan, and enjoy that series a lot. I liked A Kiss Of Shadows, the previous novel in this series about faerie princess Meredith NicEssus, and I also liked this one, A Caress of Twilight. No doubt the Anita Blake series is the best one though.

In A Caress of Twilight, Princess Merry finds herself back from faerie-land, in her apartment in Los Angeles, where she is working as a private eye. But Merry has other things on her mind, and her detective skills are put somewhat on hold in this one. Her more or less evil aunt, the Queen of the Unseelie Court, has named Merry her heir to the faerie throne IF she produces as child before the queen's own son, Prince Cel, does it.

The Queen has given Merry a handful of men from her royal guard, and they take turns trying to impregnate Merry. Her goblin-pet Kitto also turns out to be something else in this book, and even though there is a little mystery, it is other things this story revolves around.

I still haven't found out if Sidhe, Fey, Slouagh, Seelie, Unseelie etc are real words, but the book is entertaining and easily read. There are some (toned down) sexual scenes in the book, but it is not as 'weird' as in the previous novel. I did not love this book, but I am nevertheless looking forward to read the next one.

Rating:
Summary: Utterly, and Completely Amazed
Review: This was the the first Laurell K. Hamilton book I've ever read. I wasn't even planning to read it.
Anyways Meredith is a real interesting character. She's spunky, tough, and has an attitude.
And her needing to have a child before her dastardly cousin Cel makes it more fun.
I have just recently read Guilty Pleasures from the Anita Blake series, and I am absolutely thrilled.
Can't wait to finish reading both series, but I absolutely reccomend you begin with the Anita Blake series before begining the Meredith Gentry series...

Rating:
Summary: Something's Missing......
Review: I've been a huge fan and follower of the Laurell K. Hamilton's work for several years. After reading the first book of this new series, I was looking forward to the next installment. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed with this book.

As I read this book, I kept trying to figure out what was missing, then it finally hit me, the plot was missing! Most of the book consisted of their preparations, discussions and arguing. When the "big" fight seen did finally come, it was way at the end and quite anti-climactic.

I'll probably try the next book in this series just to see if it improves. If not, I'll be sticking with my favorite heroine, Anita Blake.

Rating:
Summary: Like eating frosted donuts
Review: A sexy book, yes, but weak, plot-wise. I'm not a big fan of Hamilton's prose, as I feel that she oftentimes spend too much time saturating her characters' dialogue with superfluous description than just delivering the points. I have a feeling the book wouldn't have had half as many pages if she hadn't described every single piece of dialogue or action with no less than fifty words. Despite that, the novel was entertaining to read and has interesting characters. I find myself rooting for a certain character now to win her affections (and the throne) and am intrigued enough to buy the next sequel.

Rating:
Summary: Just as bad as the first
Review: As the title states, this is just as godawful as the first one of these drawn out soft-porn 'novels'.

Simplistic, poorly written, and ultimately pointless trash.

It's like, watching (the worst) soap/sitcom/reality-tv nonstop for like, a whole month, y'know?