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Loading... A Stroke of Midnightby Laurell K. Hamilton
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Another great one in the Meredith Gentry series. sex magic & fae. great series. gotta read them all. (  )fairygrl117 | Jul 9, 2009 |   It seems as if these books have less and less plot the farther into the series that I get. This book, nearly 400 pages, spans one day and so many things aren't left unanswered that I feel cheated. Also, after 4 books, the sex is just boring. I find myself skimming long scenes, searching for a hint of a plot line. All that being said, I still like the characters, and I'm going to stick with them, but I hope that the pace picks up in the next book and something actually happens. (  )lesleydawn | May 26, 2009 | Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the book that takes place entirely in one day. One of the things that bugs me most in this series is that something will happen, then the characters will have sex, then they will be summoned to the Queen to explain why it was they didn't tell her about whatever it was that happened before they had sex. On the way to the queen, somehow everyone else knows despite the fact maybe 45 minutes have elapsed. This opens with a rather ridiculous press conference, followed by the murder of a human. Since Meredith is actually a PI, she decides she'd like to solve the case herself. But how can she, when she's surrounded by good-looking bodyguards like she is? Oh well, I guess she'll have more sex. I hate myself a little for liking these so much. They're totally addictive. (  )ConnieJo | Feb 17, 2009 | My comments on the last book in this series pretty much echo my feelings on this one: "This was pretty par for the course for this series. Lots of weird sexual situations, not much plot. You really don't notice how *little* plot there is, until you get to the end of the book and realize that it only covered a couple of days. I wasn't real fond of the way this one ended ... it was very abrupt. No real resolution. I have a feeling that once I read the next one, I'll feel like the two should have been one book." Just change that last sentence to read "once I read the next one, I'll feel like the three should have been one book." (  )miyurose | Dec 13, 2008 | Loved it! Can't wait for the next one. Just plain fun. Banndit1 | Oct 15, 2008 | 0.047 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345443608, Mass Market Paperback)I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home–because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell. But not all the assassination attempts are his. Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. Enemies unforeseen move against us–enemies who would murder the least among us. The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen’s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await me–and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death. I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the lesser fey of our court. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will comfort him. The gentlest of my guards will find new strength and break my heart. Passions undreamed of await us–and my enemies gather, for the future of both courts of faerie begins to unravel. From the Hardcover edition. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:51 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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