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Divine Misdemeanors (Meredith Gentry Novels) [Hardcover]

Laurell Hamilton
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1 Dec 2009 Meredith Gentry Novels
You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye. In the fey and mortal realms alike, my life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama. Among my own, I have confronted horrendous enemies, endured my noble kin’s treachery and malevolence, and honored my duty to conceive a royal heir—all for the right to claim the throne. But I turned my back on court and crown, choosing exile in the human world—and in the arms of my beloved Frost and Darkness.

While I may have rejected the monarchy, I cannot abandon my people. Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and my guardsmen and me deeply disturbed. My kind are not easily captured or killed. At least not by mortals. I must get to the bottom of these horrendous murders, even if that means going up against Gilda, the Fairy Godmother, my rival for fey loyalties in Los Angeles.

But even stranger things are happening. Mortals I once healed with magic are suddenly performing miracles, a shocking phenomenon wreaking havoc on human/faerie relations. Though I am innocent, dark suspicions of banned magical activities swirl around me.

I thought I’d left the blood and politics behind in my own turbulent realm. I had dreamed of an idyllic life in sunny L.A. with my beloved ones beside me. But it becomes time to wake up and realize that evil knows no borders, and that nobody lives forever—even if they’re magical.


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  • Hardcover: 333 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (1 Dec 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345495969
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345495969
  • Product Dimensions: 16.7 x 2.9 x 24.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,081,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Rich, sensual and brimming with dark, dangerous magic, the eighth Merry Gentry novel from the New York Times bestselling queen of paranormal romance... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Meet Meredith Gentry

She's half human, half faerie.

She's a private eye, and heir to a throne.

And she had turned her back on court and crown, choosing exile in the human world with her beloved ones beside her.

But now someone is killing the Fey, the LAPD are baffled and Merry cannot stand by and watch her people die.

So much for leaving blood and politics behind her: it seems Evil knows no borders and nobody lives forever - even if they are magical...

Laurell K. Hamilton's Divine Misdemeanors

Thrill to the pleasures and the perils contained within...

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars I keep hoping its going to get better... 8 Feb 2010
By Read Me
Format:Hardcover
I think like a lot of Laurell K Hamilton's reviewers if you're a loyal fan then you'll read this book and the next Anita Blake one anyway. Yet sooo many of the reviews on here are negative that I do wonder why everyone carries on.

Firstly I always prefered Merry to Anita as at least with her you always knew what you were getting (which tends to be sex and politics) whereas Anita Blake seems to have an identity crisis for the last 5 books. This novel sees Merry in a sort of self enforced exile in LA, living as normal a life as the pregnant sidhe princess of the Unseelie Court can. Her job with Jeremy's detective agency is back on and she is trying to help the police solve some demi-fey murders. All good so far - sounds like a plot. Yet as ever its the confusion of things - too many guards, too many lovers, what power has Galen got again? Do I care that Barinthus's hair looks like the sea? Can I actually remember all the fathers of Merry's babies? Sometimes it even appears as though Hamilton knows she's got too many characters and some of them get the briefest of mentions in this book.

If anything this book seems more like a filler used to illustrate that Merry and her guards are out of fairie now and see where this leads them. Hopefully some of the things that are hinted at in this novel (Barinthus's power struggles, the soldier's hold on Merry's powers, the Goblin unrest) will be expanded on in the next and we'll be back to political backbiting and plotting deaths in no time.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Pretend the series ended at book 7 23 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
I was quite surprised to see another Merry Gentry novel on the shelf at my local library, as I'd assumed Swallowing Darkness was the final installment, it seemed to wrap things up pretty nicely. I'm still not quite sure what Divine Misdemeanors is meant to be, though I did check the title page several times to check I'd not picked up some of the worst type of fan fiction by mistake. Merry goes back to her old job as a PI, though life and notoriety and being pregnant are making having a quiet life pretty tricky. And Merry has sex, with lots of different men, and then another bit of crime happens, then more sex, etc. Half the characters suddenly start being argumentative, and the rest seem to appear from nowhere (I'm surely not the only one to have lost track as to who is who in her large entourage of guards), and what interesting subplot there is about the Goddess' intervention and the effects of Merry's power on the outside world keeps getting sidetracked into more arguments and mainly un-arousing sex (for a series that can be summed up as "faery porn" usually in a good way this is not a plus point. The book was by turns confusing, tedious and repetitive - Merry's insights into the fey were very handy for the police detective but they both seemed to have short memories as the second time Merry mentioned the exact same fact, the detective took it as new information. Um?

Avoid, avoid, avoid.

(Which Merry Gentry book contains the England-based plot given in the Amazon review, incidently, I would love to know, because it sure ain't this one, which stays firmly in LA.)
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Merry Hits Rock Bottom 16 Jan 2010
By Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
Merry is back Stateside in self imposed exile working as a detective with her harem of guys. Yet life as it is won't let up and with the intrigue of a new case for her to investigate as lesser demi fae are murdered in a pattern reminiscent of an obscure fairy tale. Hounded by the media Merry has to fight tooth and claw to get to the bottom of everything whilst dealing with her pregnancy. Whilst this seems like ideal material the major problem with this offering is that the whole tale is more sexploitation over plot which whilst constantly getting the character off didn't do a damn thing for me. Almost as if Laurell had a kernel of an idea and with deadlines really didn't think it through just bulking it out with unnecessary alongside standard sex scenes almost as if she had them all ready just to insert (if you'll excuse the pun) to fill up page quota's.

At the tales conclusion I really felt cheated and ripped off with this offering from Laurell, so much so that I am seriously considering giving up on this series as I'm getting fed up of the transformation from Merry the Woman to Merry the Walking Mattress.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept, but bogged down with sex
I seem to find myself still drawn to these books despite my frustration with certain points. I thoroughly enjoy the concept of the books, and generally I find the author's... Read more
Published 4 hours ago by AlexithymicDream
5.0 out of 5 stars very enjoyable
I've read all the books to date and this is another great book.
If you enjoy the series, you'll enjoy this book.
Published 2 months ago by atomicjeleyfish
4.0 out of 5 stars Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K Hamilton
Love this series, felt it wasn't quite as good as the other books in the series, but still coulbn't put it down.
Published 3 months ago by SAT 18
5.0 out of 5 stars part of collection
at present my wife is only part way through this book, i got it for her kindle and she loves it, she has read all the preceding books in the series and loves them
Published 5 months ago by scrappydo
1.0 out of 5 stars Cut and Paste
Having read all of the Meredith Gentry books and finding that each one steadily got worse and worse, I blame myself entirely for spending the money on this book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by R. Greenyer
3.0 out of 5 stars I bought it because I bought the other ones
If you enjoyed the books in the rest of the series, you will enjoy this one too. That is to say: 'It's more of the same! Read more
Published 21 months ago by GMR
5.0 out of 5 stars Divine Misdemeanors Review
A great continuation of the Merry Gentry series and had me wondering what will happen next, especially with the two courts.
Published on 23 April 2011 by Kevin Pemberton
1.0 out of 5 stars disappointed
i really enjoyed the first two or three books in this series, but lately ive been finding each story difficult to read. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2010 by sl Ratcliffe
2.0 out of 5 stars Why is there another book?
I have no idea what has happened to LKH, is she just milking it for everything its worth? Whats happened to Anite Blake? And now whats happening to Merry? Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by S. Croft
4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad read
I almost didn't read this book because of the poor reviews, but I enjoyed it and I think some of the criticisms made by other reviwers are a little unfair. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2010 by T. Simmons
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