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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...
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Some know her as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Others as Merry Gentry, LA private eye. In the fey and mortal realms alike, her life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama.
Among her own kind, she has confronted enemies, endured the treachery and malevolence of her kith and kin, and honoured her duty to conceive a royal heir...all so she could claim a throne. But now she's turned her back on court and crown in favour of exile in the human world.
However, while she may have rejected the throne, she cannot abandon her people. Someone is killing the fey. The LAPD are baffled and Merry is worried: her kind are not easily captured or killed. At least not by mortals. And it's not just these murders that concern her. It appears mortals who she once healed with magic are now able to perform miracles themselves - a phenomenon that's wreaking havoc on relations between man and fey and provoking suspicions of forbidden powers.
So much for leaving blood and politics behind her. Merry had dreamed of a quiet life, but evil knows no borders and it seems nobody lives forever - not even the immortal...
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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.
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.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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? As far as I understood the whole purpose of the fey series was that Merry wanted to get pregnant in order to gain the crown. In book 7 she becomes pregnant and also sacrifices the crown. Therefore that is a conclusion to a series! So why is there another book? Its like having Titanic 2- there is nothing to say! LKH seems unable to end at a good time. She should have ended this at book 7 and Anita Blake god knows how many books ago. Quit whilst you're ahead.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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.
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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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 9 months ago by GMR
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 13 months ago by Kevin Pemberton
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 21 months ago by sl Ratcliffe
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
Very disappointing
I agree with many of the other reviews of this book especially around the direction the series is taking. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by Kash
Plagiarism rules, OK?
I keep buying Laurell K Hamilton's books on the strength of the excellent start of the series,particularly the Anita Blake books, but I'm having serious doubts about continuing. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by Jane Lawrence
Pretend the series ended at book 7
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... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2010 by bluecougar25
Oh dear, how tedious
This is a 4-chapter murder mystery embedded within 45-odd chapters of sex and angst. Every time a new male character makes an appearance, we take time out to get him neatly... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2009 by NickG
Bickering, blithering and barbecue
"Divine Misdemeanors" completely missed its original due date, and only barely scraped by the second. Huge chunks were torn out and replaced. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2009 by E. A Solinas
Not so bad but what's with the product description????
IGNORE THE AMAZON BLURB
There is absolutely nothing about a fey independence party in England or anywhere else for that matter. Read more
There is absolutely nothing about a fey independence party in England or anywhere else for that matter. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2009 by Jilana
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