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by Laurell K. Hamilton (Author) "TWENTY-THREE STORIES UP AND ALL I COULD SEE OUT THE windows was grey smog ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 470 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (1 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553813838
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553813838
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,321 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A wonderful excursion into the magic of desire' Alice Borchardt author of Night of the Wolf; 'As wild as the novel's premise is, memorable characters and wicked wit make it all delicious, ribald fun' Publishers Weekly; 'An edgy story of sex, violence and magic that manages to be both disturbing and entertaining. Highly recommended' Library Journal

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Meredith Gentry is a private investigator who specializes in supernatural crime. She has, however, a strange secret. She is in fact a faerie princess in hiding. Her aunt wants her back in the faerie world and the penalty for refusal is death.

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A KISS OF SHADOWS is hot, hot, hot!!!, 28 May 2001
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A KISS OF SHADOWS is the first book in Laurell K. Hamilton's new series on the fey. It features Princess Meredith NicEssus, aka Merry Gentry, a politically-savvy, kick a** heroine. Merry, a mixed-blood, has been hiding in Los Angeles for three years, from her wicked Aunt Andais, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After botching up a case at the Grey Detective Agency where she works, Merry is discovered and forced to go back to the Unseelie court at Cahokia, Illinois, accompanied by Andais's personal Darkness, Doyle. There, Merry discovers that times have changed at the court. The fey grows weak, and the Queen wants Merry to bed some of the most gorgeous sidhe men in the world. In a race for the throne against her sadistic cousin, Cel, Merry has to produce a child within three years. The loser will die...

I think that this book was even better than LKH's Anita Blake series. Why? Well, Ms. Hamilton introduces a bunch of gorgeous sidhe males, like Doyle, Frost, Rhys, Barinthus, Galen, etc. Most of the Ravens (Queen's Guards) lust after Merry badly, since the cruel Queen makes all of them celibate. My personal fave is Prince Cel, Andais's darkly handsome, evil son. I just LUV bad guys in black! However, this book is NOT for kiddies. Meredith seems to have sex or sexual activities with almost every male in the book. All in all, it is definitely much more erotic, much more sensual than the Anita Blake books. Merry is 33, and not shy at all with men in sexual matters, whereas Anita had been initially uncomfortable with her sexual status. Throughout this book, readers get a sense of Merry's growing powers, as the Princess of Flesh (just as Anita's power had grown). I can't wait to read CARESS OF TWILIGHT, the 2nd book in this fascinating series!!!

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant, unputdownable read., 22 Oct 2001
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This is the first book by the author I've read. I intend to get as many more as possible. It's a thriller, part fantasy, but grounded in the world as we know it. It is extremely well plotted, in fact it has so many sub-plots going on you occassionally have to turn back a page, to make sure you haven't missed something. It also explores sex and sexuality and its politics and, refreshingly touches on some of the sides of sex that are generally not talked about.
Ms Hamilton also creates really great characters. Given she's already written a series, I do hope she feels another series coming on. Don't miss it.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars How long 'till the sequel?, 14 Dec 2001
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I couldn't put this book down from the moment I started it. I am a massive Anita Blake fan and LKH has now introduced us to a different world and a whole new set of characters in this book. The world is as enthralling as in the Anita Blake series and the characters just as strong. However, this book was obviously just an introduction, and the ending has left me screaming to read the next one....immensly frustrating and unsatisfying as the story only just seems to have started. Also, the book is very focused on sex, sex and yet more sex....something a little different from time to time might have been appreciated, but even so a cracking read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars More of an adult read
a good book but with some things in it more of an adult read. If you like the modern fantasy type of read this is for you a good change from her Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series
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3.0 out of 5 stars fairy porn
My Nan bought me this book, believing it to be a story about happy, helpful little fairies flitting from flower to flower - oh, how wrong she was! Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Awful
Absolutely dire. A trashy romance thing pretending to be an actual story. Should have guessed from the cover, I suppose, but I've enjoyed the author's other work. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Painful "Kiss"
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Published on 29 Dec 2005 by E. A Solinas

4.0 out of 5 stars Being a Faerie Princess is not all its cracked up to be...,
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5.0 out of 5 stars Something Different
Being new to the Laurell K Hamilton experience I really had no idea whatto expect but despite some doubts regarding my ideas of faeries andgoblins etc etc I was pleasantly... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Laurell K. Hamilton's latest series
Laurell K. Hamilton has taken a complete step away from the vampire, wereanimal etc. world and created a new series about the Sidhe (otherwise known as Fairies). Read more
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This was one of the first books I read by this author, and I was pleasently surprised by the easy writing style but which still managed to create believable and enjoyable... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars yawn
Lets start on a good point,the world building displayed by LKH is both this and the anita Blake series is amazing and shows a lot of imagination, its fantastic. Read more
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