The plot thickens!!! - Rated 
This is an excellent addition to the Merry Gentry series, whilst it continues the theme of sex, more sex, and yet more sex, it continues to move the story on.
You find yourself empathising with Merry as she tries to look forward to what happens if she does get pregnant and has to stick to one man, and worries about who it will be, and what will happen to the rest.
The continuing peeks into the minds of the supporting characters really helps to draw you into the world.
Once again another page turner - keep you up all night till you've finished it - book from LKH.
A good fantasy - Rated
The story goes something like this: Prince Cel is freed from his imprisonment so Princess Merry Gentry and her retinue (bodyguards and lovers) travel to Los Angeles to escape her insane cousin's assassination attempts. Cel wants Merry dead to insure she never gets pregnant because if she does she becomes the heir to the throne of the Unseelie Court currently ruled by the sadistic Queen Andais. At present Merry is at her lawyer's office dealing with the authorities who consider pressing charges against three of her guards for rape against a member of the Seelie Court. Merry's Uncle Taranis, King of Light and Illusion of the Seelie Court, made the accusation that his niece believes are false instead she thinks there is a method to his madness that she just ahs not figured out yet. When things do not go according to his plan, Taranis becomes irate and tries a more direct approach on Merry. Meanwhile members of the Seelie Court offer her his throne. With Cel, Andais, and Taranis aiming at her, Merry finds Los Angeles as unsafe as the Unseelie Court!! I'd also recommend, if you missed Tino Georgiou's novel--The Fates, getting a copy--absolutely fab..
Well finally... - Rated 
A book in which something other then sex actually happens - I love the characters and am fascinated by the story but the endless, mindless, pointless sex in the series was really beginning to wear me down. So thank God that we got some plot in this one... Keep it up Laurell - I'm dying to see what happens!
Has Laurell finally found the plot? - Rated 
Well, I won't give away the secrets of the book but it is certainly better than the latest offerings from LKH. There are no sex scenes until chapter 15 which has got to be a record! This thankfully means that some of the plot has come back. Sadly as usual the plot is mainly court intrigue and politics.
My only real criticism of this book is that it keeps you reading right until the last few chapters when some really major things happen then finishes dead. I know series books are supposed to build tension and keep you on the edge of your seat, but LKH has really lost this - you could easiily read the last few chapters of this and not worry about the rest of the book. Does she actually write 3 good chapters and then just pad the rest out? Hmmm...
give the girl a break!!! - Rated
What can i say, if you like books which are well written, fast paced and have loads of flavour then these are for you. LK has taken a simple idea of a hidden princess in mortal danger from her own family and added sex, danger and suspence. Prudes beware! If you do not like to read about graphic sex then do not under any circumstance read ANY LK book. If however you have not tried a LK book and are looking for new and exciting reads from an author for you to collect, then LK has everything you could need. Get all 15 of the Anita Blake series and all 6 of the Merry Gentry series. These books should be read and appreciated for what they are, they are not heavy tomes which our children will study in english lit classes but they are entertainment at its best, so take them in the spirit they were intended or don't take them at all the choice is yours but don't moan about it, i doubt you could do better!!!
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