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A Kiss of Shadows

Meredith Gentry, Book 1

By Laurell K. Hamilton

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780345423405

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“My name is Meredith Gentry, but of course it’s not my real name. I dare not even whisper my true name after dark for fear that one hushed word will travel over the night winds to the soft ear of my aunt, the Queen of the Air and Darkness. She wants me dead. I don’t even know why.”
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“My name is Meredith Gentry, but of course it’s not my real name. I dare not even whisper my true name after dark for fear that one hushed word will travel over the night winds to the soft ear of my aunt, the Queen of the Air and Darkness. She wants me dead. I don’t even know why.”

Meredith Gentry, Princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in Los Angeles, living as a P.I. specializing in supernatural crime. But now the Queen’s assassin has been dispatched to fetch her back–whether she likes it or not. Suddenly Meredith finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt’s plans. The job that awaits her: enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men in the world. The reward: the crown–and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure: death.


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  • A Kiss of Shadows By Laurell K. Hamilton

    ne of the major issues in fantasy literature is the desire, use, and abuse of power, which can take many forms. Two novels being released on the eve of the American presidential election examine different types of power and the different personalitie ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • A Kiss of Shadows By Laurell K. Hamilton

    One of the major issues in fantasy literature is the desire, use, and abuse of power, which can take many forms. Two novels being released on the eve of the American presidential election examine different types of power and the different personaliti ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • or the silly dalliances of a nymphomaniac fary...

    If I made a list of the worst novels I've read this year, this one easily would be on the top three, just under Guilty pleasures by the same author...

    I was quite entertained in the first chapters, I even found a few interesting things , however, when the main character started to digress about ... (continue)

    If I made a list of the worst novels I've read this year, this one easily would be on the top three, just under Guilty pleasures by the same author...

    I was quite entertained in the first chapters, I even found a few interesting things , however, when the main character started to digress about her life, got on the oh-how-hot-and-beautiful -I-can-be/how-hot-all-they-are mode and got entangled in bunch of absurd sexual situations that ended in nothing, I lost interest in the book. Don't get me wrong, I do not hate sex scenes in books, I hate ridiculous sex scenes, written with the only purpose of filling up pages and making oh-how-hot-this-book-is novels.

    Those stupid and useless scenes, made the plot go adrift, and when it seemed the story was getting back on track, bum, more unimportant crap spawned here and there and everywhere. This happened a lot, making the book a very frustrating reading experience.

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    Nae'blis said on Sep 21, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • "Meredith Gentry, princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in Los Angeles, living as a P.I. specializing in supernatural crime. But now the queen's assassin has been dispatched to fetch her back- whether Meredith likes it or not. Suddenly the princess in exile finds herself a pawn ... (continue)

    "Meredith Gentry, princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in Los Angeles, living as a P.I. specializing in supernatural crime. But now the queen's assassin has been dispatched to fetch her back- whether Meredith likes it or not. Suddenly the princess in exile finds herself a pawn in her dreaded Aunt's plans. The job that awaits her: to enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men in the world. The reward: the crown- and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure: death."

    Like all other Laurell K. Hamilton books, this one is quite naughty and very fast paced. Hard to put down, and very engaging.

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    Heather Landry said on Jan 13, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Lacking

    This was a painful read. It was a good premise but fell flat and was more of a fairy orgy than an urban fantasy. I liked the story idea but it was just too hard to get through the book. It just didn't flow and bored the dickens out of me.

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    composing cat said on Dec 11, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • I was hesitant on this one - knew it would be rather explicit. And I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I actually enjoyed it. It was definitely more explicit than I normally read, but so imaginative! A whole world of fairies and goblins and all manner of magical beings, yet still takes place in mo ... (continue)

    I was hesitant on this one - knew it would be rather explicit. And I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I actually enjoyed it. It was definitely more explicit than I normally read, but so imaginative! A whole world of fairies and goblins and all manner of magical beings, yet still takes place in modern-day USA. Princess Meredith has been hiding in LA - now she's been found and her aunt, the Queen, has plans for her. Good or bad plans, and will her enemies let her survive to find out?

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    Bashful said on Aug 30, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Laurell K. Hamilton is a strange writer. Se can create wonderful scenarios and thrilling moments, she's able to create characters you can't help falling in love with, but often she writes as a schoolgirl or as she had a bag, full of the same three-four metaphors: she shakes the bag and chose one to ... (continue)

    Laurell K. Hamilton is a strange writer. Se can create wonderful scenarios and thrilling moments, she's able to create characters you can't help falling in love with, but often she writes as a schoolgirl or as she had a bag, full of the same three-four metaphors: she shakes the bag and chose one to use.
    The Anita Blake series has, on my opinion, long ago jumped the shark, but the Merry Gentry's has not.
    Here, in this first book of the series every faerie lover will find a dark, intriguing and very unseelie story, full of beautiful characters and a setting very well pictured.

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    Ouroboros said on Oct 6, 2007 | Add your feedback

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