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Divine Misdemeanors

Meredith Gentry, Book 8

By Laurell K. Hamilton

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| Hardcover | 9780345495969

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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 anContinue

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Merry Gentry book 8

Ok obviously i couldn't wait (did i really think i would?) and while my book is on its way i went and downloaded the e-book to get ahead and read the new Merry Gentry novel, which i did all into the night without being able to bring myself to a stop.
215 pages of pure unadulterated fun which gave me ... (continue)

Ok obviously i couldn't wait (did i really think i would?) and while my book is on its way i went and downloaded the e-book to get ahead and read the new Merry Gentry novel, which i did all into the night without being able to bring myself to a stop.
215 pages of pure unadulterated fun which gave me one of the best times in the last months, a book you can define simple but in the most good sense of the word, without ridiculous pretensions, written in a compelling way to entertain the reader.
Yes i've decided Merry Gentry series if for sure one of my favourite ever, and decidedly i love it even better than Anita's one.
I rarely have such carefree moments in my life anymore and getting to smile without any thought in my head for hours, with a light heart is one of the thing i've come to cherish the most, and this novel gave it all to me.
People can argue plot doesn't get on much or there are quite a few incongruities, but what does this count when each single word is enjoyable and so good to keep you going on line after line avidly? How come great piece of modern literature never bring me the same childlike joy or the broad smile?
Sometime a book need to be judged not by standard critical means but by the sense of fulfillment it offers, like you couldn't be spending your time doing anything better than keep reading, lost in a fantasy world where bad things in the end turn into good ones, where love and passion really conquer all, friendship is what keep people together and negative feelings has no place to linger for long. Unreal? Yes, totally. Good, heartwarming, soul healing? Yes again, and everyone need it once in a while.
The only negative thing about Merry novels is they always finish too soon and i'm left desperately wishing for more!
I even love Merry very much, she is far more endearing than Anita, or at least she just clicks a lot more to me.
She is good, loyal, open and reasonable without being weak, she is strong without being unjustifiable bitchy, powerful yet sweet and able to accept confort when feeling vulnerable,she knows how to be hard and cruel when there are no other options but she makes herself offer second chances when someone deserves them. She is warm, generous, determined and she care for her people without becoming irrational.
yeah i really like her and i didn't realized how much till i was jotting this!
the more i think about how she is portrayed the more i realize she is one of those rare feminine characters able to charm and sneak under my skin without doing exceptional things (well exceptional for the world she lives in ^^) from the start she's gained my affection a bit more with every new book
About the men i don't even need to start because really what's there not to love about Doyle, Frost, Sholto, Rhys, Galen, Kitto, Mistral and so on? My fave ones as usual are the Darkness, the Killing Frost, and the King of the Slouagh but even those appearing just for fleeting time are truly enchanting.
Really this is a series i would suggest to anyone wishing to sped some time away of normal daily life troubles, hopefully we will get a lot more books telling these delightful adventures.

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serendipityhope said on Dec 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

This episode of the Merry Gentry series could be a good start for someone new to it since it's set away from faerie. Compared to earlier volumes, though, the usual short explenations of facts and backgrounds weren't popping every time a character showed up..or it's just my brain that skips them with ... (continue)

This episode of the Merry Gentry series could be a good start for someone new to it since it's set away from faerie. Compared to earlier volumes, though, the usual short explenations of facts and backgrounds weren't popping every time a character showed up..or it's just my brain that skips them without noticing, but it's not like they're too important anyway.
Ms. Hamilton should really spend more time searching for synonyms(or I should just quit reading her books)..Meredith was disturbingly "artistic" in this chapter and the double explanation(but actually the same) to the folding knife kept against bare skin was unnecessary.

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RubraAddicted said on Jun 1, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Yet another great Meridith Gentry book. The murder mystery is great and there's not quite as much sex as usually (there was too much repitiviness in the sex scenes in this one, though). It ends leaving you wanting book 9.

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javajinny said on Sep 19, 2010 | Add your feedback

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 an ... (continue)

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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Arilin said on Feb 21, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I like these characters and the overall story being told in these books, but the series has dissolved into awkward lurches from sex scene to sex scene with a little "plot" thrown in to kill time until the next enormous sex act. Waiting patiently for the series to go back to telling stories again!

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wilkinsjordan said on Jan 4, 2010 | Add your feedback