A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton Tara's Rating: 5/5 Stars
Book Blurb:
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 Air and Darkness. She wants me dead. I don't even know why...
I fled the high court of Faerie three years ago and have been in hiding ever since. As Merry Gentry, I am a private investigator for the Grey Detective Agency: Supernatural Problems, Magical Solutions. My magical skills, scorned at the courts of Faerie, are valued in the human world. Even by human standards, my magic isn't flashy, which is fine by me. Flashy attracts attention and I can't afford that.
Rumour has it that I am dead. Not quite. I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. To speak that name after dark is to call down a knock upon your door from a hand that can kill you with a touch. I have been careful, but not careful enough. The shadows have found me, and they are going to take me back home, one way or another.
So the running is over. But the fighting has just begun...
Rich, sensual, brimming with dangerous magic, A Kiss of Shadows is a dazzling tour-de-force where folklore, fantasy and erotically charged adventure collide.
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 Air and Darkness. She wants me dead. I don't even know why...
I fled the high court of Faerie three years ago and have been in hiding ever since. As Merry Gentry, I am a private investigator for the Grey Detective Agency: Supernatural Problems, Magical Solutions. My magical skills, scorned at the courts of Faerie, are valued in the human world. Even by human standards, my magic isn't flashy, which is fine by me. Flashy attracts attention and I can't afford that.
Rumour has it that I am dead. Not quite. I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. To speak that name after dark is to call down a knock upon your door from a hand that can kill you with a touch. I have been careful, but not careful enough. The shadows have found me, and they are going to take me back home, one way or another.
So the running is over. But the fighting has just begun...
Rich, sensual, brimming with dangerous magic, A Kiss of Shadows is a dazzling tour-de-force where folklore, fantasy and erotically charged adventure collide.
Warning: The review below may contain spoilers.
Content is intended for adults 18 years or older!
Tara's Review:
A Kiss of Shadows is a wonderfully written book about the Fae. Princess Meredith is called home by the Queen of Air and Darkness (her Aunt) to be named co-heir to the throne. Meredith's cousin Cel would see her dead before she can take the throne. Meredith is forced to collective allies through some non-conventional means. She bargains with the only thing she has, her body and her blood.
The Queen is surprised that the mound recognizes Meredith and magic slowly comes back to the Sindhe. Meredith collects some of her allies from among the Queens guard. The Queen lifts her guards forced celibacy for Meredith, and Meredith alone, because the Queen wants her heir to be with child. She has promised the throne to Meredith or Cel depending on who is with child first.
Meredith is faced with more death threats while she is home, so the Queen sends her back to the western lands before her enemies can kill her. Now the race begins. Can Meredith get with child before her crazy cousin, Cel can destroy the Sindhe with his insanity?
This book contains a lot of sex and it is smoking hot sex! It is not sex alone that makes this series worth reading! This series is filled with mystery, fantasy, magic and suspense!
“Everyone wants to grow up to be a faerie princess. Trust me, It's overrated”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
“They say not to look back, but if you’re not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
“Twenty-three stories up and all I could see out the windows was grey smog. They could call it the City of the Angels if they wanted to, but if there were angels out there, they had to be flying blind.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
A Kiss of Shadows is a wonderfully written book about the Fae. Princess Meredith is called home by the Queen of Air and Darkness (her Aunt) to be named co-heir to the throne. Meredith's cousin Cel would see her dead before she can take the throne. Meredith is forced to collective allies through some non-conventional means. She bargains with the only thing she has, her body and her blood.
The Queen is surprised that the mound recognizes Meredith and magic slowly comes back to the Sindhe. Meredith collects some of her allies from among the Queens guard. The Queen lifts her guards forced celibacy for Meredith, and Meredith alone, because the Queen wants her heir to be with child. She has promised the throne to Meredith or Cel depending on who is with child first.
Meredith is faced with more death threats while she is home, so the Queen sends her back to the western lands before her enemies can kill her. Now the race begins. Can Meredith get with child before her crazy cousin, Cel can destroy the Sindhe with his insanity?
This book contains a lot of sex and it is smoking hot sex! It is not sex alone that makes this series worth reading! This series is filled with mystery, fantasy, magic and suspense!
“Everyone wants to grow up to be a faerie princess. Trust me, It's overrated”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
“They say not to look back, but if you’re not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
“Twenty-three stories up and all I could see out the windows was grey smog. They could call it the City of the Angels if they wanted to, but if there were angels out there, they had to be flying blind.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows