false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172108838m/139417.jpg 139417 21 Laurell K. Hamilton revitalized vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the popular Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. In this new series, she updates faeries. <I>A Kiss of Shadows</I> introduces Merry Gentry, a.k.a. Meredith NicEssus, a faerie princess of the Unseelie Court, where politics is a blood sport. Merry, who's part sidhe (elvish), part brownie, and part human, never really fit in. She's short, not skilled in offensive magic, and mortal because of her human blood. These are real liabilities when your family, especially aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, is out to kill you. Merry has been in hiding for three years, living in Los Angeles and working for the Grey Detective Agency, which specializes in "supernatural problems, magical solutions." A new case sets her against a man who uses forbidden magic to seduce fey women and drain their power. A plan to trap him goes awry and Merry's cover is blown. Now Andais knows where she is. But things have changed in Andais's court, and Merry is changing too.<p> Despite the selkies, brownies, goblins, and ogres in this book, it's not for children. The fey are "creatures of the senses"--and in the Unseelie court, sex and pain go together. Merry is sexually adventurous and surrounded by gorgeous, powerful males, most of whom want her badly. She's politically savvy and no coward, though she's not the warrior Anita is. Hamilton fans and readers of adult fairy tales like Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy will want to give Merry a look. <I>--Nona Vero</I> 3341459 book 2000 A Kiss of Shadows (Meredith Gentry, #1) total:4493|5:1682|4:1442|3:955|2:303|1:112| 4493 17757 5930 292 2 7 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 14:01:25 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 14:02:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 7 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 06:45:58 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 08:42:17 -0800 2008
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Anita and Merry are both short. - Now, I don't mind this because I'm short too, so it makes me feel nice and at home.
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