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dustydigger
Posted 2014-10-07 8:54 AM (#8693 - in reply to #6198)
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Location: UK		39. Laurell K Hamilton - Seduced by Moonlight. The third and to me the best of the Merry Gentry series. Now Merry's magical powers are growing exponentially as she seems to have been chosen to bring back life and magic to the courts. I was so disappointed when the plot lines set up in this book ,that Merry would go to see the goblins to cement their alliance,and then on to find out what exactly the king of the Court of Light was plotting that needed Merry to be there at his court.. In book 4 all this was tossed aside and the whole series just degenerated into soft porn with the plot lines a poor second to the sex..Most disappointing

40. Laurell K Hamilton - A Shiver of Light. This is book nine of the Merry Gentry series, published after a 4 or 5 year hiatus. The heroine has had triplets,and each child has at least two fathers (I am assuming Hamilton has taken this idea of multiple fathers from ancient Celtic myths). Merry is exactly five feet tall,and has triplets,only two are twins conceived at one time,the other,(presumably magic is involved),was conceived later in her pregnancy.According to LKH one baby was 7 lbs,another was 6 lbs,and even the premature third kid who is described as really really tiny is 5 lbs.I know magic is involved somehow,but if LKH took 2 or 3lbs in weight off each baby I would find it more credible! I think its another case where this author shows that there is no editing of her books.These days with big name authors editorial staff kowtow to them,and seem to fear telling them what is rubbish or unfeasible.This was touted to be the final book,but if so it is pretty weak,there are so many threads left unsorted. All in all,LKHs work has deteriorated badly since about 2004. Great ideas that started off so promising just petered out iton erotica - and badly written erotica at that. Pity.

41. Laini Taylor - Dreams of Gods and Monsters.All in all this third book in Laini Taylor's amazing sequence of books about ostensible angels and demons in parallel worlds which interconnect with our own through portals is a satisfactory, though not stellar ending to this series.Taylor's writing is as vivid as ever, with glints of humour and horror, wonderful worldbuilding, engaging and likable characters, and some major twists.
The complicated plot did manage to tie up most threads of the series, with the last section feeling a bit strange as it introduced whole new societies and ideas in a rather sketchy way - perhaps opening up the opportunity for future adventures in this very strange, often cruel, often beautiful world?
A very enjoyable exciting read, and definitely Laini Taylor is a name to look out for in the future


Edited by dustydigger 2014-10-07 9:02 AM

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