SECOND MEREDITH GENTRY BOOK | A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry, Book 2)

A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry, Book 2 | A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry, Book 2) | Laurell K. Hamilton

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	• A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry, Book 2) Laurell K. Hamilton Fawcett, 2003 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 206 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An Oxymoron Collaboration of Mediocre Romance and Fantastic Fantasy

SiSince there are over 200 reviews for this book, my review will be brief. This second installment was pretty good but could have been better. I went in reading this book fully aware of the fact that Laurell has a mini obsession with conveniently writing in outlandish sexual situations just so Merry can have sex and I was ok with that. However this second installment really tried my patience. There was a lot of unnecessary rehashing and explanations, almost as if she were stalling and drawing out the storyline; in addition, the sex she writes in for Merry just sucks!

I like the twist of a female having a harem of men to serve her but in Merry's case the men don't seem to be going out of their way to please Merry or even consider pleasing her. It mainly feels like Merry gives a lot of pity sex or just plain passionless and pointless quickies or pretty much just gives. Apart from the nuisances, the fantasy portion of this installment was creative, action-packed and electrifying.

Laurell has a created a magical world filled with danger, darkness and excitement. I recommend this series to only those fellow dark urban fantasy readers who are fully forewarned of the many bizarre sexual settings and the portrayal of Merry as the center of the universe or the one that everyone desires. If you have the patience to tolerate these things, only then do I recommend this series to you.

Aside from my frustrations with the sexual aspect of this installment, when Laurell is sticking to the storyline, the storyline is phenomenal. Fantasy wise, I can't wait to see what happens in the next installment Seduced by Moonlight.

I also recommend:
Forbidden Magic (Magic Series, Book 1)
Dragon Wytch (Sisters of the Moon, Book 4)
Witch Fire (Elemental Witches, Book 1)
The Devil Inside (Morgan Kingsley, Exorcist, Book 1)
Hell's Belles

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SECOND MEREDITH GENTRY BOOK

Just like most series this second book is still setting up the rest and I loved it. The faeries, orges, goblins and the like are getting clearer in their actions and places in the pecking order and hey, a book with action, sex, blood, and intrigue, how can you go wrong. Meredith is learning her place among the royalty and her guards get better and better. Frost, Doyle, Rhys, Kitto and the rest of the cast of characters in the story rock. Very much looking forward to book three. A geat fantasy by a superior writer. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry, Book 2

Do not ask me to review books. If I didn't want them, I would have not ordered them

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Liked this one, too, but...

I liked this second book in the Meredith Gentry series. The plot and world-building was interesting, as was the fey political intrigue. That said, sometimes the narrative got bogged down with lengthy political explanations. This occurred several times in the book and it slowed down the action too much for it to be a page-turner for me. Other than that, it was a good addition to the series and I'm looking forward to the reading the next one.

Meredith Gentry 2: A Caress of Twilight

Meredith Gentry 2: A Caress of Twilight, by Laurell K. Hamilton

Fresh from learning that the Queen of the Unseelie Court has officially recognized her as heir to the throne, Meredith Gentry and her bevy of sidhe bodyguards have returned to Los Angeles. Merry's back to work as a private detective, because being a princess doesn't pay the bills. Three months have passed since the events of the first book in the series, "A Kiss of Shadows," and Hamilton fills in the background information as needed (reading the first volume is recommended).

Merry has not yet managed to fulfill her aunt's requirement for taking the throne - to rule the Unseelie, Merry must become pregnant. Because sidhe nobles rarely have children, they go for children first, then marriage. It's a bit like the monarchies of old - sidhe marry for duty, not necessarily love; and their duty is to carry on the race.

"A Caress of Twilight" has quite a bit happening. A mystery starts at the detective agency when an exiled sidhe noble contacts Merry for help. After she agrees to help Maeve, who was banished from the Seelie - light - Court, a nameless evil is unleashed by an unknown sidhe. The evil sweeps over Los Angeles, leaving mass murders in its wake. Merry and her men must figure out who released it, as well as how to contain it, before the humans associate it with the fey. For in Hamilton's world, when the fey moved to America from Europe, they agreed not to unleash such magic against humans, and doing so would be cause for expulsion from the country.

One of the reasons I like Merry so much is that she's a heroine who realizes when she's overwhelmed, and when she isn't. Her father, hinted at in the books, raised her to be a good ruler, and she would be the first sidhe ruler to acknowledge her strengths *and* weaknesses. When her men combat the Nameless, Merry aches to join them in battle despite the fact that she could be killed, because she knows that a good ruler doesn't ask men to do anything they wouldn't do first.

We also get some insight into the Seelie court, the fey who are "all light and good." Hamilton shows that the boundary between light and dark is very fine, and is sometimes just a matter of perspective.

I found "A Caress of Twilight" to be pretty good. It was a fast read for me, clocking in at about one night. The book provides a nice amount of character development, expanding on the personalities of Merry's sidhe bodyguards, who are each intriguing in their own right. Encounters with goblin and demi-fey culture also occur, showing the intricacies of fey politics, as well as the differences between the assorted faerie cultures. The ending will likely send you hunting for the next volume in the series.

4/5.

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?I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne?if I can stay alive long enough to claim it.?

After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the horizon: people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that?s just her day job. . . .

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