Back

reviewed A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton (Merry Gentry, #1)

Laurell K. Hamilton: A Kiss of Shadows (EBook, 2001, Ballantine Books) 2 stars

Merry Gentry, princess of the high court of Faerie, is posing as a human in …

Tedious

2 stars

There's a lot of sex in the first 31% (according to Kobo) of this book and I have to put it down because writing that makes sex this tedious ain't for me.

So far, Merry Gentry:

  • gets a microphone implanted in her bra with a roomful of men, many of whom leer because it's just polite to harass a faery
  • goes undercover and we get a magically caused but still lustful rape including a mysterious magical faery occluded in a darkened mirror and spiders
  • a near orgy when being questioned by skeptical police
  • magical sex that restores a seal faery's ability to become a seal again
  • an exhibitionist shower scene for the benefit of the boss
  • a boring ass chase scene on Sepulveda Blvd where unseen monsters poke holes in the side of a van
  • and an I'll show you mine if you show me yours scene with a stomach snake faery

None of them make much sense and drag on with how sexy and good at sex faeries are because eye color and auras and somesuch

I gave up.