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A review by willeh
A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton
5.0
I don't think I'll ever be able to say a bad thing about the Merry Gentry series. Laurell still stands as one of my favorite writers and this book reminded me why.
The book gets off to a fast start and, I felt, kept going like that. I think that is what happens after you hold a story for five years. We waited five years (not nine months) to have the babies and to see what would come of that. Given the way the book closed, we could as well wait five more. Regardless, my main concern was the character development for these babies and I'm extremely satisfied.
This book is a bigger dive into her life and that of the men, even though we once again don't get to find out much about them. Some details here and there, yes, but still not much. Magic keeps running wild and rose petals keep falling, I have to add, EXCESSIVELY everywhere. I even found myself wondering if they had a person to pick these up. There's no way that whoever is piling these petals every couple of hours can be happy about it and I imagine negative thoughts insult the Goddess so...I don't know what to make of that.
The overall plot advanced some and there is a major loss at the end, but I won't spoil. I will say it is a man and I'll add that he wasn't one of my favorites and I felt nothing like what I felt when Frost died. Having said that, it was still pretty sad given that it some pretty amazing things had happened right before. It was bittersweet leaning on the bitter.
The end...well, again, I can see her stretching another book a couple of years. My imagination explodes with ideas of where this story could go, but it isn't mine and I don't think it'll ever go where I want it to or we would've been back in faerie a while back. Laurell loved the American aspect of Merry; she never fails to remind us, but I think it's some time we start kicking ass back home and if we're not going back home, it's time to start bringing home to us indefinitely.
Props for you, Laurell. <3
The book gets off to a fast start and, I felt, kept going like that. I think that is what happens after you hold a story for five years. We waited five years (not nine months) to have the babies and to see what would come of that. Given the way the book closed, we could as well wait five more. Regardless, my main concern was the character development for these babies and I'm extremely satisfied.
This book is a bigger dive into her life and that of the men, even though we once again don't get to find out much about them. Some details here and there, yes, but still not much. Magic keeps running wild and rose petals keep falling, I have to add, EXCESSIVELY everywhere. I even found myself wondering if they had a person to pick these up. There's no way that whoever is piling these petals every couple of hours can be happy about it and I imagine negative thoughts insult the Goddess so...I don't know what to make of that.
The overall plot advanced some and there is a major loss at the end, but I won't spoil. I will say it is a man and I'll add that he wasn't one of my favorites and I felt nothing like what I felt when Frost died. Having said that, it was still pretty sad given that it some pretty amazing things had happened right before. It was bittersweet leaning on the bitter.
The end...well, again, I can see her stretching another book a couple of years. My imagination explodes with ideas of where this story could go, but it isn't mine and I don't think it'll ever go where I want it to or we would've been back in faerie a while back. Laurell loved the American aspect of Merry; she never fails to remind us, but I think it's some time we start kicking ass back home and if we're not going back home, it's time to start bringing home to us indefinitely.
Props for you, Laurell. <3