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A review by bookfessional
A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
3.0
3.5 stars
As is common with a lot of second-in-series books, this one didn't quite live up to it's predecessor. Oh, there was still tons of fairy goodness, but I found this one to be significantly less entertaining.
In book 2, Merry has once again left the midwestern Sithen for SoCal, this time with her aunt's blessing, and with her "Guard" ("Guard" is a euphemism for "harem") in tow.
After returning to her home, Merry is almost immediately propositioned by an excommunicated Seelie Fae who desperately wants to become pregnant.
Wut?
Oh, and this excommunicated Fae was excommunicated b/c she insinuated to the Seelie King that he had a virility *ehem* problem, which is slightly-more-than-a-problem, b/c apparently the fertility of the monarch is representative of the rest of his people, so he's knowingly kept the Seelie infertile for at least 100 years.
Well . . . that sucks, but it's not really exciting, is it?
Ominous though, and the King has eyes everywhere, so when he finds out that Merry has been talking with the banished whistle blower, Merry begins to experience the unpleasantness of his "attention" ("attention" is a euphemism for "thinly veiled attempts to end her life").
And rather reckless attempts at that: he unleashes a centuries old accumulation of power that was created when the Fae were given citizenship in America and the most other of the Fae gave up that which made them other.
Anyway, Tanaris (King) lets this thing loose, but can't control it, and havoc is wrecked.
So some action, I suppose, but not very much, and not until the very end.
Oh, and Merry has sex with Kitto (the 4 ft tall half snake goblin), and I'm sorry, but that has got to give even the most veteran LKH readers pause.
Also disappointing was the complete absence of Sholto from this installment . . .
On the bright side, Cel's insanity after enduring his 6 months of torture-as-punishment is foreshadowed, so more thrilling times are clearly on the horizon. *crosses fingers and hopes*
As is common with a lot of second-in-series books, this one didn't quite live up to it's predecessor. Oh, there was still tons of fairy goodness, but I found this one to be significantly less entertaining.
In book 2, Merry has once again left the midwestern Sithen for SoCal, this time with her aunt's blessing, and with her "Guard" ("Guard" is a euphemism for "harem") in tow.
After returning to her home, Merry is almost immediately propositioned by an excommunicated Seelie Fae who desperately wants to become pregnant.
Wut?
Oh, and this excommunicated Fae was excommunicated b/c she insinuated to the Seelie King that he had a virility *ehem* problem, which is slightly-more-than-a-problem, b/c apparently the fertility of the monarch is representative of the rest of his people, so he's knowingly kept the Seelie infertile for at least 100 years.
Well . . . that sucks, but it's not really exciting, is it?
Ominous though, and the King has eyes everywhere, so when he finds out that Merry has been talking with the banished whistle blower, Merry begins to experience the unpleasantness of his "attention" ("attention" is a euphemism for "thinly veiled attempts to end her life").
And rather reckless attempts at that: he unleashes a centuries old accumulation of power that was created when the Fae were given citizenship in America and the most other of the Fae gave up that which made them other.
Anyway, Tanaris (King) lets this thing loose, but can't control it, and havoc is wrecked.
So some action, I suppose, but not very much, and not until the very end.
Oh, and Merry has sex with Kitto (the 4 ft tall half snake goblin), and I'm sorry, but that has got to give even the most veteran LKH readers pause.
Also disappointing was the complete absence of Sholto from this installment . . .
On the bright side, Cel's insanity after enduring his 6 months of torture-as-punishment is foreshadowed, so more thrilling times are clearly on the horizon. *crosses fingers and hopes*