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Despite the selkies, brownies, goblins, and ogres in this book, it's not for children. The fey are "creatures of the senses"--and in the Unseelie court, sex and pain go together. Merry is sexually adventurous and surrounded by gorgeous, powerful males, most of whom want her badly. She's politically savvy and no coward, though she's not the warrior Anita is. Hamilton fans and readers of adult fairy tales like Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy will want to give Merry a look. --Nona Vero -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Ein neuer Job den Meredith annimmt ist jedoch so gefährlich, dass ihre Deckung auffliegt. Und Andais schickt ihre Wächter aus, Meredith zurückzuholen. Während Meredith noch glaubt auch ihre Tante ist nur auf ihren Tod aus, muss sie feststellen, dass sich das Leben am königlichen Hof in den letzten Jahren sehr gewandelt hat. Königin Andais unterbreitet ihr einen ungewöhnlichen Vorschlag.
Wow das war ein fantastisches Buch!!! Auch wenn sich die Beschreibung eher harmlos anhört muss ich doch darauf hinweisen, dass die Selkies, Brownies, Goblins und Ogres in diesem Roman keinesfalls harmlos sind. Laurell K. Hamilton schafft es dieses wilde Gemisch an außergewöhnlichen Wesen, erstaunlichen Sexszenen und einer atemberaubenden Story wunderbar unter einen Hut zu bringen. Wer paranormale Geschichten mit einem düsteren Hauch mag, der wird "A Kiss of Shadows" genauso lieben wie ich!
This time Hamilton's heroine is an insider to tumultuous political intrigue, third in line to the throne of her people. The Princess Meredith NicEssus fled from the courts of Faeire, knowing that because of her mortality she would not survive another duel as she was unwillingly drawn into a power struggle over the question of succession. For three years she has lived among the humans, working as Merry Gentry for the Grey Detective Agency ("Supernatural Problems, Magical Solutions"), while sighting of the missing elfin princess became as popular as Elvis sightings in the tabloid press. Once again we are presented with a world "in media res," where the back-story on the heroine's circumstances are doled out during the narrative (along with some interesting references to what the fey did to Eva Braun with Hitler ticked them off). We assume this is the same alternative reality as the Anita Blake books since she has encountered the fey. But while part of "A Kiss of Shadows" takes place in the St. Louis area, there is never any mention of vampires, werewolves or animators. Early in the novel Meredith is "outted" by circumstances, and is stunned to find that things have changed at the high court and that apparently her aunt, the Queen of the Air and Darkness, no longer wants her dead. Or is this simply intrigue wrapped up in intrigue after intrigue?
Yes, the sexuality of these characters is prominent throughout the novel, as has increasingly been the case in the Anita Blake novels, although here it is tempered somewhat by the idea that sex has political implications to the fey. Certainly Princess Meredith embraces the joys of sex, as well as the prices it demands at times, more willingly than Anita has for the most part. But then Hamilton, who has created some of the most intense scenes in contemporary horror literature, has been writing for mature readers almost from the start. There is growing concern about the sex in her books, but the violence has almost always been more excessive and ultimately more compelling. The main difference between this and the Anita Blake books is that here there is a definite story arc, having to do with whether Princess Meredith will be able to stop her cousin, Prince Cel, from inheriting the throne. As the mists of uncertainty are swept away, what is revealed is a much more black and white world, where the battle lines are clearly drawn. Certainly there are a lot of recognizable features to this new beginning, but Hamilton has always been an engaging writer so that even as her fondness for soft core sex becomes more explicit, there are characters and a story worth pursuing.
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