“In the last book, Merry was kidnapped and raped by her uncle Taranis. She's already pregnant with twins, but he hopes to claim they are his heirs. And one of Merry's body-guard-harem, Killer Frost, had chosen to sacrifice himself (being turned into a stag) in order to save her. Now she has been saved from Taranis and is back in human hands, in the hospital where the doctors and police are super-protective of her. That doesn't keep enemies from continuing their attacks upon her and her men, however. Much of the book is concerned with saving people--her men and others--from death and destruction, bouncing from the Seelie Court to the dwelling of the Slough and back to the US.
Lots of breathless action with odd breaks for dialogue and exposition... and sex, of course, which is as usual. The story arc was more complete than in the last book. This could almost have been the end of the series, only there are certainly more to come in this series. I'm not a huge fan of LKH's books, but occasionally I'll pick one up from the library just to see what all the fuss is about. This one was readable, and the characters weren't unsympathetic (although I'm not a fan of blatant Mary Sues), but that's about all that can be said about it. If you're a hard-core fan, it's worth picking up, of course. Not so much if you're not.”
aprillee wrote this review Wednesday, May 20 2009.
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