Book Review: A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton

I will not lie to you. I am a huge Laurell K. Hamilton fan. Did I mention I was a HUGE fan?! I love her books, however I have not read one of her books in some time. I have always read her Anita Blake series but not her Merry Gentry series. Therefore, I thought I would give it a try.

This series deals with the live of Merry Gentry, who is a formerly exiled Unseelie Fae. The book, A Kiss of Shadows, tells the story of how Merry goes from hated exile to wanted courtier. With family who wants her dead to guards and enemies of the court wanted to bed her, Merry's ordinary day goes from normal to chaotic.The question is will she live to see the end of it?

Hamilton does her research on fae legends and describes them perfectly. The story is fast paced and I found myself finishing it in under two weeks (this is a record for me). There was plenty of action ans suspense which brings me back over and over again to all of Hamilton's works. However, as with most of Hamilton's stories, only one thing bothered me-the constant sex scenes. Not even 1/8 into the book and there were two sex scenes. I believe by the end of the book, there were over half a dozen sex scenes. Don't get me wrong, I am no way a prude but when I read I want entertainment and escape. I have a good sex life and don't need a character's sex life as a form of escape. One or even three sex scenes are okay but don't make it the sole purpose of story. Yet in the way, it needed to be. It is just a shame it had to be that way.

Overall, would I read another Hamilton book. Duh, did you read the first part of this review?