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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345495938
ISBN: 0345495934
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: November 04, 2008
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: November 04, 2008
Studio: Ballantine Books
Sales Rank: 742
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For her last few books, Laurell K. Hamilton has been toning down the sexual content in favor of what can be loosely termed "plot."
Well, turns out there are far worse things than endless sparkly-magical sex scenes. After the shattering cliffhanger ending of the previous book, the seventh Merry Gentry book "Swallowing Darkness" promptly goes on a road tour of Faerie instead of sticking to an actual central plot. It feels like Hamilton has gone as far as she can, and is flailing around ... Read More
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Laurell K. Hamilton's principal strength as a writer is the vividness of the worlds she creates. Her universes are so evocative it keeps readers coming back for more. One main weakness is an imperfect grasp of the basics of writing. Twenty years ago, editors and proofreaders would have smoothed some of these wrinkles. Nowadays, the author is on their own.
After several installments where Merry's storyline advanced in mincing half steps (Seduced by Moonlight, A Stroke of Midnight, Mistral's ... Read More
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