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I hated this book. The story was pointless and the writing repetitive, and if I had to hear the word tentacle used one more time.
I am addicted to this series and can't wait to read the next book. Laurall K Hamilton really knows how to draw in a reader and keeps me coming back for more.
If so, it wasn't as well done as it could've been. It seemed the author planned to end the series here.
It had a better plot, but it still happened over just a couple of days or so when I think a pacing it over a lengthier timeline would work better. I liked this one better than some of the previous books in this series, but it still had problems.
I've skimmed in the last several books - it's not a good sign when a reader has to skim. It didn't have overlong political descriptions, but the author still goes into wayyyy too much detail with some things (appearance, clothing, hair, etc).
What could've been described in one paragraph sometimes goes on for pages. maybe.
I'm giving this one 4 stars rather than 3 simply because it did have a better plot, and the balance between plot/action and descriptions/dialogue scenes was a little better this time around.
This book was fantastic, the imagery is gorgeous and the charcacters keep you spell bound, its a book worthy of my attentions and everyone who reads them will kick themselves for not reading them before. I knew what I wanted when I ordered this book and the it got to me so very quickly that I was able to read it before christmas morning. Its absolutley wonderful and the plot is fantastic. Wonderful Item.
If you are looking for something in the same vein as the last couple of books in this series where there was lots of sex and pretty much nothing else you will be sadly disappointed. There were some situations that originally I was surprised how they were handled or didn't appear to really be handled at all. The book actually made it to chapter sixteen before any sort of sexual activity between Merry and her men came along. If however you are looking for the book to start to move along some plot points and to tie up ends in this series than it is something you will want to read. However as I thought more about what we as readers knew about Merry's life up to that point and what she had been exposed to during her life I realized that she would have an entirely different take on the situations and perhaps handle them much as they were handled in the book. Overall it was nice to see several loose ends tied up no matter how they were handled.
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