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Merry Gentry and her band of merry men are back. This time with as much style and pizzazz as the first three books in the series. Divine Madness brought the series back from the edge of "but she started out so well" territory. The characters show much more depth. There is mystery galore between the covers. Also, amazing sensuality.
Merry is a fairy princess, pregnant with twins. Her men are the royal body guards that once belonged to the evil Queen, Merry's aunt Andais. Each one of the male characters are rich in depth and detail. Each one swoon worthy. And totally committed to keeping Merry and the babies safe from her relatives, who moistly just want her dead or under their thumb.
Merry is focused on the lesser fey, magical races, and humans surrounding the princess and her magical court. She tries to balance a career as a private detective with her fame and escaping assassination attempts. All the while getting surprise visits from the Goddess herself. She's a busy woman.
The writing is, as always, pretty good. It's fast paced, action packed, sexy as can be, a really fun reading experience. I definitely will be suggestive this one, along with the rest of the series, to my friends and acquaintances.


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Divine Misdemeanors A Novel Meredith Gentry Book 8 Laurell K Hamilton Books Reviews

Divine Misdemeanors is an enjoyable addition to the overall Merry Gentry tale. There is a continual development of her place in the world of fairy and with her relationships with her guards and lovers. There was a number of important changes in the group dynamics and at least one major unexpected occurrence in the plot line that was truly startling. As always, the characters are the driving force for this story. Each guard has a distinct personality and it is an enjoyable read to see them progress in their relationship with the princess.
Another fast moving story of our favorite heroine, back in southern California ,during her early pregnancy. Part of the fascination of this story is the constant challenge of her ability to facilitate between many species with their different cultures and values, different status gifts and weaknesses, and part of this is amusement that some of her greatest gifts are through love and lust. Her world is in the midst of unprecedented transition, where magic is becoming a part of reality.
Yes, I agree with the other reviews - BORING! Her Anita Blake novels have devolved into soft core porn done MUCH better by Ann Rice. The Meredith Gentry novels started out as murder mysteries that have now just given the heroine a new reason to describe tall guys with multicolored hair and skin. Yawn. If she had continued with a story line - almost any story line - it might have been worth it. Ruth Rendell, Agatha Christie, Elizabeth George, etc. have all made careers with repeating characters solving repeating mysteries. Hamilton says she was bored with Anita - maybe it is writing she is bored with?
As I have been reading all of SKY's works for years now and often more then once I usually find some new piece that I overlooked or misread. This book was before the supposed last Merry and honestly should have been longer with all of the characters involved I felt although good it could have been better.
Mainly it just reads unfinished especially in relation to Rhys and his new Sithen, Merry's relative, Gilda, even the police/detection work.
This book didn't have the heart-stopping action as the previous novels, although it was well written and had a good storyline. There was a lot of infighting between the guards and Merry, trust issues also abound. Yet Merry manages to do the improbable and continues to balance out both guards and lovers, even the friends in her life. Bittersweet was a sad character, sometimes Bitter, sometimes Sweet - but always doing her best in everything she does. I feel bad for the little fae. I totally understand feeling as if you aren't good enough and that sometimes being yourself isn't enough either
I have loved most of LKH's books since then was introduced to them 15 years ago. The plot twists, character development and continuation through the series have always been a source of enjoyment for me. I rarely get to read these days and when I do, I reach for my favorites and favorite authors. I am no longer shocked by the sex scenes, and truthfully I can live without them. Hamilton has a way of drawing you in and keeping by you engaged.
She may have turned down the crown to the Unseelie court a month ago, but to her entourage, the demi-fey and Red Caps, Merry is their queen. She was separately crowned by faerie as the Queen of the Sluagh, and that's a title she did keep. About two months pregnant with twins, Merry is back working for the Gray Detective Agency and asked to consult when a number of demi-fey are killed and everything is staged to match a picture in a children's book. The demi-fey have to be warned and not everyone is on board with how to handle the situation.

One memorable character we meet is Gilda, the Fairy Godmother of L.A. She believes she's the leader of the fey in the area and Merry wants to know just how the elderly woman's power was increased.

We see some problems on the home front as some of the newer guards don't yet trust Merry to keep her word on it being okay for them to have relationships with others. After all, both sides of her family are crazy. And one of the people brought into their godhood is allowing it to go to his head and has to be reined in.

This story is back to being part mystery although a lot of ink is again devoted to sex and an increase in power. In an interesting twist, Danu is again working through Merry, but this time to help the soldiers who are still wearing the nails that fell out of her shoulder, using them to heal.

An interesting mix of topics that is somewhat buried in conversation and sex that is too graphic and drawn out for my liking.
Merry Gentry and her band of merry men are back. This time with as much style and pizzazz as the first three books in the series. Divine Madness brought the series back from the edge of "but she started out so well" territory. The characters show much more depth. There is mystery galore between the covers. Also, amazing sensuality.
Merry is a fairy princess, pregnant with twins. Her men are the royal body guards that once belonged to the evil Queen, Merry's aunt Andais. Each one of the male characters are rich in depth and detail. Each one swoon worthy. And totally committed to keeping Merry and the babies safe from her relatives, who moistly just want her dead or under their thumb.
Merry is focused on the lesser fey, magical races, and humans surrounding the princess and her magical court. She tries to balance a career as a private detective with her fame and escaping assassination attempts. All the while getting surprise visits from the Goddess herself. She's a busy woman.
The writing is, as always, pretty good. It's fast paced, action packed, sexy as can be, a really fun reading experience. I definitely will be suggestive this one, along with the rest of the series, to my friends and acquaintances.