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Galen accidentally released all the prisoners in the Hall of Mortality in book, Merry and her guards are whisked back to LA and away from her cousin's insanity.
Except that they're far from safe when King Taranis sets his sights on luring Merry to his court through whatever means necessary, More wild magic is released and Merry receives news that is both welcome
and heartbreaking, Parts of this book killed me, Come to think of it, that's probably why I never read the latest books that came out in the series, I was dead. Knowing that that next book ties up the main story arc made the reread on this one a little easier, One way or another Merry will have the things she needs, whether it's the Queendom of the Unseelie Court or the love of her men in exile.
Sixth in the Meredith Gentry erotic urban fantasy series revolving around a halfhuman faerie princess and her Merry Men,
My Take
The joys and miseries continue to accumulate as Merrys magic continues to bring back powers that were lost and rouse jealousy within the queen as she fumes over the loss of her guard to Merrys side, about the bright flavors that Merry causes to arise in the Unseelie Court, and the rumors flooding back to the Unseelie Court from the Seelie.
Andais is so angry she would be willing to "condemn all of faerie to death because it is not the faerie she wishes it to be".There are so many beautiful truths in this story, Truths about love, ones heart, and caring with some tremendous events occurring: the creation of a new sithen, a kings madness, sacrifice and renewal, and a sense of prophecy.
Ooh, boy. I was curious to see how Merry and her accused men would get out of this charge, and it went in directions I would have never foreseen.
Too exciting for words with all sorts of potential problems for the Seelie Court, Yes!!
I enjoyed the encounters with all the lawyers, They were an ambitious lot with Shelby and Cortez more interested in how the case could help their careers, Veducci was a sly dog, both helpful and a bit harmful for Merry with all the unexpected knowledge he has of the fae, He did at least play fair, although it was touchandgo there as Hamilton slid us in and out and all around the issues of illusion and what was purposeful and what was not.
He had a good explanation of the presence,
Its a lot of giveandtake with careful tiptoeing around to avoid lying while answering truthfully, for there is much that cannot be said, although there seems to be too much information that should have remained unknown floating around that conference table.
Nice point by Merry that the fae have no connection to Christian religion, I liked the note Merry makes about the still dead beauty of the Seelie Court, Ooh, and a bit more background detail on the separation of the courts into Seelie and Unseelie,
Then there are those Anitaisms: how she likes oral sex just like Anita, her enjoyment of a mans scars just like Anita, Thank god shes more relaxed about sex than Anita,
Oh, crack me up! The whole sexual aspect of Merry and her men arises with the humans dumbfounded even as they dwell on the more prurient aspects while Merry still doesnt understand the human fear of sex.
The questions about celibacy are fair enough there are sixteen men vying for Merrys bed, Six of them were once part of Prince Essus Cranes who were coopted by Prince Cel,
I will do my best not to take offense, except where it is given,Oh, god, Andais threatens Merry with the loss of her guard! Then I cried over Frosts story of how he came to life,
Hmmm, I wonder if therell be a court revolution with the lesser fae turning the tide,
Kittos fears about Merrys other men come out, and Merry discovers that Kitto sees her as his new master, happy that he belongs.
Lovely moment between Kitto and Rhys, We also discover that Rhys had asked Essus if he would consider him for a fiancé for Merry, but Essus had a preference for life.
And this one always makes me cry
The Story
Its a first for Taranis, to use human law for his own ends.
And its the beginning of his end, when he uses the ambassador and confronts Merry and her men in the lawyers office, He is so desperate and so full of belief in his own godlike glory that he has no clue how he's opening himself up,
Taranis own Court is opening in wonder at the old magic that is returning to the fae with envy for the growth that has come to the Unseelie and the sluagh.
The Characters
Princess Meredith “Merry Gentry” NicEssus is in a race against time to become pregnant, Proven fertilityRhys tells her of “some of the women of her mothers line goddesses of fertility, love, lust a warm lot in that good earthy way”will put her on the throne instead of her insane, sexual sadist of a cousin, Prince Cel.
Her father, Prince Essus, was of the Unseelie Court, the queens beloved brother, and he was murdered, A pregnant Minnie and Mungo are Merrys fae dogs, Besaba is Merrys unloving Seelie mother, How unloving you may ask Besabas Bane is one of Merrys names in the Seelie Court,
Her Merry Men
Captain Doyle is now Merrys Darkness and the captain of the princess guard with his pack of hellhounds.
He and Lieutenant Frost, a, k. a. , the Killing Frost, who fears he is not sidhe enough, are those whom Merry loves most, Galen is a greenman, a symbol of fertility who has already proven his ability Sergeant Rhys is Cromm Cruach, a god of death, who truly loves Merry even though he knows she doesnt love him the sameat least his many terriers love him Abeleoc had been Accasbel, the god of intoxication, the original party boy who opened the first pub in Ireland and once made kings, queens, gods, and goddesses Usna is almost more cat than humanlike with all the calico spots his skin sports, and his mother is a favorite at the Seelie Court Aisling could have been king if not for Taranis treachery, although he still wields a treacherous power of his own Kitto is her lover from the goblin court, a snake goblin who has become sidhe and will aid Merry any way he can Amatheon had been a deity of agriculture Adair is both solar deity and oak grove and, an angry Onilwyn is still with them, angry as Merry refuses to let him in her bed.
Biddy, one of Cels guards, is pregnant with Niccas child, Fred has been Maeve Reeds human driver for thirty years, The formerly wingless fae followed Merry into exile, but thanks to Merrys magic, they now sport wings and are led by the twins Penny and Royal.
Hafwen is a healer, finally allowed out of her killing guise, Dr. Sang is a human doctor who refuses to allow Hafwen access,
Andais is the Queen of Air and Darkness and Merrys aunt, a goddess of war and destruction who is serialkiller crazy.
Andais abuses horribly those guards left her including Crystall and Mistral,
Taranis Thunderer, a sky and storm god, is Merrys greatuncle, the King of Light and Illusion, who is pressing rape charges through the human police against Rhys, Galen, and Abeleoc.
Ambassador Stevens is the official human ambassador to the courts of faerie, and hes been tricked for years, Lady Caitrin is the Seelie who claimed rape, Sir Hugh Belenus, one of the kings personal guard, is a Seelie firelord leading a faction who wants to depose Taranis, Lady Elasaid wishes Merrys help with her own fertility plan, A Cu Sith is finally in the Seelie Court due to events in sitelink Mistrals Kiss,, protecting those who need it.
Shanley, Barri, and another are the guards Merry must get past, Quinnie is the healer who helps Merry, Doctor Vanessa Hardy is the human who will help,
Kurag is the Goblin King who desperately wants out of this alliance Ash and Holly are fraternal twins, feared by most goblins.
Halfsidhe and halfgoblin, they want Merry to bring them into their power, A Gallytrot is a ghost dog, Jonty leads the Red Caps who all seem to have been brought into their power by Merrys hand of blood,
Sholto is King of the Sluagh, the Wild Hunt, Lord of That Which Goes Between,
The lawyers
Michael Shelby is the U, S. Attorney for Los Angeles Ernesto Bertram is his assistant, Miguel Cortez is the District Attorney for Los Angeles County, Pamelas boss Assistant D, A. Pamela Nelson is much too taken by the fae, Albert Veducci, a man who still believes in the law and knows too much about the fae, is the U, S. Attorney for St. Louis Grover is his assistant, Simon Biggs and Thomas Farmer are partners in Biggs, Biggs, Farmer, and Farmer, and they are Merrys lawyers hosting the meeting in which statements will be taken.
Officers Brewer and Kent are quite happy to have more guards at the hospital, Rose is the child with second sight who saw Jackie Frost and inspired him to life, the magic of love her mother is still a cook at the shining court.
Maeve Reed, the faeturnedHollywood goddess, is hiding out in Europe, Major Walters is the St, Louis PD fae liaison between humans and the Courts, Special Agent Raymond Gillett is the FBI agent who kept in touch with Merry after the investigation into her fathers death was stopped.
The Cover
The turquoise blue cover features Frost's naked back against a rainstreaked window, the open palm of his hand facing us through the glass and beginning to send out the hoarfrost for which he's named.
The title is about the Cu Sith created that night in the ballroom, a fae dog with a lick for all, but not A Lick For Frost.
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Laurell K. Hamilton