Free A Lick Of Frost (Merry Gentry, #6) By Laurell K. Hamilton Provided As EPub

came to his knees and put his hands on my arms, and stared down into my face.
"I will love you always, When this red hair is white, I will still love you, When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin.
When your face is full of the line of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face, I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all.
I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leave your body or mine.
"

Laurell K. Hamilton. Meredith GentryA Lick of Frost Kindle Locations, Ballantine Books. Kindle Edition. also available on my blog sitelinkThe Shameful Narcissist Speaks,

I decided to give Laurell K, Hamiltons Merry Gentry series another try, considering Id ready well over ten of her Anita Blake books before I noped out due to nearly all of the plot being replaced by porn.
MG seemed to go down that slippery slope much quicker than Anita Blake did, as I believe theres a scene in one of the earlier books where Merry and company are running from a monster or something and they stop to fuck in a hallway facepalm.
Id barely finished the prior book in Anita Blake, Mistrals Kiss, which I gave one star, and looking back at my Goodreads ratings now even the one before that, A Stroke of Midnight, only received two, so I wasnt going into this with any high expectations.


But his hair was uniquely his own, silver, like metal beaten into hair,



I didnt think it was possible to describe silver hair in such a boring way.
Like really sigh And I fully consider I may be too harsh as I have my own way of describing silver hair that Laurell K Hamilton who is a best selling author whereas Im an unpublished nobody could utterly abhor “moonlight and ashes” is my usual go to.
Maybe Im being overly critical because the Goodreads rating of this entry is overwhelmingly positive at a.
average, but I had zero interest in Frost, whom Imcertain could pass for a Sephiroth clone likea legitimate one, not the FFVII mistranslation of “clone” just with grey eyes.



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I didnt even finish the first chapter, which seemed to be some sort of deposition because King Taranis of the Seelie Court has done something unprecedented in bringing charges against another fae to the human authorities in accusing three of Merrys guards of raping a Seelie Court woman, but Merry knows they didnt do it.
This is such an interesting conundrum because the fae cant lie, so whats going on But the plot is so plodding I just dont care.


When I first DNFs this, I looked at it as the sign it was time for me to wash my hands of Merry Gentry novels even as I planned to give the next Anita Blake book a try, though I have the same issues with that series as I do MG, and it turns out the next AB at the time was about her possibly being pregnant and the implications of all that.


There is an Anita Blake graphic novel series that focuses on the older and much better novels, which Im stoked to read, especially considering how hot JeanClaude looks on the cover



Unless LKH does something radically different with her novels, Im done with them except for the ones above, and since she neither reads reviews nor cares a wit for critiques I doubt that will happen.
I understand avoiding reviews to a point, but some of the critiques are valid, However, there are people who will continue to buy her novels either out of loyalty, sunk cost, “hate” review potential, or they genuinely enjoy them and dont have a problem with smut replacing plot.
Im just not one of those people, Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance

I think this is the first Merry Gentry novel that focuses significant time on plot rather then sex! In fact, I don't think sex happens until after pagewhich is pretty amazing, given I guesstamate that the previous book had aboutpages that weren't sex.
Events happen, evil plotting occurs! It isn't resolved, but the book reminded me of why I used to really like Laurell Hamilton's work.
We get more actions from the King of the Seelie court! Political scheming! Yeah! The shocking thing imo is that all the sex in A Mistral's Kiss actually becomes a plot point

in this book.
Who'da'thunk
I am not exactly sure why I keep reading this seriesbesides of the sex I mean.
Pure stubbornness, most likely. I just want to see what happens next, The storyline is pretty far fetched, but I still buy into it more than into the magic described in Stolen see my previous review.
Also my imagination gets a great workout, trying to picture the outlandish looks of all of Merry's bed companions.

For me this series gets better with each book, I am always expecting the new love twist, the new magic, some new development, But this one, broke my heart,
I tend to get sucked into the books that I read that I truly love and enjoy.
. I feel the emotions and develop my relationships with the characters,
Through out this series I have chosen my favorites, . . Doyle, Rhys, Frost, Galen and Kitto, I care a lot for the others, but these five are my favorites,
So much happens in this book, so many realizations, news that we have been waiting for.
A lot of heartbreak too, . .
Frost, he is so complicated, so stubborn and so defensive, so when you get a glimpse of his true emotions it takes you back.
there is a part of this book, that will stand out to me above all others, it moved me to tears.
the thought of someone saying this just breaks me, . .
"I will love you always, When this red hair is white, I will still love you, When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin.
When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face, I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all.
I will share your life with you, " "I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine"

Great series.
. . looking forward to reading the next one, . . Ok, so we actually get a lot of progression here,

Merry and her gang have left the court behind and are back in LA, but of course court politics have not left her.
Now, Taranis, the King of the Seelie court has accused three of Merry's men of raping a lady of his court.
Blindsided by this accusation, Merry has no choice but to confront her uncle about his lies, But of course this doesn't go as planned and has disastrous consequences,

I remember being so excited to read this book because Frost was one of my favorite characters.
And dang, he goes through some shit in this I'm honestly not sure how he's going to come back from it either.
But while the plot moved forward, the book was a little slow, Again, pacing has always been a issue of mine with Hamilton, For once I would like the book to move the plot forward while also maintaining the intensity and focus of this story.
It's either all sex or all mirror talking, There seems to be no in between,

I still want the showdown between Merry and Cel though and if that never happens this series will be a sham.
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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