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A Stroke of Midnight par Laurell K. Hamilton
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A Stroke of Midnight (édition 2005)

par Laurell K. Hamilton

Séries: Meredith Gentry (4)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real homeâ??because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.

Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell. But not all the assassination attempts are his. Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. Enemies unforeseen move against usâ??enemies who would murder the least among us.

The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queenâ??s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await meâ??and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death.

I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the lesser fey of our court. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will comfort him. The gentlest of my guards will find new strength and break my heart. Passions undreamed of await usâ??and my enemies gather, for the future of both courts of faerie beg
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Titre:A Stroke of Midnight
Auteurs:Laurell K. Hamilton
Info:New York : Ballantine Books, c2005.
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Mots-clés:meredith gentry, four, series, faerie, urban fantasy, fiction, ebook

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Merry Gentry, Tome 4 : Les assauts de la nuit par Laurell K. Hamilton

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I've read the Anita Blake series and while I see many similarities between the two series, I really like that they're two completely different stories. I don't feel like I'm just reading Anita's story with different names. One has to wonder just how many men one woman can take into her bed, though. I think by the end of this book, Merry is up to 18 men and 2 women. And she still has to go back to LA and find a place for all of them to live.
And I'm running to library to get [bc:Mistral's Kiss|30224|Mistral's Kiss (Meredith Gentry, #5)|Laurell K. Hamilton|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168063554s/30224.jpg|4198] to see what happens next. I said I wouldn't do that because I'm going to finish the published books and have to wait for the next Merry book, but I can't help myself. ( )
  amandabeaty | Jan 4, 2024 |
Another great read with a qualifier. I read this author for her descriptive narration and the sex scenes, To the 'serious literature' hounds who are looking for classic novels - this is not it.
There are pages dominated by descriptive sex scenes and elements of repetition throughout. Hamilton will use the same phrase frequently or repeat lines of inner dialogue. The storyline sometimes suffers lulls and tangents as it gets overwhelmed by the descriptive parts. This effect is overly noticeable in the audiobooks (I think because on paper a reader can do skim reading when it becomes a bit too much - but with audio, you have to listen to every word) ( )
  DragonJude | Oct 28, 2023 |
I enjoy the Merry Gentry books. The worldbuilding is why I'm still reading them. I want to find out what happens to the Courts and the Queen. ( )
  msmattoon | Aug 24, 2023 |
Rather disjointed writing. Reads like fanfiction. ( )
  aeryn0 | Jul 23, 2023 |
I am a big fan of Laurell K. Hamilton. I do prefer her Anita Blake series but her Merry Gentry series is quite good too. As usual, for her, it is a very well developed world with lots of violence. It can be a bit tricky to keep all the guys straight but in general I find the books to have far more positives than negatives. ( )
  KateKat11 | Sep 24, 2021 |
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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real homeâ??because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.

Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell. But not all the assassination attempts are his. Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. Enemies unforeseen move against usâ??enemies who would murder the least among us.

The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queenâ??s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await meâ??and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death.

I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the lesser fey of our court. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will comfort him. The gentlest of my guards will find new strength and break my heart. Passions undreamed of await usâ??and my enemies gather, for the future of both courts of faerie beg

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