A Lick of Frost (Meredith Gentry, Book 6) by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Book Reviews of A Lick of Frost (Meredith Gentry, Book 6)
Book Review: Better than several of the previous books...
Summary: 4 Stars
This one was better than several of the previous books in the series. It had a better plot, was faster-paced, and had less unnecessary mid-action dialogue. It still had a few slow spots where a little too much politics, dialogue, and overly detailed (not erotically-written) sex scenes, but the action and better plot overcame some of that. Hopefully the next book will continue the upward trend.Book Review: My favorite Merry Gentry book!!
Summary: 4 Stars
(Very Mild Spoilers) This book was awesome!! Def. my favorite of the series, i even liked it better than Swallowing Darkness. The ending was so sad I actually cried, but I was really happy too. The whole ordeal with King Taranius and the rescue was excellent. The whole book was just a great read.Book Review: more of our favorie fairy princess! great book
Summary: 4 Stars
ok, i liked the anita blake series and started reading this one... i quicking ordered them all. fun and sexy. very good readBook Review: More plot than most of this series has had in the last few books
Summary: 3 Stars
Ah, the next book in the Meredith Gentry series (book #6 if you want to keep track). This is a series that I read because I like reading about the Seelie and Unseelie courts. I am not sure why else I read it. The plot is complex and interwoven and the characters interesting. Meredith herself is an interesting contrast of personality traits. Like most of Laurell Hamilton's books I think I can best review this by breaking it down into the good, the bad, and the ugly.
This series makes no secret about devoting itself to sex. Strangely this book was lacking in the numerous number of pages detailing sex scenes. There were a measly two sex scenes; no sex until around 200 pages into the book...I mean wow! That's got to be a record. There is a lot of talking about sex. So onto the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The Good
- The plot moves...seriously the plot actually advances in this book (notice I didn't say quickly). A good portion of the 300+ pages are devoted to plot!
- We get to hear about Frost's past; I love Frost and I loved hearing about his past.
- Amazing fairy things continue to happen and amazing creatures are introduced
- The book focuses on 4-5 of Merry's "men" instead of having her sleep with a plethora of them
- The Red Cap goblins are back; I love them.
The Bad
- Continuous rants about how every kind of sex is acceptable take up loads of page space. We get it, S&M can be a good thing, multiple partners can be fun...now let's move on.
- Merry humoring her thousand year old boyfriends' need for constant emotional support; geez if I had to try and not to hurt the feelings of 20 guys at once I guess it would take time...but does it have to take up soooo much page space???
The Ugly
- Merry's guards seem to never be around to guard her when something extremely bad happens...what it up with that!
- This whole book, like the last two, spans a time frame of maybe a day.
- Rumors are that Swallowing Darkness is not the end, we will continue to be tortured by this incredibly strung out story.
***SPOILER START****
- Much of the book is taken up preparing with you for a sex scene between Merry and the goblins but it doesn't lead much of anywhere.
***SPOILER END*****
Okay so, in general this book had more plot and less sex than I was actually expecting so that is a good thing. It focused more on characters I like and less at throwing in a billion new men for Merry to have at it with. All-in-all I wasn't disappointed. I read a ton of paranormal genre books and these books are still very creative and reasonably well-written compared to most of them. I know it's easy to gripe about the lack of plot, etc. etc. I am guilty of that too; still Hamilton is a good writer. I mean how many other people have made erotica hit the New York Times bestseller list?
I'll read the next book because I am a sucker for the characters. I am hoping the series doesn't drag on for too much longer though. Seems to me the overall story could come to an end soon.
Book Review: Meredith Gentry 6: A Lick of Frost
Summary: 3 Stars
Meredith Gentry #6: A Lick of Frost, by Laurell K. Hamilton
FINALLY! "A Lick of Frost" returns the Meredith Gentry series to the promise of the first two books - the action is back with a very fast paced plot, and for once, there isn't a deluge of sexual action.
The novel opens with Merry and some of her guards in a lawyer's office, defending accusations of rape on a Seelie sidhe woman. King Taranis, the ruler of the Seelie court, the court of light and goodness, went to human police and pressed charges against Galen, Rhys, and Abeloec - breaking an unwritten rule of faerie law. You don't go outside of faerie for justice. So obviously Taranis has some trick up his sleeve, but will Merry figure it out in time?
It quickly becomes clear that Taranis has gone insane - the thin veneer of sanity lifts when Merry denies him, and he attacks her guards in front of humans, nearly killing Doyle. Another spin comes when one of the king's nobles offers her the Seelie throne, which quickly puts Merry's sadistic aunt, Queen Andais of the Unseelie, into a very bad mood. The action continues after that, continuing several plot threads that haven't been seen for a few books; but notably, many of the guards that Merry acquired have no lines at all, and aren't even mentioned. Why introduce a ton of new characters, and then leave them out?
I'm so-so on this book. On one hand I enjoyed it quite a bit, as there was finally more action and plot then sex scenes. As I've said in other reviews of books in this series, I don't read for the sex - I read because I like the world Hamilton has created. Finally, in "A Lick of Frost," there's some development, there's something happening. And also, there's finally some tragedy - with all the assassination attempts in the series and danger, no one has been seriously hurt, which is somewhat unrealistic. But, on the other hand, some things left me confused. Apparently a month has passed since "Mistral's Kiss," but I don't know what happened in that month; I think it's implied that Merry's been busy in the bedroom trying to get pregnant so she can take the throne, but come on. The ending also feels rushed, and jumps from A to B a little too quickly.
3/5.