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Title: A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton, TBD ISBN: 1-58788-124-1 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 11 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 (240 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: No comparisons, please.
Comment: I have read every book of the Anita Blake series. I had my favorites, but I enjoyed the overall series. I bought "Kiss of Shadows" with no expectations beyond the hints that the characters were even better than that of the Anita series. I have an interest with supernatural tales, and this book makes a good start. No, not every character was detailed, nor was every lead in the plot explained. I simply remember that this is a start to a series and those little hints will grow into wonderful new tales. I don't think it is fair to compare this book with the Anita Blake series because this is just one book, just starting.
Meredith, the missing fey princess, is dragged back into UnSeelie Court life. Surrounded by beautiful, backstabbing fey, she must determine who is friend or foe in order to survive. Finding her powers just in the nick of time, Meredith earns her born right of princess of the UnSeelie fey.
Give this book a try and read it all the way through. I found it to be worth every penny.
Rating: 2
Summary: Dazed and Confused in California
Comment: I discovered Laurell K. Hamilton and the Anita Blake series on a particularly long and boring business trip. Since first picking up one of her books at the airport, I have read everything of hers' I could find. I heisated buying "Obsidian Butterfly" in hard cover because I confess she was a "guilty pleasure" of mine and not someone I admit to reading. I did, however, finally break down and buy it and it has been one of my favorites.
Naturally, I was all over this new book, "Kiss of Shadows" because I have become a proud fan. I liked the idea of Ms. Hamilton introducing a new line of characters and I think I opened the book in confident anticipation. I just finished the book last night and it was all I could do to get through it. Her new character Meredith is actually an uninhibited Anita Blake with alot less common sense. I didn't find a single character in the story that I want to learn more about in the sequel, which I am sure is being written as I write this!
My main critism of the book is that the story is hard to follow as are the natures of the characters. At first I liked the Meredith character for her wonderful acceptance, even sexually of these odd creatures she came to know, whether from her past or from her present career. But, after a while, she was giving out favors to just about anything that crossed her path, whether she cared about them or not. I started to get the feeling that this story was just about proving that Laurell K. Hamilton can write erotic sex scenes through a whole book!
Mostly, I'm disappointed because I thought I would learn alot about another fascinating world that this author is capable of drawing her readers into. Unfortunately, I think she threw too much at once at us and left me and I'll bet plenty of others, dazed and confused!
Rating: 2
Summary: An Okay Beginning
Comment: Kiss of Shadows is entertaining enough in a lurid, trashy/gothic romance kind of way. However, I am of the distinct impression that Hamilton relies so heavily on physically describing the characters that she overlooked the actual "character" development. These people are quite shallow and unconvincing as thought bearing creatures. The plot is not really all that fabulous either. Even still, Kiss of Shadows is a good enough book to take on the bus or to your lunch break. Skip it if you want to sit down for some quality reading time. Get it if you want a quick, uninvolved read.
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Title: Seduced By Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton ISBN: 034544356X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton ISBN: 0515133876 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton ISBN: 0515134503 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton ISBN: 0515134457 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton ISBN: 0515134465 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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