Is Merry swallowing darkness (Swallowing Darkness - Laurell K. Hamilton)

Member Name: Bohoangel

Product:	Swallowing Darkness - Laurell K. Hamilton
Date:	09/08/09 (18 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Action packed, good pace read

Disadvantages: None that I can think of

The Author
Laurell K Hamilton is a bestselling author and has been on the New York bestselling author with this book and previous others. She lives in St Louis, Missouri with her daughter and husband Jon. She writes two major series, the first is the Anita Blake series and the second which this book is from is the Merry Gentry series.

On the Cover
I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at last I am with child - twins, fathered by my royal guard...
Yet my uncle, Taranis, the King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father. He abducted me, betrayed and defiled me, and now he brands my guards as a threat to my unborn children.
Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my Aunt's throne - and dangerously ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race to reign over the unseelie court. Indeed, not all in faerie are rejoicing in my condition. Conspirators throughout the realm plot against me and mine, seeking to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word to cold steel. But I must stay alive to see my children born, and to claim my place as queen. And I have supporters still, friends even, among the goblins and the slaugh, who will stand by me...
Yes I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me will pay a terrible price. For I am truly my father's daughter and to protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything - even if it means waging a great war against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as a princess of faerie.

My Opinion
I really enjoyed reading this book, it kept a good pace throughout the story and I managed to read it in a week. It starts of in the hospital where the sixth book left off, the first few chapters sets the tone for book and is action packed. We get to see the wild hunt in action and find out a mystery that started in the first book. After the first couple of chapters we end up in faerie where the wild magic is. There are some things that you don't expect to happen. I think you would need to read the previous books to help understand this book. We also see how much she loves one of the guards. The father of the pregnancy needs a little thinking to get your head around it to but I will leave that for you to discover. Overall a really good read.

The Book
The story is set out over 363 pages and is sold in hardback. It will be coming to paperback in November in the UK. It is available in most good book stores and on the internet. Prices range from £12.59 onwards.
ISBN 978-0-593-05954-8.

The next book in the series is called Divine Misdemeanors and will be available in Winter 2009.

I have previosly written this reviw on www.ciao.co.uk under the same user name.

Summary: A book about Merry Gentey and the land of faerie.