Swallowing Darkness

This is the 7th book in the Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton and I just finished reading it now. I don't know if you know much about Laurell K. Hamilton, but she is known for her Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series. I can't believe I faced the danger of getting into trouble at work just so I could read this book before everyone else can. (The book was on the newly received shelf at work, I'm number 105 on the wait list, so I just lifted the book and took it home to read. What? It wasn't like the customers on the wait list were delayed or anything, the new books sit on that shelf for days. I finished this book in just one night! I'm returning it to the shelf tomorrow)

*Spoiler Alert*

I have to say, I'm quite disappointed with the ending. Meredith and Doyle conceded (or do you say abdicated?) the throne to the Unseelie Court just so Frost could be human again. WTF? Laurell, you did not just put the readers through 7 books of political intrigue, assasination attempts, gratuitously growth of magical powers just so Meredith could give away the throne that she fought so long to get. But I guess now that Prince Cel is dead, she has lost one major reason to be queen of the Unseelie court, which is to prevent Cel becoming the ruler.

One thing to point out, Meredith stopped short of having tentacle sex with Sholto because they were interrupted. Being the sick person that I am secretly at heart, I was actually disappointed. I mean Diana Gabaldon (one of the reviews printed on the back of the book) wrote "I've never met a writer with a more fertile imagination". Just how fertile would Laurell's imagination has to be for her to write tentacle sex? (Not that it would ever be possible in main stream literature)

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