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prairiewolf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
lavendermarch's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars
Reread March 20th, 2019
Ah, I love Mistral! Also, one hell of an ending. And a middle. And a beginning. In general, one hell of a book, I guess. Good mix of magic, action, and sex. I liked all the stuff with Sholto. It was interesting and nice to see. Glad Merry realized she loves Doyle (the most). 5 stars! On to book 6. So glad the online library has all of these.
Reread November 27th, 2019
Mistral is one of my favorites. He and Doyle are my top two, honestly. I love all of the pretty prose Hamilton uses to describe some of the magic in this book that involves Mistral. It's really lovely and powerful to read at times. There's a lot of developments in this book, both magically and romantically, and the ending is one hell of a kicker. This is probably my favorite of the series. 5 stars! Not sure if I'll continue rereading the rest of the series (new levels of darkness and sadness and all that) but I guess I'll see.
Reread March 20th, 2019
Ah, I love Mistral! Also, one hell of an ending. And a middle. And a beginning. In general, one hell of a book, I guess. Good mix of magic, action, and sex. I liked all the stuff with Sholto. It was interesting and nice to see. Glad Merry realized she loves Doyle (the most). 5 stars! On to book 6. So glad the online library has all of these.
Reread November 27th, 2019
Mistral is one of my favorites. He and Doyle are my top two, honestly. I love all of the pretty prose Hamilton uses to describe some of the magic in this book that involves Mistral. It's really lovely and powerful to read at times. There's a lot of developments in this book, both magically and romantically, and the ending is one hell of a kicker. This is probably my favorite of the series. 5 stars! Not sure if I'll continue rereading the rest of the series (new levels of darkness and sadness and all that) but I guess I'll see.
finalgirlreads's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Book 5 starts off with a dream sequence wherein Merry meets the God. She is gifted with a horned cup of some kind and has manifested it outside her dream, something we have seen happen once already.
This takes quite the early and spicy take. I definitely caught myself blushing from what I read. Though this novel does seem to be a bit repetitive in some of its descriptions. The magic continues to come alive and respond to Merry, as do the God and Goddess. The rest of the book is taken up by an epic and tense chase and battle scene. A nice and thrilling touch.
This takes quite the early and spicy take. I definitely caught myself blushing from what I read. Though this novel does seem to be a bit repetitive in some of its descriptions. The magic continues to come alive and respond to Merry, as do the God and Goddess. The rest of the book is taken up by an epic and tense chase and battle scene. A nice and thrilling touch.
xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Merry and her merry band of men are continuing on their quest to produce an heir in this book. Several of the guards have had powers restored to them, and tattoos are magically appearing on their bodies, bonding them to Merry in some sort of bizarre way. They somehow cause basically impossible things to happen through sex with each other. Merry also has another encounter with King Sholto, in which we learn more about him and things that happened to him. I really like Sholto, and am looking forward to continuing his story. Merry's crazy cousin Cel starts getting real crazy.
emmarj's review against another edition
4.0
It's embarrassing but I really liked this one! Maybe that was fueled by having read it entirely between 2 and 5am on various insomniac mornings but I think there is some actual character development in this installment of the Merry Gentry series.
Merry starts to make sense of her feelings for her guards, she embraces her powers at the end of the book, and we're left with a bit of a cliffhanger mystery with regard to the red caps which I'm always very interested in to begin with. Mistral's Kiss checked all the boxes for me, as far as smut goes.
More Sholto and less Mistral, please. I really do not like him. He's a creeper.
Merry starts to make sense of her feelings for her guards, she embraces her powers at the end of the book, and we're left with a bit of a cliffhanger mystery with regard to the red caps which I'm always very interested in to begin with. Mistral's Kiss checked all the boxes for me, as far as smut goes.
More Sholto and less Mistral, please. I really do not like him. He's a creeper.
helenkat's review against another edition
4.0
The intrigue and the description of the magic of faerie is fascinating.
merlin_reads's review against another edition
2.0
To me, this is the equivalent of Micah from the Anita Blake series. It's a novella, not a novel and does nothing to the series except make us try to like a new character. This book is just slightly over 200 pages and half of that is one sex scene with Mistral.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Mistral. He's a very intriguing character - even though he's kind of an ass. But the fact that he's a Storm Lord is fascinating to me and I want to know more about his powers and past. What I don't need is reading about his obsession with pain during sex and how much he reads as a sexual predator in those scenes.
Also, all the sex scenes read the same now so half the time I don't even bother.
The shining moments in this book actually had nothing to do with Mistral but with Sholto who has been a presence since the first book. His journey is probably the most interesting one as he is already a king in his own right but he's also so tormented by his own past that it makes him second guess his worth with everyone. There's huge development toward the end of this book, but it's almost looked over as Hamilton hardly spends anytime on it - she's more focused on the sex than anything else.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Mistral. He's a very intriguing character - even though he's kind of an ass. But the fact that he's a Storm Lord is fascinating to me and I want to know more about his powers and past. What I don't need is reading about his obsession with pain during sex and how much he reads as a sexual predator in those scenes.
Also, all the sex scenes read the same now so half the time I don't even bother.
The shining moments in this book actually had nothing to do with Mistral but with Sholto who has been a presence since the first book. His journey is probably the most interesting one as he is already a king in his own right but he's also so tormented by his own past that it makes him second guess his worth with everyone. There's huge development toward the end of this book, but it's almost looked over as Hamilton hardly spends anytime on it - she's more focused on the sex than anything else.
amazingjane's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
rclz's review against another edition
5.0
This is Laurell Hamilton's fifth book in the Meredith Gentry series and as with all the rest I'm burning my way through this series at an very high rate. Really love this series. Some of the best heroes and the most evil bad guys who are allies and foes. Great books.