Review: A Glimmer of Death

A Glimmer of Death by Laurell K. Hamilton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

12 years- I didn't realize that was how long it's been since the last Merry Gentry book. At least we know for sure (maybe) that the next book ("A Ghost of Daylight" Expected publication April 13, 2027) is the last in the series and maybe she can finally do something that will take care of Taranis and maybe even Andais.

Nothing here was a true shocker. There was the usual talk about sex and a couple of sex scenes, but all in all it was mostly talk. A lot of what I consider filler -clothing, decor, inner thoughts and feelings, going over and over the same old things. It was almost as if the oublisher insisted that this book be so many pages, and Ms. Hamilton had to fill it with minutiae to fulfill her obligation. The usual.

This story brought back people we thought were dead, and it did have a fantastic ending.

I would have loved to see some more of Andais and Taranus, but I expect that will be in the next book.

*ARC supplied by the publisher Penguin Random House, the author, and NetGalley.

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Summary: "I am Meredith Gentry. Princess of the realm of faerie, private investigator in the mortal land of Los Angeles, mother of triplets, and lover to my men—the royal guards sworn to protect me. With a family and a court to support back home, I can’t say no to a job investigating a string of magical attacks against up-and-coming Hollywood actresses. Not when the case raises old nightmares from my own past. This time when I find out who is responsible for all this pain, I can make him pay.

But affairs in the land of faerie keep interrupting my hunt. Aisling is supposed to be the next king of the Seelie Court, but he is doubly cursed once by beauty and once by despair. If we cannot cure him my uncle Taranis, former King of Light and Illusion, may regain the throne. If he does he will destroy me and everyone I care about. Only true love will cure Aisling of his curse but is my love true enough? If not, I will share his fate and lose myself to the haunted magic that torments him.  

While we fight for one kingdom of faerie, my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, claims my deceased best friend, Keelin, has turned up alive and well along with a child supposedly sired by her dead son. If this baby is the true child of my former rival to the Unseelie throne, my enemies might use it to take the throne from me. Mysterious fey babies, curses both ancient and new are shaking the delicate balance of the faerie courts, and I am still hunting a monster terrorizing the women of Los Angeles."