Beth G. (BethG) - , reviewed on 4/11/2010 + 108 more book reviews

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This is the first book by Ms. Hamilton that I have read. I liked this book's elaborate world with the fey living openly in America and subject to the tabloids. I also liked that she had 2 royal courts of sidhe and so many kinds of fey, goblins, brownies, etc. The intricate politics were also interesting.

But, and this is a big one, everything came down to sex. The book would be at least a third shorter, if the sex scenes were left out. And the whole plot seems to be geared to forcing our heroine into having sex with a large assortment of beautiful sidhe.

I am so tired of sex scenes. They dont turn me on; they bore me. Im not shocked. I dont disapprove or think they are wicked. If that is what someone wants to read, fine. But why does EVERY book in romance / fantasy/ sf, that is targeted to women, have to have long explicit sex scenes? I do wish some books would go back to: they kiss passionately, the world spins, cut to next morning. Leaving more to my imagination is actually sexier to me.

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