Divine Misdemeanors: Meredith Gentry, Book 8

A Novel

By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye. In the fey and mortal realms alike, my life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama. Among my own, I have confronted horrendous enemies, endured my noble kin's treachery and malevolence, and honored my duty to conceive a royal heir - all for the right to claim the throne. But I turned my back on court and crown, choosing exile in the human world - and in the arms of my beloved Frost and Darkness.

While I may have rejected the monarchy, I cannot abandon my people. Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and my guardsmen and me deeply disturbed. My kind are not easily captured or killed. At least not by mortals. I must get to the bottom of these horrendous murders, even if that means going up against Gilda, the Fairy Godmother, my rival for fey loyalties in Los Angeles.

But even stranger things are happening. Mortals I once healed with magic are suddenly performing miracles, a shocking phenomenon wreaking havoc on human/faerie relations. Though I am innocent, dark suspicions of banned magical activities swirl around me.

I thought I'd left the blood and politics behind in my own turbulent realm. I had dreamed of an idyllic life in sunny L.A. with my beloved ones beside me. But it becomes time to wake up and realize that evil knows no borders, and that nobody lives forever - even if they're magical.

©2009 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2009 Random House

Divine read

This was a great book I enjoyed every minute of it. The narrator was wonderful she made every character come alive and each character memorable and individual.

Different but good

I do prefer the stories focused on less human subjects but this was good too.

Book 8

Entertaining story with interesting characters and intriguing storyline and plot. I found the action scenes attention grabbing. The narrator did a great job.

The intrigue continues

The story line was really good, and I love when the Harts are included in the story. The only issue I have is the same issue as with Anira Blake, the Arc scenes drag on and on to the point I have to skip through them to remain engaged. otherwise am excellent story.

Good, but not the best of the series

I have loved the series so far, but this one was not a favorite by any means. I found myself not caring if I missed something and the storyline just was not that great.

Good Book!!

I've read this book before and thought I'd listen to it before starting the next book. reader is a bit hard to follow in reference to characters, so having already read the book it was easier for me to remember who was saying what. butt overall great!

lovred the story

loved merrys story. lots of informational friction facts to make this other world more real

hmmm...

THE NARRATOR!!
OKAY i understand what everyone meant about the narrator. it was honestly a little disturbing hearing someones grandma read this...so. I set the narration speed. to 1.15x and it changed everything. so try that. it'll help

i have been following both merry and anita for years. I noticed a lot of people complaining about the sex scenes which is shocking being as though laurell K. Hamilton has always made it abundantly clear she was a story writer who enjoyed adding so much erotica to her stories.

it was still a great story to the series and appreciated it was really good filler, a much more relaxed take on their lives in comparison to the constant trauma from the previous books.

I love that we got to see everyone as a family, also to see the ramifications of merry's status in the mundane world.

SO GLAD, she did not drag the story out focusing on the pregnancy, but simply made it a constant reminder in the background of the things thats took place.

the sex everyone is complaining about isnt even that bad, its also a pivotal part in merry's power. its like everyone has forgotten she's a fertility diety now ...well part diety anyway....ill stop there to avoid spoiling.

but its typical LKH writing and i still love it.

Poor Narration

Decent book, but the Narration is not strong. Makes me not want to listen.

Divine what?

I have loved all the the Meredith Gentry books till this one. This one was a huge, huge disappointment.The only reason I give it a two is for the sake of the rest of the books in the series.