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There is so much to say but then there would be too many spoilers so I can only provide so much information in this review.
This one was better than the last. Full of action, magic, suspense & battles. Not much sex in this one. But sex was had with the most unlikely pair. The sex I wanted to happen never did because of all the darn talking.
There is so much action and battle. I love the faerie world & the descriptions. I enjoyed Merry taking control & taking the lead. Great Vengeance scenes! Merry proves to be no joke. She truly steps up and acts like a queen & a warrior.
The battle scenes are vivid and it keeps you in suspense. The ending was not at all what I expected to happen, but it was a great ending none-the-less. It was great seeing Merry get her vengeance, and in a way, getting her happy ever after.


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Swallowing Darkness Laurell K Hamilton Books Reviews

I am so glad I made it through this. I really like the story itself, and the way it plays out, but OMG the pacing is awful. There is no room to breath. She doesn't sleep, for what i think is about 36 hours? I really wanted to love this, but I think edited was super rushed. I think with a little time and editing help this could have been a GREAT book. Still satisfying but caused me a lot of over stimulation and anxiety.
I liked it a lot. I'm writing this review mainly because of other reviews I read. The biggest complaint seems to be that people thought several characters had suddenly changed personalities. It made me suspect I hadn't read the same book they did. So here's my take on it

Like, ten whole chapters of nothing but Merry learning how to lead the Wild Hunt, from the things she saw to what she felt. I found it very cool.

Merry finally stops with the emo shtick and grows a pair because she finally realizes her enemies are just fine with the idea that they are in the wrong.

We finally get a good peek at the sidhe court and it was very cool. Sir Hugh is a goober, by the way. Just saying.

We got to see Merry blunder through more creation magic while trying to come to terms with just how much she loves her various husbands.

We get to see more personalities of various sidhe rather than just a list of physical traits.

Spoiler of course Cel killed Merry's dad. He was the only one who could have. Why was everyone shocked by the fact he ended up being the bad guy in this?

No, the mad queen wasn't in this book much but the little bit of time she was, she spent it doing exactly what she always did blindly protecting that evil little son of hers even though she knew he was in the wrong.
Emotional roller coaster, I tell you what! UGH!

Fantastic read. I still love the Merry Gentry books so much!

In Swallowing Darkness, we find Meredith after having lost her beloved Frost. OMG FROST!!!

Meredith has been kidnapped by her Uncle and while unconscious after hitting her mortal body so hard, he did the unthinkable and defiled her. Now he lays claim the he is father to the twins growing inside of her. Freaking bastard!!!

There isn't a dull moment at all in this book. Crowns forming left and right for Meredith! She's just all Queen like and badass!

Oh and as I mentioned before, emotions all over the place!

We find out the killer of Meredith's father....someone we loath finally kicks the bucket....Mistral didn't know he was going to be 1/6 of the daddy's....assassinations left and right....assassination attempts even more frequent than any other story! OMG...great book!
The Good Another painful book for Merry. Another book where she proves she's strong enough to handle all that is thrown at here, even when she doesn't always believe in herself. A huge amount of action in a relatively short period of time means the book is extremely fast paced. Now down time, no opportunity to emotionally deal with all that's being thrown at us. Hamilton is on a role with consistent plot progression in the last few books and Swallowing Darkness takes us into some very unexpected places. Choices are made. Serious choices. Choices that readers will love and hate at the same time. The main question after this book is - where do we go from here? Merry's future is completely turned upside down, again, and while I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, I do know that it'll be a hell of a ride.

The Bad Not a thing.
Being pregnant doesn't make life easier for Merry, though I never suspected that it would. Reeling from the end of book 6, the characters are thrown into situation after situation that causes heartache and a lot more strife.

The scene with Gran in the hospital gets to me every time and when the Wild Hunt rides, I can't help but cheer them on. Hamilton's description of the Hunt is incredibly vivid (and definitely more than a little creepy), and it makes the terror of the Hunt come alive.

A lot of reviews for this book talk about how awful it is and I'm not sure why. There are definitely issues and some of them could have been resolved or dealt with better, but on the whole, the book certainly pushes the plot along. We learn a lot more about Merry's hold on wild magic and what it can become, we see just how far she's willing to go for those she loves, and we see her and Doyle making a huge decision. We also learn who killed Essus and the impact of THAT revelation is pretty far reaching.

Are there things that could be better? Absolutely. This is one of the books that fails in the repetitive category, from repeated titles and other tidbits to repeating plot points that happened earlier as though they didn't happen. Even with that, it's still a great book and it most definitely pushes the series forward. (I've still no idea how anyone could say otherwise.)
There is so much to say but then there would be too many spoilers so I can only provide so much information in this review.
This one was better than the last. Full of action, magic, suspense & battles. Not much sex in this one. But sex was had with the most unlikely pair. The sex I wanted to happen never did because of all the darn talking.
There is so much action and battle. I love the faerie world & the descriptions. I enjoyed Merry taking control & taking the lead. Great Vengeance scenes! Merry proves to be no joke. She truly steps up and acts like a queen & a warrior.
The battle scenes are vivid and it keeps you in suspense. The ending was not at all what I expected to happen, but it was a great ending none-the-less. It was great seeing Merry get her vengeance, and in a way, getting her happy ever after.