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Seduced By Moonlight (Meredith Gentry book 3) by Laurell K. Hamiliton
01/04/2005 . Source: Sue Davies 
pub: Bantam. 506 page paperback. Price: £ 6.99 (UK), $12.99 (CAN). ISBN: 0-553-81632-2. Buy from Amazon US - Buy from Amazon UK
nb: US titles may only be available from Amazon US, and UK titles from Amazon UK. check out website: www.booksattransworld.co.uk
Meredith Gentry Private Investigator has become Princess Meredith, heir to the throne of the Faerie. There is one catch: she has to be pregnant before she can take the throne. There's another catch. She's mortal and vulnerable to the plots of others who would prefer to inherit the throne themselves.
To fulfil her royal duty, Meredith has the Royal bodyguard. They have two functions: to protect and serve. By way of service, they are taking it in turns to attempt to impregnate the Princess.
Meredith already knows that she has some powers but there is more to come. In her dreams, she recreates a powerful chalice that had, many years previously, stripped strong magics from her guards. As it comes back to full force, she is able to restore them to their God-like status. She still does not know at what cost to herself.
This is a rather meandering story that spends a long time in one place right at the beginning of the book. The negotiations with the goblin king take up the first eighty pages and I was beginning to wonder if anything else was ever going to happen.
The story, when it starts to move a little faster, is effectively descriptive if lacking in any real momentum. Hamilton seems to be getting the reputation for describing lurid encounters and this book is no different featuring some highly unusual and quite inventive sexual adventures. Getting around the whole problem with human sexuality, Meredith gives the Faerie folk a very open attitude towards partners.
In between the sex, there's some magic and a couple of fights and the book proved to be an entertaining but undemanding mix. It did not inspire me to seek out any more of these books because I never felt really connected to the characters, especially the heroine. It felt over-indulgent and empty at heart.
Sue Davies
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