A Stroke of Midnight: A Novel (Merry Gentry, #4)

by Laurell K. Hamilton

“Nonstop action . . . This book will leave you breathless.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”—DIANA GABALDON

How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.

In Los Angeles she is Meredith Gentry, private investigator. In the faraway world of the faerie she is Princess Meredith, heir to a dark throne. In this realm of peril and deception, adversaries watch her every move, while the enemies of her aunt, the queen, lay in wait to usurp power. For the first time in history, human police will enter faerie—and Meredith will need all her allies when fate leads her into the arms of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen’s new captain of the guard. Their passion will awaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the court—and as Meredith’s enemies gather, both courts of faerie will face dire threat.

• ISBN10: 0345443608
• ISBN13: 9780345443601
• Publish Date: 28 November 2006 (first published 1 January 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Ballantine Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 416
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780345443601

Reviews

[Hixxup]

This one was way confusing at times, though I loved it and at first it was way more action then sex, but then it became once again about sex. But still there were many parts in this one that had me scratching my head like I had missed something, still good book though, lovin the series overall

[ibeforem]

My comments on the last book in this series pretty much echo my feelings on this one: “This was pretty par for the course for this series. Lots of weird sexual situations, not much plot. You really don’t notice how *little* plot there is, until you get to the end of the book and realize that it only covered a couple of days. I wasn’t real fond of the way this one ended — it was very abrupt. No real resolution. I have a feeling that once I read the next one, I’ll feel like the two should have been one book.” Just change that last sentence to read “once I read the next one, I’ll feel like the three should have been one book.”