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I am amused
One of the interesting things of working at B&N is anybody I know tangentially asks me to get books for them. One of the people who works at the store I used to work at asked me to get a book for her. She's basically taken over my job, which is fine, since the people who were supposed to didn't bother to do anything and then left anyway.
But that's not the point. The point is the book she asked me to get her. It's A Stroke of Midnight, by Laurell K. Hamilton. And... I am very amused by the description. Allow me to quote for you.
"I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home–because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? 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 and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.
...
The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen’s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await me–and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death."
I bet she has violet eyes, too.
It sounds, frankly, like pornographic fanfic. It's a romance novel, so it's porn, obviously, but the storyline sounds like something you'd expect in some LJ group like Dark_Goth_Faerie_Clan or something. She's probably a better writer than that, at least I hope. But even so.
Tags: Mindscribbles, Books, Sex
But that's not the point. The point is the book she asked me to get her. It's A Stroke of Midnight, by Laurell K. Hamilton. And... I am very amused by the description. Allow me to quote for you.
"I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home–because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? 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 and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.
...
The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen’s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await me–and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death."
I bet she has violet eyes, too.
It sounds, frankly, like pornographic fanfic. It's a romance novel, so it's porn, obviously, but the storyline sounds like something you'd expect in some LJ group like Dark_Goth_Faerie_Clan or something. She's probably a better writer than that, at least I hope. But even so.
Tags: Mindscribbles, Books, Sex