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Book Review By Karen Moss
A Caress Of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton

Caress of Twilight, a continuation of Kiss of Shadows, unveils more mystery, magic and sex for Merry Gentry, aka Princess Meredith. The race is on to see who can conceive a child first, Merry or her cousin, prince Cel. Since prince Cel is being tortured throughout the duration of this novel, Merry has a pretty good head start. That is, if she doesn't managed to get killed by her uncle, King Taranis of the Seelie Court.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - factions fight within govt for control
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 %

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
If magical mental powers: - super strength - can cast many different spells - is very quick - healing

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - super strength - can cast all sorts of spells - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - description of breasts - descript. of private male anat.
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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