| 词条 | Merry Gentry (series) |
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| name = Merry Gentry | books = A Kiss of Shadows A Caress of Twilight Seduced by Moonlight A Stroke of Midnight Mistral's Kiss A Lick of Frost Swallowing Darkness Divine Misdemeanors A Shiver of Light | author = Laurell K. Hamilton | image = | caption = First edition UK cover of first novel | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = Horror, Erotica, Urban Fantasy | publisher = Del Rey | pub_date = 2000–present | media_type = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} The Merry Gentry series is a series of urban fantasy novels by New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton.[1][2] The series is narrated in first person format through the eyes of the series' title character Meredith "Merry" Gentry, a faerie princess turned private investigator in a world where faeries exist and are known to the general public.[3] The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000. As of 2019 there are nine books in the series. In an interview with Time magazine, Hamilton wrote that she saw the character as a way of exploring a character who "is totally comfortable with their sexuality" as opposed to the character of Anita Blake in her Vampire Hunter series.[4] SynopsisThe series follows Princess Meredith NicEssus aka "Merry Gentry", a faerie princess that is forced to flee the court of her aunt Andais, the Queen of Air and Darkness and of the Unseelie fae. The first novel takes place after Merry has spent several years outside of her aunt's court out of fear of death via court sanctioned duels. Merry is soon brought back to the Unseelie Court and given the option to take her aunt's throne, but only if she can procreate before her sadistic cousin Cel can. She is allowed to take several of Andais's court guards with her and through the course of the series gains more lovers that are drawn to her side through love, friendship, power, promises for protection, and/or bargains struck with other magical creatures. Merry eventually gets involved in a series of secrets and court intrigues as she discovers that both of the rulers of the Seelie and Unseelie courts are potentially infertile, something that has the potential to keep both the followers in each court from producing new fae children. At the end of Divine Misdemeanors Merry has not only managed to become pregnant with twins, but has formed her own informal court, complete with lands and grounds that she has not fully investigated. She has also alienated herself from both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, as she was responsible for the death of her cousin Cel of the Unseelie Courts and filed charges against her uncle Taranis, the ruler of the Seelie Court, for rape. Books in the series
ReceptionCritical reception for the Merry Gentry series has been mixed to positive.[5][6] The earlier novels in the series received predominantly positive reviews while later novels in the series such as Divine Misdemeanors were criticized for having a "too simply resolved conclusion".[7][8] References1. ^{{cite web|title=BEST SELLERS: October 22, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/books/best-sellers-october-22-2000.html |work=The New York Times |date=22 October 2000 |accessdate=30 October 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Merry Gentry intrigue brings the series all together |first=J. Stephen |last=Bolhafner |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=124399909B877C40&p_field_direct-0=document_id |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2 November 2008 |page=F8 |accessdate=30 October 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Queen of horror can't resist a twist to the erotic |first=Dorman T. |last=Shindler |date=23 March 2003 |page=EE-02 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FA02E8A94F0209B&p_field_direct-0=document_id |work=The Denver Post |accessdate=30 October 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Vampire Novelist Laurell K. Hamilton |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1854991,00.html |first=Gilbert |last=Cruz |work=Time |date=30 October 2008 |accessdate=30 October 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Review: Divine Misdemeanors|url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/divine-misdemeanors|publisher=RT Book Reviews|accessdate=30 October 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Review: Swallowing Darkness|url=http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/swallowing-darkness|publisher=RT Book Reviews|accessdate=30 October 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Review: Divine Misdemeanors|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=3944628&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=30 October 2012}} 8. ^{{cite journal | last = Bierly | first = Mandi | date = December 8, 2006 | title = The Reviews: Books | journal = Entertainment Weekly | issue = 910 | pages = 100 |issn=1049-0434}} External links
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