#173 in Horror
A Kiss of Shadows
- 480
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
With “A Kiss of Shadows”, Laurell K. Hamilton opens the “Merry Gentry” series as dark, frankly erotic fae fantasy for adults. Some readers praise the writing and a story strong enough to send them straight to the second volume. Others, who came for a paranormal detective novel, wish for more plot and fewer pages of finery and seduction, and the outcome strikes some as predictable.
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About the book
A Kiss of Shadows is an erotic horror novel by American writer Laurell K. Hamilton, the first book in the Merry Gentry series.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 108 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 10 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 98 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Kiss of Shadows?
It has 480 pages — longer than 71% of the ranked books in Horror.
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