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Hooooh-boy. What a waste of money. SBM is without a doubt the worst in the series. And the series was mediocre to begin with. First off... will someone please inform Ms. LKH that the repetitive descriptions to make the book longer really aren't necessary? PLEASE? I like the little details. They make the characters fun. But I really don't need little details about everything! Secondly... yes, Merry is on the quest to become pregant, take the throne, yadda, yadda, yadda. Enough with the sex already. It's not titillating, it's not intersting, it's not exciting. It's boring. One or two passionate encounters per novel...? I can definitely deal. I cannot deal with the one or two sexual encounters per chapter! Much like the Anita Blake series, LKH's writing is quickly moving from sci-fi into a really bad mix of sci-fi and soft-core porn. And it's not even interesting. It's kinda like the "Witchcraft" films... a touch of plot and dialogue, a lot of sex, a little bit of plot and dialogue, lots of sex, wash, rinse, and repeat. It's dull. Yet another case of taking something to the extreme and making it boring. Thirdly... the men. Much like Anita Blake, every major male character has to at least be in lust with Merry, with the possible exception of two. Wow. Gee, just like Anita! This would be a lot more tolerable if she would do us all a favor and just stick with a few good men, maybe just Doyle, Frost, Rhys, and Galen. Who needs the rest of them? Again... exteremes convolute the plot to boredom. There are some good points, really. I truly enjoy the political machinations, especially Merry's ability to take everything she has learned from her father and the "real" world, and how she brings it into the world of the Sidhe. I find the powers to be very creative. The major fight scene, for want of a better phrase, was LKH at her best! There really is potential here, folks. Too bad most of the good is completely overshadowed by the fact that the majority of the book is boring, poorly written, poorly edited, and poorly conceived.