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I have my sneaky friend Alicia to thank for slipping me her ARC of Darkest Mercy --the final installment in Melissa Marr 's Wicked Lovely series featuring the many wily courts of faerie. I've been looking forward to some desperately needed closure on this series for awhile now. I still remember running across Wicked Lovely what seems like so long ago and loving it. I fell even more in love with the darker   Ink Exchange , which cemented my fascination with and unhealthy  substantial interest in His Uber Dark Lordliness Irial. And the fabulous short story " Stopping Time " sort of pushed me over the edge as far as my admiration for Marr's storytelling skills and my love for some of these characters went. The other two installments in the series fell a bit flat for me for various reasons. And so I held my breath as I opened up the last one, hoping it would resolve things in both a satisfactory and suitably complex way. High expectations much? Who me? Nobody is w...

And the winner is . . . Caitlin ! Congratulations! You know the drill. Shoot me a quick email with your mailing address and we'll get your copy of Radiant Shadows on its way. Thanks so much to Karen of Media Masters Publicity for providing the book for the giveaway and to all of you who entered and shared your favorite characters from the series and why you love them. In case you're interested, Niall was overwhelmingly the most beloved character and I fully support that call. As Michelle said, "I am in love with Niall. He is the Dark Lord and he owns it." Amen. Of course, Seth was no slouch in the fan department either. He's got his own set of loyal admirers. As Jen  (who also really loves Niall) says, "I have liked Seth from the start. You gotta love a regular mortal man who stands up to the immortal Fae for his woman." There are many things to love about Seth. But this is probably the best one. Niall and Seth were followed by Donia of whom Yan ha...

Well, guys, apparently my recent fangirling echoed throughout the blogosphere and reached a few powerful (and benevolent) ears. And wouldn't you know, something good has come of it. I'm delighted to be able to host a giveaway for you today. The winner will receive one copy of Melissa Marr 's fourth Wicked Lovely novel-- Radiant Shadows !   Ms. Marr is heading out soon on her nationwide tour to celebrate the book's release. Though she's sadly not coming anywhere near me, you might be in luck. So be sure to check out the schedule: DENVER ,  CO                          April 22, 2010 :  Tattered Cover Book Store;  7:00 pm LEXINGTON ,  KY                 April 23, 2010 :  Joseph-Beth Booksellers;  7:00 pm ST. LOUIS ,  MO          ...

So I've been fairly itching to know where this series would go after the third book-- Fragile Eternity --came out last year and utterly realigned my loyalties as far as the faery courts go. Well, that's perhaps not entirely accurate. They were already leaning heavily in that direction after Ink Exchange . But the developments in Fragile Eternity cemented the shift so firmly, I wondered if I would ever recover my early fondness for some characters or if, alternately, anything on God's green earth would be able to uproot my newly acquired devotion to others. Where Fragile Eternity was a more direct sequel to Wicked Lovely , Radiant Shadows is a sequel to Ink Exchange . Given the way I loved Ink Exchange , I, for one, was definitely looking forward to a couple of fresh, new characters, a possible mention of how Leslie was doing, and being back in the Dark Court with less tiresome Keenan and Ash and more magnetic Irial and Niall. Ani is a halfling. Daughter of the Dark Ki...