Book seven of the Merry Gentry saga opens with Princess Merry now pregnant with twins and grieving the loss of her lover, Frost. Damaged but recovering from being raped by her Uncle Taranis, Merry is once again surrounded by her royal guards, although her duplicitous family is still doing their level best to separate her from those her love her.

Now Taranis is claiming to be the father of her unborn twins, a claim that Merry knows to be a lie. When someone close to her is killed, Merry, in her fury, calls up the Wild Hunt and demands vengeance. With the world of faerie lining up against her and her insane cousin Cel reluctant to give up his claim on the throne, Merry stands very little chance of wearing the crown anytime in the near future. Forced to watch as those she loves are sacrificed to her quest, Merry begins to question whether being a fairy queen is what she really wants at all.

The series could and probably should end here. Everything is finally tied up. Merry has settled down with the men she loves. Her family has been dealt with. We know who killed her father and she's finally gone back to work. Although the Merry Gentry books have never been among my favorite of the fantasy genre series (pick up Karen Marie Moning's Fae series for a much better escape into the world of faerie) the last two have been the best books of the series. Please let it end on a semi-high note and not drag on and on and fall apart like the Anita Blake books. This review is from the hardback edition.