A fellow reader was kind enough to email me a warning regarding this novel. She writes:

Mistral's Kiss is not worth it. I'm not even sure it's more than 5 hours from front to back and there is a more than 100 page sex scene. I gave up reading around page 50 and skimmed the rest of the book.

I guess nobody is surprised to hear "very little plot", but I'll admit to being startled at 100 continuous pages of sex. That's foul and yet impressive at the same time. It's like watching a hot dog eating contest (pun intended).

Curious, I went to Amazon to see what others had to say about Mistral's Kiss. One reviewer writes:

The book opens with Merry and her men spending 7 chapters bringing the Unseelie gardens back to life. Of course, as this is LKH, this is done through sex.

Another reader says:

Merry is still acquiring men like a hound acquires fleas - her sex scenes are starting to seem like a Cecil B. DeMille movie with a cast of thousands, many standing about doing a whole lot of nothing.

Well, there you have it. Only a junkie would pay hardcover price for a book that everyone seems to agree is too short, plot-challenged, and lacking any emotional depth. You have been warned.