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Obsidian Butterfly (An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 9)

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There are a lot of monsters in Anita Blake's life. And some of them are human. One such individual is the man she calls Edward, a bounty hunter who specializes in the preternatural. He calls her to help him hunt down the greatest evil she has ever encountered. Something that kills and maims and vanishes into the night. Something Anita will have to face alone...

Praise for the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels:

"In Obsidian Butterfly, Laurell K. Hamilton delivers an erotic, demonic thrill ride. Her sexy, edgy, wickedly ironic style sweeps the reader into her unique world and delivers red-hot entertainment. Hamilton's marvelous storytelling can be summed up in three words: Over the top. She blends the genres of romance, horror and adventure with stunning panache. Great fun!"-- Jayne Ann Krentz

"Hamilton has endowed her heroine with a charming mix of male bravado, feminine guile, and self-deprecating humor."-- Publishers Weekly

"Ms. Hamilton's intriguing blend of fantasy, mystery, and a touch of romance is great fun indeed."-- Romantic Times

"Hamilton takes her world by the teeth and runs with it, devising a whipcrack adventure that moves like the wind, grips you by the throat and doesn't let go."-- Locus

"Mayhem, madness, old spells and older vampires. And Anita Blake at the center of it, struggling to stay on top...perfect!"-- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Mistral's Kiss (Meredith Gentry, Book 5)

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I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne of faerie. My day job, once upon a time, was as a private detective in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, princess has now become a full-time occupation.

My aunt, Queen Andais, will have it no other way. And so I am virtually a prisoner in faerie–trapped here with some of the realm’s most beautiful men to serve as my bodyguards . . . and my lovers. For I am compelled to conceive a child: an heir to succeed me on the throne. Yet after months of amazing sex with my consorts, there is still no baby. And no baby means no throne. The only certainty is death at the hands of my cousin Cel, or his followers, if I fail to conceive.

Now Mistral, Queen Andais’s new captain of the guard, has come to my bed–defying her and risking her terrible wrath in doing so. But even she will hesitate to punish him in jealous rage, because our joining has reawakened old magic, mystical power so ancient that no one stands against it and survives. Not even my strongest and most favored: my Darkness and my Killing Frost. Not even Mistral himself, my Storm Lord. But because Mistral has helped to bring this magic forth, he may live another day.

If I can reclaim control of the fey power that once was, there may be hope for me and my reign in faerie. I might yet quell the dark schemes and subterfuges surrounding me. Though shadows of obsession and conspiracy gather, I may survive.

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Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 11)

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One of my favorites in the series 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is the 11th book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. A few months have passed since the conclusion of the previous book, Narcissus in Chains, and it's the beginning of September.

There is a lot going on in this book, unlike the last book, Anita does some necromancy and crime-solving with the local police unit that solves supernatural crimes involving vampires and shapeshifters (called RPIT, Regional Preternatural Investigation Team). Not only does Anita have to juggle trying to track down a possible serial killer with the local police, she has to deal with the vampire entourage sent to St. Louis by Jean-Claude's maker, Belle Morte. It appears that Anita has caught Belle's interest and she sends her cronies to check her out, surprising everyone with the unexpected early visit. Not to mention another new, mysterious vampire that is wakening that makes Belle Morte look like an innocent baby. On top of that, Anita has some assassin/spy goons interested in her and she has to figure out what exactly their motives are in following her.

I really enjoyed this book and it's one of my favorites in the series because IMO Hamilton was able to strike a better balance between the sex scenes and the crime-solving aspect of the series. In later books, there is less of the detective/sleuth and more of the ardeur/sex plot line. I can't say that was unexpected change because in Cerulean Sins, Anita even admits she is tired of all the blood, death, and carnage she sees at all the supernatural crime scenes she assists the police with. It's taken its toll on Anita where it's clear she needs a "break", so in that regard I can understand why the next few books touches little upon crime scenes and Anita helping the police and more on vampire and shapeshifter intrigues and politics, not to mention the ardeur/sex plot lines. (Note: the latest Anita Blake book, not yet published, appears to be swinging back in the other direction, all I know about the latest book is Anita is called in to help the police in Las Vegas catch a serial killer that seems to have interest in Anita so I really look forward to this book in the series).

Anyways, you get to see a bit of early Anita, the book opens up with her taking a client to raise a zombie and then Anita going to her next zombie appointment where you get a brief scene of her using her necromancy powers. For those who are uncomfortable with detailed descriptions of blood, gore, and sex this book has all three in abundance.

For instance, at one crime scene a man is found nailed to the wall, another where a woman is found in her bed with only her head intact, the rest of her body "exploded" with all the bits and pieces everywhere, a third crime scene described in a bathroom looking like someone just had a fun bloodbath with blood covering almost everything and the floor literally swimming in blood. If that sounds very disturbing, it is and the author does a much better job than me detailing the scene. Did such a good job in fact that I could very much see the image in my head.heh.

Oh, another scene that may make some people squeamish, there is a group sex scene between Anita, Jean-Claude, and Asher. Yah, it wasn't too bad compared to later ones, but those who like more mainstream horror/urban fantasy will probably not like this book or the later books.

Now, I did have some annoyances with this book, and that had to do with the main character herself, Anita Blake. Anita is a very hard person to like, and since the series is told from first person POV you really get inside Anita's head. There are a few scenes where I thought she was being a total "B" and wanted to slap her.

Despite those few annoyances I'm still able to enjoy this series a lot. (really, if you're going to read and enjoy this series you have to be able to take reading about Anita's personality quirks...control-freak, anger issues, intimacy issues, relationship issues...basically she's very flawed). But, she is a kicka** character and doesn't put up with crap from anyone and that's one thing I love about the character. She's very practical and straightforward, she can only take so much crap from others before she just goes, "Look, hate to say this, but can we do this now!?" There are also humorous moments in the book, Anita can be really dry and sarcastic and it's really funny.

Overall, a pretty good book. Nice balance between the ardeur/sex plot-line and the crime-solving plot-line, with a few other side vampire plot-lines added in for good measure.

Editorial Review:

Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Master Vampire Jean Claude and leopard shapeshifter Micah. When a centuries-old vampire hits St. Louis, Anita finds herself needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves.

The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)

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Finally a story about werewolves!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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this is one of my favorites from the series. Mostly because it deals with werewolves as the main characters this time. There's been a werewolf in the first three books, but they didn't transform into one until the third book. I think from this book you can see how far Laurell has grown as an author.

The only thing dumb about this book i would say is the cover!!! Just bogus and dumb. I'm a guy and I've gotten a lot of funny looks when i leave this thing lying around. (i've since learned to put a book on top of it or turn it over. The artwork is so irrelevant and dumb) My only beef but that's the company's fault. I don't think Laurell has a say over artwork.

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In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, Vampire Hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems-especially in matters of the not-so-human heart...

Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-starts taking out the city's shapeshifters.

Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 10)

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You either will like it or hate it from this point on in the series 3 out of 5 stars.
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I give this book 3.5 stars. There are a lot of opinions out there regarding the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novels. I can't quite decide whether I want to love the series or hate it.LOL. The series isn't going to win any literary awards, it doesn't have beautiful prose, but that's not what is so addictive about this series. The story, the fictional world, is what keeps me coming back for more. The author has created an incredibly rich and detailed world and I think this is what I love best about the series. You see the world through the eyes of the main character, Anita Blake, and it's all very real and you almost expect to see and meet all the characters once you close the book.

It's been 6 months since Anita put her men on hold to gain control of her powers. The Master of the City vamp, Jean-Claude and the Ulfric, the uber-werewolf king, Richard. She is now the human servant of Jean-Claude and is bonded to him and Richard as a triumvirate. Anita is not your average human servant, she's also a necromancer, able to raise the dead (and undead, that's vampires), so the power of their triumvirate is unknown and they're all grasping in the dark. She comes back to St. Louis ready to face them and acknowledge the vampire marks, but that isn't the only thing she has to worry about. She may become wereleopard Queen, Nimir-Ra, in truth at the next full moon, plus she has to deal with another mysterious shifter that wants her dead.

I view the 10th installment of the AB series as a turning point in the series from the previous books, 1-9. I'd consider the books 1-9 as urban fantasy with more of a mystery/detective angle, but starting with this book it's more urban fantasy erotica (It's the best I can come up with.heh) with more graphic sexual scenes.

Narcissus in Chains introduces Anita to the power of the succubus. Once Anita decides to marry the vampire marks between herself, the Master of the City, Jean-Claude, and his animal to call the werewolf king Richard, it becomes clear that this sexual power she has inherited from Jean-Claude is something she'll have to live with for the immediate future. What this entails is daily "feedings", feeding off the lust of others to satiate this sexual power, called the ardeur. This power pretty much dominates the rest of the series as Anita tries to learn to control this power, with sex being quite prevalent (however I felt the last 2 books did tone it down a lot).

I'll give a few of my thoughts and opinions about the 10th book on. I like both the early and later books, although I'll admit one huge annoyance I've had with the series is how much of a control-freak and angst-ridden Anita is. As the series is written in first person POV, you are privy to all of Anita's thoughts and feelings. Her character isn't the most likable, in fact, sometimes she's downright un-likable most times. Contradictory, stubborn, can't admit she's wrong and gets angry to cover it, etc. But, I like how the character has flaws. I think it makes her character more real despite how her frustrating her character can be.

I also think the author needs to give Anita more control over the ardeur, as Anita has been put in situations where she was unable to control it and pretty much slept with whoever was available. I believe the ardeur has been toned down somewhat, IMO the last 2 books weren't as filled with graphic sex scenes as say Incubus Dreams or Danse Macabre, but I still think it has had enough page time. I liked the early books with Anita going vampire hunting and using her necromancy powers, solving preternatural crimes, but I also like the later books that evolve into an entirely new direction (which IMO, was more supernatural politics and intrigues between the shapeshifters and vampires). I liked learning about the power structure of the supernatural world.

This book could cause uncomfortable "squeamish" feelings in some readers. Laurell K. Hamilton doesn't pull her punches when it comes to describing in intimate detail every thought or action of her characters. Whether it's violence or sex. There is a lot of graphic sex in this book (and the later books afterwards). There are themes, sexual in nature, that may cause discomfort to some readers. One of Anita's main squeezes is a vampire who had a male lover centuries before and this character still holds passion and love for this former male lover. Another broad theme throughout this book and in later books is the mingling of pain and pleasure that inhabit the dark world of the supernatural creatures, shapeshifters and vampires. Which makes sense, the world Anita lives in is very outside the mainstream and never comfortable.

One thing I liked about this book is that Anita is finally (okay, maybe not quite, but almost!) willing to accept that perhaps she isn't all that human. She's been so much a part of the "monster" world, as she was the supernatural expert the police called in on supernatural crimes, but she always viewed herself as wholly human. Now, she's learning that she is more at home with the monsters (the shifters and vamps), and that frightens her. In this book, it's clear she still has this prejudice of the monsters, which like I mentioned earlier is a contradiction in Anita. She's a necromancer and human servant with vamp-like powers (the ardeur), and yet she is loathe to have her vamp boyfriend Jean-Claude "feed" off her and she doesn't want to be a wereleopard shifter in truth. I view it as Anita was always different anyway, having the power of a necromancer so it was inevitable she'd find more of a home in the supernatural community.

Anyways, this book takes a turn for the best or worst, depending on your viewpoint. I still enjoy the series for what it is: brain candy and no thinking required.LOL. When I just want a bit of escapist fantasy that's all I want. An imaginative and intriguing fictional world that helps me escape from the "real world" for a brief time. This book more than delivers and kept me turning the pages until the end.

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The "steamy" (Booklist) Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel that took Laurell K. Hamilton to a whole new level is now in paperback.

Includes a bonus excerpt from the next Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Cerulean Sins, coming in January 2003.

Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 14)

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Not even worth one star, maybe half a star if that 1 out of 5 stars.
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Its been a long time since I read a book that made me repeat, oh brother, in disgust and disbelief. How sad to see this series so far down in the dumps. Its been going downhill for awhile, Micah was a waste of paper, and this is just barely better. I stopped reading LK for awhile, then came across Micah for .25 cents, sad to say that was a total waste of a quarter. I cannot recommend you buy this book, if you must read it then borrow it from a library, that way you'll only have wasted your time and not your money. Sad sad sad, I loved the first books. oh well!

I give up! 2 out of 5 stars.
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I keep reading . . . and reading . . . but I now officially give up. The past, what, 5-6 books have been almost indistuishable. It's like a three-page story filled with hundreds of pages of the exact same sex-internal magical crisis-sex-internal magical crises related to sex - on and on and on and on. I like the first three, especially, because they were interesting stories. I just can no longer read another page of what is essentially the same plot repeated over and over with so little variation. It's sad when even the hot sex scenes do little because we have read it all before.

Editorial Review:

These days, Anita Blake is less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women down the ages: she may be pregnant. And, if she is, whether the father is a vampire, werewolf, or something else entirely, it's clear that being a Federal Marshal known for raising the dead and being a vampire executioner is no way to bring up a baby.

A Stroke of Midnight (Meredith Gentry, Book 4)

Laurell K. Hamilton

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I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home–because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? How much of my human side will I have to give up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to embrace? To sit on a throne that has ruled through bloodshed and violence for centuries, I might have to become that which I dread the most.

Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell. But not all the assassination attempts are his. Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. Enemies unforeseen move against us–enemies who would murder the least among us.

The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen’s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await me–and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death.

I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the lesser fey of our court. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will comfort him. The gentlest of my guards will find new strength and break my heart. Passions undreamed of await us–and my enemies gather, for the future of both courts of faerie begins to unravel.

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Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 12)

Laurell K. Hamilton

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A little too much sex in this book 3 out of 5 stars.
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This is the 12th book in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. It is now October, so only a month or so has passed since the conclusion of the last book, Cerulean Sins.

Hamilton has received a lot of criticism from some fans for the direction her series takes (the ardeur/sex plotline) and away from the earlier books of crime-solving detective and vampire executioner (Anita is known as The Executioner, capital "E".LOL). I think it was inevitable the series would take a turn and change. For a character to remain static and unchanging, for the plot scenario to be the same for every book, that just gets boring (for instance, a series that I view in this light is Sue Grafton's Alphabet series where the heroine Kinsey has not changed in personality and she does the same thing over and over in each book). If Hamilton had kept to the old Anita and the earlier books, I'm sure there would have been complaints that there was no growth or development in Anita's character or the plot-line.

It just so happens that the direction Hamilton has taken was not up to the expectations some people may have had. I don't fault the author, us readers are only along for the ride and I for one am more than happy to read whatever Hamilton puts out!

Anyways, Anita in this book is a different Anita from the early books. Now she views vampires as more than a monster, where before she had no qualms about killing them and didn't really care about them as "people". As long as she had a warrant of execution, she had no remorse in executing them as that is her job. Everything about Anita has changed. She still struggles with the way her life has changed, but it's clear in this book that she's slowly accepting who she is. She has to as she can't go back to how life was before tying herself to Jean-Claude as his human servant.

While I still enjoy the series, I will admit that I think Hamilton went overboard on the sex in this book. There are at least 6 sex scenes in this book, and true to Hamilton's writing style, they are all graphic and descriptive.

The first 200 or so pages of this book was basically Anita emo-ing about having sex with one of her male friends, Nathaniel, and I thought it went on for a little too long. But, knowing the character of Anita, I knew that it was something that she would go over in her mind over and over again, stalling and coming back to the issue and work it over in her mind some more (hence, the 200 pages of emo-ing!). Anita has a hard time of giving in, she can't willingly "give" in without a fight. With Anita, there is always a fight whether mentally, emotionally, or physically. She's just one tough cookie, and not an easy person to get along with. Anita isn't unaware of her character flaws, in fact, she faces them and owns up to her flaws and I think that's one aspect of Anita I do like. She does given in eventually, and the flaws in Anita make the character more real and so despite any frustrations with the character I may have, I can still understand and relate because it's a human emotion she's feeling. She is only human (or partly human.heh).

However, despite how I felt there was a bit too much sex in this book, there were reasons behind every single one. Anita was either forced to feed the ardeur to help those she loves, or had to secure her power and those of her triumvirate Jean-Claude and Richard using the ardeur. Actually, all of the sex scenes depicted in Incubus Dreams are a result of something else happening, or a cause and initiator of another "something else" that happens. I won't go into more detail so not to spoil what happens.

There is a small scene of Anita using her necromancy powers, and I thought it was a good scene. Anita's necromancy has also increased in strength and the scene describing her raising a zombie from the grave was very cool. I always like seeing Anita use her necromancy powers in action, so it's always a plus in my book to have some page time devoted to it. Anita also is involved in a police investigation involving a group of vampire serial killers on the loose in St. Louis and again, she kicks butt being The Executioner, which is another aspect of Anita I like reading about. You, the reader, get inside Anita's head as she zeroes in on her kill and the detailed description Hamilton gives about Anita's thoughts and emotions during those times....you really see it all in your mind's eye as if you're right there with her.

As it's been repeated several times in the last few books since Anita gained the power of seduction/sex (the ardeur), Jean-Claude's vampire powers are based in physical touch as he has the power of an incubus and feeds off lust, sex, and seduction. So I can see why Hamilton went this direction in her series (as Jean-Claude has always had a mysterious, sensual power about him since the first book).

I can't presume to know where Hamilton is going with all of this, but I can get an idea and I think that's part of the fun of this series. Wondering where Hamilton will go next and what else will be in store for Anita and her gang of vampires and shapeshifters. So while this isn't her best book, IMO, I still enjoyed reading about Anita's world and all the characters that populate her world.

Editorial Review:

Anita is pushed to her limits-both professionally and passionately-when she is called in on what appears to be a case involving a vampire serial killer preying on strippers.

Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 13)

Laurell K. Hamilton

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A Short Story of Sex and Micah 3 out of 5 stars.
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That's it. Really. Were you expecting more? There isn't anything more. No, I'm not kidding.

MICAH is a very short novella put into book form to make Ms. Hamilton more money. And no, I'm not kidding about that either.

Thankfully, I like Micah, although I don't think there are too many more descriptions that the author can make up to describe his physical characteristics. He's not that tall, but he's big where it matters, is hotter than hot, and can have sex as often as Anita needs. Which, we all know, is basically any time she's not unconscious.

I'm glad I read it, because it's part of the series. But the only thing I learned that was new is how Micah became a wereleopard and what happened to his family.

That's it. Really. I tried to tell you.

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There are lots of reasons to raise the dead - some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken. So here I am, on a plane to Philadelphia, flying off to do my job.

But I’m not alone. Micah is with me. Micah, head of the St. Louis wereleopard pard. King to my Queen. The only one of my lovers who can stir my blood with just a glance from his chartreuse cat’s eyes. I was happy to have him at my side.

Until he mentioned that this will be our first time alone together. No Master Vampire. No Alpha Werewolf. Just me and Micah. And all my fears and doubts…

A Caress of Twilight

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Not Free SF Reader 3 out of 5 stars.
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A large part of the whole Sidhe political conflict is the issue of succession. This means that whoever of the next generation that can produce a child is likely to get to be the boss, or at least, stay alive.

It doesn't really look too good for Meredith, because she has copious amounts of faerie meat in her bed, but none of them knock her up. Pretty likely, the problem is hers.

We get to see a few Sidhe powers and other information as the Grey agency helps out an actress who is really Sidhe.

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“I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne—if I can stay alive long enough to claim it.”

After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the horizon: people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that’s just her day job. . . .

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