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treehugginpam's review against another edition
2.0
The writing in this book was a step up from book 1...at least there weren't as many "naws" (although there were "naws" on page 4 AND 5, but I digress). Reading the Anita Blake books is like eating a huge bowl full of candy -- the process is enjoyable and you're full afterwards, but you still feel a little empty, like you should've eaten a real dinner.
desert_rose's review against another edition
5.0
This is the second book in the Anita Blake series.
I don't know what made me wait this long to read the second book although I totally enjoyed the first one.
Harold Gaynor offers Anita a million dollars to rais an ancient zombie, but since that means sacrificing a white goat, she declines.
Then a the most dangerous voodoo priestess offers a partnership with Anita that she also declines.
Meanwhile dead mangeled bodies are turning up everywhere, which means a serial something is out there, could it be a killer zombie? If it is who raised it and lost control?
While all this is happening Jean-Claude the gorgeous hot vampire is insistant on making Anita his human servant :D
This was an action packed that reads so fast, it's an amazing book that I enjoyed greatly!!
The third book is already ready to be read :)
You ROCK Anita!!
I don't know what made me wait this long to read the second book although I totally enjoyed the first one.
Harold Gaynor offers Anita a million dollars to rais an ancient zombie, but since that means sacrificing a white goat, she declines.
Then a the most dangerous voodoo priestess offers a partnership with Anita that she also declines.
Meanwhile dead mangeled bodies are turning up everywhere, which means a serial something is out there, could it be a killer zombie? If it is who raised it and lost control?
While all this is happening Jean-Claude the gorgeous hot vampire is insistant on making Anita his human servant :D
This was an action packed that reads so fast, it's an amazing book that I enjoyed greatly!!
The third book is already ready to be read :)
You ROCK Anita!!
sofyy1102's review against another edition
5.0
What a rush!!!
I'm officially part of the Anita Blake fan club. I would love to see this on TV (it would be terribly gory, even worse that The Walking Dead, I'd have to skip those parts, I have a weak stomach).
Anita Blake is once again in trouble, this time she has to deal with some kind of meat-eating zombie, she doesn't really know what it is, and she fears it may be the worst thing she will ever have to catch. This monster ate a family of three members, leaving only blood splattered everywhere and a few half-eaten remains (yum!).
She also gets another job proposal, this time from a very dangerous man called Harold Gaynor, who offers her a million dollars to raise a 300-year-old corpse. However, to raise a dead body this old she must sacrifice a "white goat", aka a human being. Evidently she refuses to do so, as it breaks all moral codes she has. Gaynor doesn't take her refusal well. (let's keep it that way)
The third person who threatens Anita's life is the voodoo priestess Senora Dominga Salvador, a very dangerous woman who Anita suspects has had a hand in raising the zombie who's been murdering families. Dominga Salvador wishes to train her, to make Anita reach her true potential. Again, Anita refuses to have anything to do with her, especially after she sees what Dominga has hidden in her basement.
Also, there is still the remaining problem with vampire Master hottie, Jean-Claude who wants Anita to become his human slave.
Trust me guys, there a lot of wtf/mind-blowing moments...
Again, I really enjoyed myself, LKH is a master at keeping me thoroughly addicted and at the same time completely grossed out. This series is definitely not your cup of tea if you don't like to read stuff about corpses getting eaten or ripped apart, as these kind of things tend to happen a lot.
All I can say is that I will keep reading, I can't stop now, I literally can't stop flipping the pages!
I'm officially part of the Anita Blake fan club. I would love to see this on TV (it would be terribly gory, even worse that The Walking Dead, I'd have to skip those parts, I have a weak stomach).
Anita Blake is once again in trouble, this time she has to deal with some kind of meat-eating zombie, she doesn't really know what it is, and she fears it may be the worst thing she will ever have to catch. This monster ate a family of three members, leaving only blood splattered everywhere and a few half-eaten remains (yum!).
She also gets another job proposal, this time from a very dangerous man called Harold Gaynor, who offers her a million dollars to raise a 300-year-old corpse. However, to raise a dead body this old she must sacrifice a "white goat", aka a human being. Evidently she refuses to do so, as it breaks all moral codes she has. Gaynor doesn't take her refusal well. (let's keep it that way)
The third person who threatens Anita's life is the voodoo priestess Senora Dominga Salvador, a very dangerous woman who Anita suspects has had a hand in raising the zombie who's been murdering families. Dominga Salvador wishes to train her, to make Anita reach her true potential. Again, Anita refuses to have anything to do with her, especially after she sees what Dominga has hidden in her basement.
Also, there is still the remaining problem with vampire Master hottie, Jean-Claude who wants Anita to become his human slave.
Trust me guys, there a lot of wtf/mind-blowing moments...
Again, I really enjoyed myself, LKH is a master at keeping me thoroughly addicted and at the same time completely grossed out. This series is definitely not your cup of tea if you don't like to read stuff about corpses getting eaten or ripped apart, as these kind of things tend to happen a lot.
All I can say is that I will keep reading, I can't stop now, I literally can't stop flipping the pages!
afelder's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
willablue's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
carlacbarroso's review against another edition
3.0
I've read this second book of the series 'Anita Blake Vampire Slayer' without having finished the first one, Guilty Pleasures, which I have on e-book, a format I don't like that much. However, I hadn't difficulties on reading this one, since there's almost no link between the two of them, aside the fact that Anita possesses two marks that make her "human servant" of the vampire Jean-Claude, now the "Master of the City".
Told on the first person, this seems like a detectives' story, since Anita has to find out what, and who, is behind some violent deaths, while avoiding the millionaire Harold Gaynor and Dominga Salvador, who want to get Anita to use her powers as "animator", even if they have to threat her life to get her to do it.
The story isn't anything from another world, just like the writing which is also plain, but it entertains when there's nothing else to read. The gory description didn't bother me that much, as the characters descriptions did. The characters are too plain, even the character of Anita Blake, who although you can see her character growing, still bores and annoys me.
Told on the first person, this seems like a detectives' story, since Anita has to find out what, and who, is behind some violent deaths, while avoiding the millionaire Harold Gaynor and Dominga Salvador, who want to get Anita to use her powers as "animator", even if they have to threat her life to get her to do it.
The story isn't anything from another world, just like the writing which is also plain, but it entertains when there's nothing else to read. The gory description didn't bother me that much, as the characters descriptions did. The characters are too plain, even the character of Anita Blake, who although you can see her character growing, still bores and annoys me.
fabledchidi's review against another edition
3.0
hmmm...i'll wait until the third book until i can decide how i feel about these books so far.