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lottpoet's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
schomj's review
2.0
There are elements here that are really quite interesting (philosophically, socially, etc.) but they stay just out of reach in a way that frustrated me as a reader. I wonder if LKH doesn't know how to express those ideas or doesn't realize the potential is there, because every time things started to get interesting, the story descended into grotesquery or repetitive internal monologues.
bookdarling1987's review
4.0
Great book. I am still struggling with so many characters but this book was awesome. The council is in town and Jean claude's life is once again in jeopardy but as always Anita saves the day.
It is nice to see Larry becoming a good animator, I was happy to read about the rat king who seems to be a pretty cool guy.
I was upset about Richard. In this book I wondered many times why Anita picked Jean Claude if Richard is so perfect. And I hate to see him suffer.
In this book Nathaniel is introduced, grr nathaniel is super hot. I'm not sure what the deal with him is but he is pretty charming.
Also, pretty hot with Anita and her males. Kissing Richard kissing Jean claude kissing Nathaniel, kissing Jason, kissing even padma the bad guy for Christ sake.
I agree with Ronnie, Anita's gotta embrace the monster that she truly is and give in to her hunger. I just don't like every time she does something and then regrets it.
Anita Blake started as animator then necromancer then lupa then triumvirate now she can call Rainas power, the packs power and she is also the leopards leader. Wow
I have already started book eight my best friend is on 13 so I am playing catch up! I love it though
It is nice to see Larry becoming a good animator, I was happy to read about the rat king who seems to be a pretty cool guy.
I was upset about Richard. In this book I wondered many times why Anita picked Jean Claude if Richard is so perfect. And I hate to see him suffer.
In this book Nathaniel is introduced, grr nathaniel is super hot. I'm not sure what the deal with him is but he is pretty charming.
Also, pretty hot with Anita and her males. Kissing Richard kissing Jean claude kissing Nathaniel, kissing Jason, kissing even padma the bad guy for Christ sake.
I agree with Ronnie, Anita's gotta embrace the monster that she truly is and give in to her hunger. I just don't like every time she does something and then regrets it.
Anita Blake started as animator then necromancer then lupa then triumvirate now she can call Rainas power, the packs power and she is also the leopards leader. Wow
I have already started book eight my best friend is on 13 so I am playing catch up! I love it though
suzrae73's review
4.0
Once again Anita doesn't disappoint!! So love this series!! Can't wait to see how it all plays out! Can't imagine what else is going to happen to her!
lobo1tomia's review against another edition
2.0
Ebben a részben Anita úgy tűnik, szinte mindenre képes, még a nagyhatalmú vámpírokkal is simán szembeszáll, viszont ezen túl semmit nem fejlődik, vagyis nagyon úgy tűnik, előbb utóbb nimfomán lesz, hisz szinte csak szexuális érintkezés során képes előhívni a mágiáját.. Ami bosszantott, hogy a jól induló krimi szál, a nyomozás a végén fél oldalon derül ki, mindenféle különösebb nyomozás nélkül a tettes egyszerűen bevallja.
camfaz's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
thoughtsontomes's review
dark
tense
fast-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? Yes
3.0
On re-read, this installment had a lot more visceral on page rape than I ever remember being in the series. Urban fantasy in general has that as a theme but this was a lot. There's a bunch of meta things going on in this installment and we have a definite shift to focusing more on that than the monster of the week stuff, and a lot of important future players get introduced in this one. But ultimately it was so fast paced and things moved so quickly while not that much in the overall scheme of things happened, so I didn't enjoy it quite as much as previous installments.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, and Torture
literaryfeline's review
4.0
Each Anita Blake novel has a tendency to sweep me off of my feet and carry me deep inside each story. With this particular novel, I had trouble putting it down and found myself staying up way past my bedtime in order to finish it. While the last Anita Blake book delved more into the relationship between Anita and her two beaus, this one was jam packed with action as Anita and friends were visited by the vampire council who seemed intent of killing Jean-Claude and Anita. Simultaneously, someone was attacking vampires and known vampire sympathizers. Ms. Hamilton is not an author who writes in pretty pose and her novels can be quite graphic at times, but it is difficult to avoid the pull of intriguing characters and a great story.