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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Laurell K. Hamilton's Flirt is book 18 in her Anita Blake series. It is really just a novella - disappointing to fans of the series who wait anxiously for each new installment - but nevertheless, a quick and easy read. Flirt gives the reader a taste, but not a full meal.
The story itself is good. Anita is back to business as usual, raising the dead for a living. When she refuses to take on a new client due to her nagging morals, Anita puts herself and all of her "family" at risk. Sounds good, right? Well, good is about the only word I can use to describe it. Flirt is just too short to be great.
My complaints don't have anything to do with the writing, Hamilton is as solid as ever in that department. But the length of the book made it impossible to explore the cast of characters in Anita's world that readers have come to know and love. No Jean Claude? No Asher? No Ronnie? No Richard? No Edward? These are just some of the moons orbiting around planet Anita, and they are all M.I.A. in Flirt - a real oversight.
I think I can understand what Hamilton was going for here. This story needed to be told in order for Anita to continue to grow and evolve as a character. But I really hope that book 19, Bullet (out later this year,) will be a full-size novel - not an over-priced "Happy Meal."
The story itself is good. Anita is back to business as usual, raising the dead for a living. When she refuses to take on a new client due to her nagging morals, Anita puts herself and all of her "family" at risk. Sounds good, right? Well, good is about the only word I can use to describe it. Flirt is just too short to be great.
My complaints don't have anything to do with the writing, Hamilton is as solid as ever in that department. But the length of the book made it impossible to explore the cast of characters in Anita's world that readers have come to know and love. No Jean Claude? No Asher? No Ronnie? No Richard? No Edward? These are just some of the moons orbiting around planet Anita, and they are all M.I.A. in Flirt - a real oversight.
I think I can understand what Hamilton was going for here. This story needed to be told in order for Anita to continue to grow and evolve as a character. But I really hope that book 19, Bullet (out later this year,) will be a full-size novel - not an over-priced "Happy Meal."
Although I haven’t read any previous books from the Anita Blake series, this book does a good job of bringing a new reader up to speed on Anita’s turbulent personal and professional life.
As the novel begins, Tony Bennington is at Anita's office and is asking her to raise his wife, Ilsa, from the dead. Anita questions Bennington's motives and is unsatisfied when he doesn't tell Anita what he has to gain from having his wife resurrected.
After Bennington leaves Anita's office, she is greeted by her lovers, Nathaniel, Micah and Jason who take her to lunch. As the novel progresses, Bennington is relentless in having his wife brought back and will stop at nothing to have Anita accomplish this task.
The most surprising thing I took away from this book is that flirting doesn't always have to be sexual and that everyone flirts in a way with others to get people to like you or show that you are listening. In closing, I liked this novel because this was a super quick read filled with action, romance and a little suspense.
As the novel begins, Tony Bennington is at Anita's office and is asking her to raise his wife, Ilsa, from the dead. Anita questions Bennington's motives and is unsatisfied when he doesn't tell Anita what he has to gain from having his wife resurrected.
After Bennington leaves Anita's office, she is greeted by her lovers, Nathaniel, Micah and Jason who take her to lunch. As the novel progresses, Bennington is relentless in having his wife brought back and will stop at nothing to have Anita accomplish this task.
The most surprising thing I took away from this book is that flirting doesn't always have to be sexual and that everyone flirts in a way with others to get people to like you or show that you are listening. In closing, I liked this novel because this was a super quick read filled with action, romance and a little suspense.
Wasn't that bad but since it wasn't the first book I was a little confused about some stuff but I'm not sure if I want to buy the series to read
I haven't read an Anita Blake book in over a decade--it's been so long and I've developed my own set of writing skills in the meantime-- so it's safe to say, I read this with an entirely new perspective. I was happy to return to familiar characters but holy crap there was some lazy writing. I never want to read about another group hug again. The guys and Anita were constantly all over each other, it's really distracting. I remembered very quickly why I started to roll my eyes when I was reading later in the series after her succubus powers came into play and things just got ridiculous. Hamilton's got a very easy-to-read writing style and the pace is quick, which can be wonderful, but the plot of this novel was basically nonexistent. I'm curious to pick up the next book in the series to see how it compares, since Flirt feels like a fleeting thought that should have been a short story, not a novel.
Man, this was a really disappointing read.
Man, this was a really disappointing read.
Book eighteen in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. This is just a little short novella addition to the series. It has plenty of danger for Anita, and introduces yet another lover to the fold, this time in the form of Nicky, the werelion.
The main storyline was quite enjoyable, after 18 books I’m getting sick of the emotional baggage that seems to come along with all of these characters and the amount of pages and time it seems to take up dealing with it. Everyone just needs to spank their inner moppet and get over it.
Speed up the plot a bit more and get rid of the a good chunk of the relationship stuff and I’ll be a much happier reader.
The main storyline was quite enjoyable, after 18 books I’m getting sick of the emotional baggage that seems to come along with all of these characters and the amount of pages and time it seems to take up dealing with it. Everyone just needs to spank their inner moppet and get over it.
Speed up the plot a bit more and get rid of the a good chunk of the relationship stuff and I’ll be a much happier reader.
It was better than the last book, and I enjoyed that it was zombie centric but the mind fucking of a certain character made me suuuuper uncomfortable. 2.5 stars
This went down fairly quick. Balance of sex to action wasn't too bad. Not sure how I feel about Nicky. Before being rolled he was unpleasant. I much prefer Haven as her lion to call and now wonder if it is still possible for him to be that or is Nicky now her lion to call...I am confused.
Reread 2018 - More comfortable with Nicky and more understanding of why she holds off Haven. You can love someone who is so wrong for you,who is so problematic that they just can't be allowed in your life. This was a tidbit and I actually enjoyed it. I am sure price is a problem when the book is lightweight but if you discount the price (half of her readership doesn't pay to read the damned things anyway and these days...anyone who buys in hardcover is an idiot and pandering to Amazon) then the story was just fine. I love the stuff that moves the history forward and fills in blanks.
Reread 2018 - More comfortable with Nicky and more understanding of why she holds off Haven. You can love someone who is so wrong for you,who is so problematic that they just can't be allowed in your life. This was a tidbit and I actually enjoyed it. I am sure price is a problem when the book is lightweight but if you discount the price (half of her readership doesn't pay to read the damned things anyway and these days...anyone who buys in hardcover is an idiot and pandering to Amazon) then the story was just fine. I love the stuff that moves the history forward and fills in blanks.
ehhhhh it was ok ...a side story that brought in a major character!