A review by librarycatnip
Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton

3.0

I was disappointed with most of the essays in this book, but thankfully not all of them. "Showing the Scars," in particular, by Jacob Clifton delves into the aspects of Urban Fantasy that most interest me. He posits that the supernatural love triangle is a communal effort of our culture to cope with the myriad of sexual and gendered changes of the last 40 years. That is the heart of my research interests, there are too many patterns throughout this genre, and they sell WAY too well, for these elements to be purely coincidental.


So, worth reading, worth my time, but the first half is also worth my complaints in that first week. I am pleased with the last essay.