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Club Vampyre by Laurell K. Hamilton
5.0
Guilty Pleasures
What a great introduction to this world. Vampires are legal, as in they own businesses and may even get to vote soon. The supernatural isn't hidden anymore. The MC raises zombies for a living. But like when most things change, they are people who protest.
Anita Blake, zombie raiser and legal vampire slayer, understands the supernatural better than most. It is after all her job. When vampire corpses are found brutally murdered, Anita is put on the case - both by the police and the Master vampire of the city.
I enjoyed every part of this book. The introduction to the world was done so smoothly that I believed instantly that this world exists. But Hamilton doesn't just romanticize the vampires. They are dangerous and violent and that shows in the fighting scenes.
And then there's Jean-Claude...
The Laughing Corpse
For some reason, when I think back on this book, I always think that I don't like it that much. But rereading it, yes there were parts that I wasn't too fond of, but overall I really liked it. This book focuses more on the zombie side of things. There's a rogue zombie on the loose killing people - killing innocent families.
What I like about these books is how everything is interconnected. One tiny detail because paramount later.
Circus of the Damned
This is where things start picking up. We get introduced to more characters including one Richard Zeeman. I like the introduction of Richard. There's finally someone to challenge Jean-Claude's feelings with Anita.
Speaking of Jean-Claude, Anita is so wanting to get away from him that she allies herself with another Master who wants Jean-Claude's throne. What comes out of this is something Anita never saw coming and she's then forced to choose once and for all what side she stands on.
I read somewhere that either Richard or Jean-Claude was supposed to die in this book. I can't for the life of me remember which one it was. Having read up until I think book 20, I can't imagine this series without either of them.
What a great introduction to this world. Vampires are legal, as in they own businesses and may even get to vote soon. The supernatural isn't hidden anymore. The MC raises zombies for a living. But like when most things change, they are people who protest.
Anita Blake, zombie raiser and legal vampire slayer, understands the supernatural better than most. It is after all her job. When vampire corpses are found brutally murdered, Anita is put on the case - both by the police and the Master vampire of the city.
I enjoyed every part of this book. The introduction to the world was done so smoothly that I believed instantly that this world exists. But Hamilton doesn't just romanticize the vampires. They are dangerous and violent and that shows in the fighting scenes.
And then there's Jean-Claude...
The Laughing Corpse
For some reason, when I think back on this book, I always think that I don't like it that much. But rereading it, yes there were parts that I wasn't too fond of, but overall I really liked it. This book focuses more on the zombie side of things. There's a rogue zombie on the loose killing people - killing innocent families.
What I like about these books is how everything is interconnected. One tiny detail because paramount later.
Circus of the Damned
This is where things start picking up. We get introduced to more characters including one Richard Zeeman. I like the introduction of Richard. There's finally someone to challenge Jean-Claude's feelings with Anita.
Speaking of Jean-Claude, Anita is so wanting to get away from him that she allies herself with another Master who wants Jean-Claude's throne. What comes out of this is something Anita never saw coming and she's then forced to choose once and for all what side she stands on.
I read somewhere that either Richard or Jean-Claude was supposed to die in this book. I can't for the life of me remember which one it was. Having read up until I think book 20, I can't imagine this series without either of them.