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A review by levit8ting
Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton
3.0
I just got back into these books. It took me awhile to remember what was going on as I read it, but I picked up quickly. I also remembered part of why I quit reading. SPOILER WARNING: Anita is fickle. She leaves Richard, a werewolf, for Jean-Claude, a vampire. I had been rooting for Richard the whole time. He's a genuinely good guy. Then you have Jean-Claude who gets a little annoying. There's definitely the whole Twilight thing going on. Jean-Claude is overprotective of his little Anita in the same way Edward protects Bella in Meyer's Twilight saga. And then you have Richard, who might as well be called Jacob. He's a good guy, head over heels for Anita, but he always gets the short end of the stick. I don't know. Maybe it's my penchant for rooting for the underdog. Or maybe I just think it's weird that Anita Blake would rather sleep with a corpse than a werewolf.
One thing that gets a little tiresome in Hamilton's books is that Anita likes to throw her weight around. She's getting less annoying that way but there are moments you want to just beat her over the head for being so stubborn and loudmouthed. It's hard to picture her as attractive and beautiful as she's described when she's acting like a man all the time. So that begs the question: What does Richard and Jean-Claude see in this woman?
I'm mainly reading to get my vampire fix and to have some no-brainer reading for awhile. These books definitely fit the bill. I do like her way of bringing you into the story. And there are some definite good little quotes in her books because Anita is joyously sarcastic which makes it even more entertaining.
One thing that gets a little tiresome in Hamilton's books is that Anita likes to throw her weight around. She's getting less annoying that way but there are moments you want to just beat her over the head for being so stubborn and loudmouthed. It's hard to picture her as attractive and beautiful as she's described when she's acting like a man all the time. So that begs the question: What does Richard and Jean-Claude see in this woman?
I'm mainly reading to get my vampire fix and to have some no-brainer reading for awhile. These books definitely fit the bill. I do like her way of bringing you into the story. And there are some definite good little quotes in her books because Anita is joyously sarcastic which makes it even more entertaining.