Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Shapeshifters, Lamias...Have I missed something? This is the world that Anita Blake lives in where most of these ?monsters? live in peace with the human population. I mean vampires have rights & vote for goodness sakes!! Where else can you raise from the dead someone (zombie) to make a will to protect their family or give testimony to the police about a murder (usually theirs). Anita Blake is an animator who brings back the dead temporarily to assist the living...

No le pongo 5 estrellas porque es lo que les he puesto a los dos anteriores leídos y me da vergüenza ser tan generoso, pero le podrían haber caído. En realidad le falla un poco que el ritmo es demasiado vertiginoso y que los personajes son un poco tontorrones, pero la gozas con los diálogos irónicos y con el enganche que pillas. Muy subjetivamente me cansa la súper-abundancia de tíos macizos descritos con embeleso por la autora, pero bueno, es perdonable Supongo. Tercero de una saga que lleva cr...

Anita Blake to the rescue again???!!!I'm afraid my love affair with Anita's badass ways may be coming to an end. Too much of a good thing I suppose.It's kinda like when you have a crush on someone so everything they do is wonderful. But a few months into the relationship the actions you once loved start to annoy the crap out of you. I'm starting to feel that way towards Anita. I loved her bitchiness, no soft edges, tough as nails, I don't date vampires, I kill them attitude. But now I am gettin...

“I could have made this pleasant, but now I think I want you to hurt. Look into my eyes, mortal, and despair.” - Alejandro 4th Listen: The end was awesomely brutal! I like to pretend Richard passed too.3rd Listen: Edward makes everything better! Also, I’m a big fan of the lamia, even if she did portend Anita the succubus. And Richard, jee-zusz Richard: “We were fighting and we hadn’t even had one date, that was a record even for me.” -Anita Blake on the subject of Richard2nd Listen: Still a g...

I’m still enjoying the Anita Blake series, although I have to tell you, Anita does not seem like a 24 year old character to me. I think she would be much more believable as someone in her late 30’s or early 40’s considering how jaded she seems to be and how experienced she thinks she is. I wonder if Hamilton got any money from Nike for product placement? It seems like she mentions the shoes by name at least once per chapter. Although I suppose I could say the same thing about 2-3 brands of gun…....

Well, it's not going to be Anita. This girl is obsessed with her Nikes. Nikes are mentioned in this book so many times that if you played a drinking game with "Nike" as your word, you would be smashed by the halfway point of the book. But, don't worry, she always color coordinates her Nikes with a sporty fanny pack. To look more fashionable, of course.So, even though we want to picture Anita like this:She is actually more like this:So, in this book we have a pack of vampires murdering people. An...

"Your questions will make something simple last all...day." Just three books in, and already we can see a pattern forming. Dudes come to Anita to have her do something; she says, in no uncertain terms, "No". Dolph calls her to investigate a murder; it ends up being the weirdest, most unusual murder Anita has ever seen. Jean-Claude makes the moves on her; Anita tells him to F@#$ off. Anita does minor investigating, bad guys come out of the woodworks to try to kill her, Anita is rude and sarcastic...

I love Laurell Hamilton’s work. The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is outstanding! The first two books in this series, Guilty Pleasures and The Laughing Corpse are amazing pieces of work. This book declares no less awesomeness. This is the book that wraps you around the series and pulls everything together. This book is really the beginning of the journey that whips and turns you into a reality that is completely twisted, morbid and simply put, cool! Anita Blake is introduced to a few charac...

I am really enjoying my rereading of this series. Going back to the beginning of the series has reminded me why I continue to read along even though it has morphed into another beast entirely. These early books were so great because the men and the sex weren’t the focus of the entire freaking plot.Here Anita is still working as an animator and an assistant to preternatural police force. Anita has a full plate, as usual, after a full night of corpse raising, she’s then hounded by members of “the ...

Without a doubt, better than the first two. I really like Jean-Claud. He is the reason I am reading these books. I have never wanted a bad guy to get the girl before, it's fun. Anita was a bit disappointing. I'm beginning to wonder if Jean-Claud deserves better.The swearing is excessive and redundant. And I realize that in a series you have to make each book a stand alone and therefore have to explain the same thing several times. But does it have to be word for word? There are literally paragra...