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Summary: Very Little Happens
Review: Coming off such a strong entry (Killing Dance), I was disappointed with this 7th book of the series. Is Laurell running out of ideas? Nothing really happens in the first 125 pages. I can only read so much pretentious bragging and threats made by the vampire council before I'm just not scared by them anymore... an neither, apparently, is Anita. Some sloppy editing and writing make this the worst in the series. For instance, Chapter 16 uses the word "cool" FIVE times in the first paragraph. Maybe Laurell should concentrate more on quality and focus less on cranking out her yearly deadline.
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Summary: Up until now, the best
Review: This book has a lot of plots and a lot of characters, but it's excelelnt. Anita has chosen Jean-Claude over Richard, though, of course, she can't just walk away from Richard altogether. It's never easy for her. A visiting council of vampires has come to town to investigate Jean-Claude and his group, including Anita and Jean-Claude. I loved that this book ended some storylines but also took things in new directions.
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Summary: My Second Favorite in the Series
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The action with the Council and the interaction of the characters was great to read. The relationship between JC and Anita was very nice to see and I enjoyed learning more and more of JC's past. A definate page turner, but The Killing Dance is still my favorite.
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Summary: Oh man oh man
Review: Oh yes, I feel bad for RAZ, but I am looking forward to the future novels to see if Anita will repair her relationship with him. I love Jean-Claude and want more of Asher. He needs to stay. And Jason, poor Jason needs to have monsters stop rotting on him. I love Jason. I's take him any time.
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Summary: RED HOT
Review: ANITA BLAKE IS THE BEST FEMALE HEROINE IN A DECADE, THESE BOOKS ARE WONDERFUL AND GREAT READS!
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Summary: Now I've got to have them all
Review: Read the great reviews for LKH's vampire series and happened to pick up Burnt Offerings at a used book store to try it out. Started on a Sunday evening and if I hadn't had to get up the next morning for work I would have stayed up the entire night to finish it. I kept telling myself "just one more chapter" but there didn't seem a good place to stop. One of the reviewers commented that this was not one of the best as it was "slow and not in keeping with her usual faster paced stories." I plan on buying the entire series and if Burnt Offerings was an example of LKH not at her best then I guess I am in store for some enjoyable long evenings reading the rest of the series.
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Summary: Let the party begin!
Review: LKH has done it again! She has introduced us to new characters that bring out more of Anitas personality and we see Anita thrown into a "mothering" role which is new to her. For most of the book, Anita finds herself acting as lupa to the werewolf pack since Richard is away. They are no longer dating but she is still lupa until she is replaced by Richard. She is also needed as protector of the wereleopards since she killed thier leader in another book. Anita is having to learn to deal with her personal life with Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city and her boyfriend, and the question and comments that friends are making about the pair.In the middle of everything, Jean-Claude's home is overrun with council members from the Vampire Council which "governs" vamps worldwide. They think Jean-Claude is a threat to the council since he was able to kill one of the more powerful council members (from an earler book). Anita tries to help and finally wises up towards them and starts to turn the members "games" against them. How does she do it?! In this book we learn more about certain were animals that we have been seeing in other books. It makes those characters more loveable and/or likeable.
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Summary: The city is burning...
Review: and so is Anita Blake. Burning with desire. She's taken a vampire as her lover...and that's the good news. The bad news is buildings are burning, a bunch of very old vampires are in town to question her lover, and if she thought regular vampires were sometimes scary, well, Anita was wrong. The vampire council gives scary a whole new name. It's up to Anita and Jean-Claude to put things to right--the problem is she's not sure what's right and what's wrong any more.
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Summary: A Non-Stop, Thrilling Adventure!
Review: "Burnt Offerings" is the seventh book in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series, and it is just too much fun to miss! Hamilton takes her readers on a non-stop, action-packed thrill ride that will captivate readers from the very first page. This book is immensely entertaining - filled with heart-pounding action and suspense and highly erotic romance. Not for the faint of heart, readers will find this book to be a truly satisfying read. The book begins as Anita, tough-as-nails necromancer and animator, agrees to help the police find a psychic firestarter. She is also policing the local werewolf pack, acting as their lupa, despite her split with Richard, the pack's alpha. In addition to this, Anita suddenly finds herself as the protector/leader of the local wereleopard pack (Anita killed their alpha, Gabriel, in an earlier novel). Then Anita's boyfriend Jean-Claude, the city of St. Louis' super-sexy Master Vampire, has his home invaded by the immensely powerful and frightening Vampire Council, the ruling body for all vampires. Anita and Jean-Claude confront them together, and must defend themselves against wild accusations claiming that Jean-Claude is a threat to the hierarchy, planning to set-up his own rival council. They also must explain how they were powerful enough to destroy a Council member some months ago.
The Council members present, the Traveler, who inhabits the bodies of those around him, and Padma, Master of Beasts, and their many violent and twisted associates have been torturing and raping Jean-Claude's people. Tensions run high as Jean-Claude and Anita barter for the safe return of all their people and from that point on, the action and violence escalates. Anita and Jean-Claude aren't exactly sure what the Council wants from them, but they aren't too sure they'll get out of this alive. Richard arrives to assist them, though he is hurt and angry with Anita and the world in general. But these three must find a way to get along, because the only way that they are going to keep from getting killed is if they work together! Anita's relationship with Jean-Claude is highly passionate and actually very touching. Jean-Claude accepts all of Anita, the light side of her nature as well as the dark, and his devotion to her is really lovely. Anita and Jean-Claude's scenes together are full of passion and sensual delights for the readers. Hamilton does an amazing job of portraying all of the characters, monster or human, as rich and real individuals. Half the time, the monsters show more compassion than the humans, and Anita begins to wonder who the REAL monsters are. The character development is a strength in this book, as we learn more about not just Anita, Jean-Claude and Richard, but also the new and interesting secondary characters. Reading these Anita Blake books is pure pleasure for me! For a few hours I get to join a wild and wonderful world of shape-shifters and vampires, and pretend for a little while that I am a part of it. Hamilton so skilfully portrays her deep and vivid characters, that it is easy to forget that they aren't actually real people. So buy this book today, I guarantee you won't regret it!
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Summary: Better and better
Review: From the first chapter of "Guilty Pleasures" I found myself sucked into the world of Anita Blake. Simply, "Burnt Offerings" is a wonderful character study - as such, it is my favorite book in the series. The arcane complexities in her relationships with Richard - whom she loves in a sweet, idealistically childlike way - and Jean-Claude - whom she lusts after and trusts with her life and soul - are fleshed out and come to a head. Beautifully. Plus, "Burnt Offerings" has one of the strongest side characters Hamilton has come up with - Magnus. Nathaniel and Steven and Edward are wonderful, but Magnus has an aura about him. He's mesmerizing from the instant his presence worms its way onto the page. For him, and the pursuit of Jean-Claude, I adored this book.
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