Rating: 
Summary: WOW!! Can't believe this!
Review: On Sunday, a friend lent me the first two books of this series. I finished them early Monday morning, and ran out and bought all the rest! Laurell Hamilton writes a gripping story that you can't put down. I am thrilled that Anita finally gave in to Jean-Claude; Richard was too much of a wimp to deal with Anita. Sex isn't everything, and eventually her job would have destroyed their relationship. Each book explores relationships and (my favorite part of any series) brings back people from earlier books. Everyone changes, and the changes aren't always predictable. I can't wait for the next book...and I wish Jean-Claude were real!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Series running out of steam.
Review: Poor Anita, she is becoming what she used to fear most, one of the monsters. This book seems like a rehash of the last one. Burnt Offerings was very predictable... a somewhat confused Anita, a tortured Richard, a cool Jean Claude. Change the names of the bad guys, and you pretty much have the same book as The Killing Dance.The "mine is bigger than yours" confrontations are getting tiresome. These episodes seem to be required every second or third chapter, and in most cases are anti-climatic, or just plain juvenile. I've always looked forward to the next new book, not anymore. I think Anita needs a rest, a long one. Where's Edward when you need him?
Rating:
Summary: Great series, realistic character growth
Review: It's annoying to me when people complain about how different Anita is from the beginning of the series. Well, duh. It's called character development. Character evolvement. Anita has been through so much crap and has learned so many new things. It's impossible for her to be the same person. That's what makes the series and characters so believable. Anita changes, realistically, as a person. Geez, didn't anybody ever take an English class in their life.
Rating:
Summary: IT ROCKS!!!!
Review: For all of you fans who thought Anita and Jean Claude would make the most dynamic couple ever well you were right. Anita can still put him in his place and Richard is left in the proverbial doghouse!
Rating:
Summary: A must read that can't be put down!!!
Review: The progression of Anita's character has been natural and exciting.Laurell created a character so real, she immediately became a friend.The other characters--Jean Claude, Richard, Jason, Larry,etc--also bring life to the story. Although, I like the character of Richard, his and Anita's romance could never work. Richard loved Anita for who he thought she should be and not who she was. The type of love that wants to change the person you are supposed to love will never work. Also, Jean Claude is a facination character. He and Anita make a great couple. Laurell, please write more! Soon!
Rating: 
Summary: Gripping book but disappointed in Anita's choices.
Review: There are few series that have gripped me as much as this one. I must confess there are few books where I want desperately for the author to change their minds. Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series is one (I actually wrote the author, complaining when he killed off my favorite character). This is another. Please don't dump Richard! I actually had to stop myself from mentally shaking Anita for making the 'wrong' choice. I am anxiously awaiting the next book to see if she wises up.
Rating:
Summary: Couldn't Put It Down!!!!
Review: Like the rest of the Anita Blake Series, this is a keeper. I can only hope that L.H. can write a little faster!
Rating:
Summary: Where is our heroine?
Review: For those of you who liked the Anita of old (the one who drowned in the bathtub at the end of the Killing Dance), don't read Burnt Offerings. The mystery is, for all purposes, nonexistant, the amount of violence is obscene, and the drastic changes in Anita's character will make you cringe. Your time will be better spent re-reading the first three or four books of the series.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Reading
Review: This book was extremely good, a great follow up to the other seven books in the series. Very fast paced and exciting. I love how tough anita is and I think her and the master vampire Jean-Claude are a great couple. If you like vampire novels you have to read Burnt Offerings and the other Anita Blake books.
Rating:
Summary: Anita's back on track!
Review: Although the beginning of the book (like most of the preceding novel)jumps around like a Dungeons and Dragons adventure -- something worse awaits beyond every corner -- by the time Anita finally gets rid of that split-side dress things get back to normal for an action-packed Anita Blake novel. From the relationship point of view there's still hope for Richard, although it seems like the final settlement will be a menage a trois. But the most important point is that the real Anita returns with this book in temperament. Whereas before she was building to shooting anyone for the most minor of reasons, now she's controlling herself better; her trigger finger isn't nearly so itchy. The bad news is that her powers are too strong and need to be tempered by her triumvirate in future stories. But the fun, the gore, the titillation -- and Larry, the Executioner-in-training -- are all back. Hopefully future books will concentrate on the world of Anita and inhuman rights as well as the Blake family. With this book, I'm determined to keep on reading future installments of the series.
| 
