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Summary: This series gets better and better
Review: Anita's assasin buddy Edward is owed a favor. She killed his backup, Harley, before he could kill her. Edward asks her to come to his home in New Mexico to solve a particularly gruesome case. People are being torn apart, the lucky ones are skinned alive and live, or do they. Edward's alter ego, Ted Forrester, also has a few other surprises for Anita, he has a fiancee with two children. She never knew Death had a life!This novel was very exciting. It was nice to take a break from her problems with Richard and Jean Claude for a brief time only. The characters are very vivid and just as scary as previous novels. I think Edward's human friends are even scarier. Olaf could give Hannibal Lecter a run for his money.
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Summary: A LITTLE LESS DETAIL ALREADY!!!
Review: I've read some of the other books and loved them but in this one her long-winded (VERRRRRY long-winded) style really works against her. She is investigating a series of horrifying murders/tortures and instead of any investigation of who the victims are she devotes all this tume to discussing how the characters dress. TEDIOUS!!! Better luck next time...
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Summary: Love it or leave it alone
Review: Obsidian Butterfly is truly a departure from the usual Anita Blake novel. The first thing that jumps out at any reader is the fact that Anita is the narrator, but not really the main character. Anita travels to New Mexico to help out her mercenary friend Edward, and that's where things get weird. On one hand it was nice to read an installment where the plot didn't revolve around Anita's love life (Richard and Jean-Claude were conspicuously absent), it was also nice to see Anita get involved with some straight forward paranormal criminal investigation. There was even a tiny spark of romance with one of the New Mexico cops, but it never developed (we all know by now Anita needs a lot of monster in her man).
The book goes beyond the typical vampire story and sends a message about defacing ancient relics and artifacts when some Aztec vampires go on the rampage and start skinning humans alive. The title 'Obsidian Butterfly' refers to a female master vampire, a character so well-written and powerful that I personally would love to see her in another installment.
I wouldn't recommend 'Obsidian Butterfly' as the best novel in the series, but in combination with the previous installments it is excellent and well worth the reading.
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Summary: Bad Romance Novel With Vampires
Review: I have no idea how anyone could read this all the way through. It's nothing more than a cheap romance novel with a vampire hunter as the main character. The supernatural setting, which is supposed to set this series apart, isn't even highlighted or detailed well! It's just background noise to the silly soap-opera-esque romance plot! This is worse than Anne Rice's Interview With A Vampire! Run away! Run away!
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Summary: All about Edward
Review: This was another excellent installment in the Anita Blake series. It would be very helpful to have read the other books in the series before trying this one, however. This story centers around Anita's involvement with Edward and some very gruesome murders. Not for the squeamish, but very creative for those who are used to fantasy violence. Defintitely a worth while read.
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Summary: A Ray of Hope
Review: Thank God for Edward. Otherwise, this book would have most likely been yet another of LKH's more recent books to be only supported by their erotic appeal. In this book, Anita returns her favor to Edward, the one she owed him when she killed his sidekick Harley. The favor involves her flying out to New Mexico to meet Edward, aka Death, aka the Undertaker, aka one of the few people in Anita's world that kill without a second thought--only to meet his fiance, Donna, at the airport. As if things weren't crazy enough, with vampire/goddesses and a necromancer, now Edward has a FAMILY. That major plot twist is enough to keep you riveted for the entire book, through both Anita and Edward's moral issues with life, love, and, as Edward puts it, "the monsters". Anita comes to terms with herself in this book, and although no familiar characters other than Anita and Edward show up, the book kept me interested. LKH proves that she can write a book with an actual plot, not just one supported with sex. Buy this one, skip the rest.
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Summary: Better than expected
Review: When I set out reading this book I was apprehensive because of some of the reviews and the mere fact that Anita was not going to be in St. Louis but in New Mexico with Edward. The book started slow to me but then I thought it was an excellent read. It was different from the previous books but still I could not put it down.
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Summary: Werewolves and Vampires and Witches, Oh MY!
Review: I just finished this book and I must say that it was very violent, sexy, and jam packed with guns. Since I watched Sigourney Weaver be sexy, smart, agile, and cool in Aliens I have not been impressed with other female heroines. Many are written by a man with manly feelings. The girls seem to freak out in all the wrong places and be stoic in others. Anita Blake, the kick butt woman in this series, does exactly like she is supposed to. She has attacks of passions, fainting, and is injured. The monster in this story is a bad dude that likes to skin people alive. Yum. What really sets this story apart is Anita's association with other trained killers out to find this thing. The exchanges between Olaf, Bernardo, and her rival/friend Edward are gritty and very realistic. The reason I am giving this book 4 stars is that I feel the ending was a little to forced. There was a pushed through plot point and I didn't care for. Like it was a last minute thought and no one went back to fix it in the story. It seemed a little to convient. My recommendation: Read early and read often. If you can't take the heat of this novel, stay out of the Blake kitchen. She's a lean, mean killin' machine.
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Summary: Getting Better
Review: This latest installment in the Anita Blake series has recaptured some of the feel, excitment, and enjoyment that has been lacking in previous books. The only slightly distracting item I have to complain about is that Hamilton is spending more time on the sexual tenshions in this one, and less time with plot needed detail. All in all not bad, but not quite what say the first 2 books were.
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Summary: Why did you have to do that
Review: Unfortunately, as much as I love the AB series, I think the series has ran its course. This book killed it for me. For a while now, I have watched as my Puritan fell from grace becoming the sex craved monster who gives only side pseudo-consideration to the high ideals that were the cornerstones of her existance. The development of the characters to become more than one dimensional took away from the power that there archtype presented. I watched, in horror, as both Richard and Jean Clauda lost there beauty. But I draw a line when the iron man get a heart. Edward was my favorite character and to destroy him was to destroy the series' integrity.
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