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Summary: Anita gets back to her roots
Review: This installment of Anita Blake finds her focused on her primary job as an Animator. Anita is contracted for a raising of the dead to settle a property dispute in the Ozark mountains. While in the area, Anita is called in to advise on a preternatural killing. Unfortunately, the cop in charge is a woman with a chip on her shoulder the size of Alaska, and she does not want anyone interfering with her investigation.To make matters worse, the age of the bodies is about another hundred years beyond what was advertised, the grave site has been wrecked by an earthmover, mixing up everyones bodyparts, the local bartenders are descendants of faries of the Unseelie court, the local master vampire has a few tricks up her sleeve, and there is something wandering the woods that can chop down trees with a single cut. Not a great situation to get thrown into. Fortunately, Anita has been thrown into tricky situations before, and she always comes loaded for bear. 'Bloody Bones' is a great book, and for Anita Blake fans, I can't recomend it enough. Also, Larry plays a major part in this book, and he is starting to mature into a capable vampire layer. This book is not for the faint of heart (none of them are.) If you are new to Anita Blake, I recommend that you start with Guilty Pleasures, and read through the series, rather than jumping into the middle, as there are complex relationships that have been developed over time, and continue to develop in this book.
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Summary: Awsome story telling!!
Review: I absolutly loved this book! If it wern't for stumbling on this book at a 2nd hand store I would have never know the world of Anita Blake! I just wish i would have started at the begining!
Laurell is one of the very few writes I've found that can make a story flow through your mind like a movie! I highly recomend this book to all vampire novel people alike or even if your just into it for an awsome story to beter your imagination!
Thanx for your time,
~Michael
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Summary: Raising jumbled bones or facing nightmares? Toughie..
Review: Anita takes an assignment that sends her to Branson, Missouri to raise 200 year old bones, or so they said. The lawyers involved will not tell her the real reason why she is being asked to this but they are willing to pay big time for it to be done. By doing her "thing", she finds out that she is looking at 300+ year old bones and she starts to try and figure out why she is doing this. At the same time, she is trying to solve a murder that is disturbing even to her. In the end, she has to call in Jean-Claude to help her with the local Master vamp of the city so that she can ask questions. All hell breaks loose at this point but Anita, along with Jean-Claude and gang, knows how to kick butt. But with all the ancient powers that be, vampire and ghosts and unseelie fae, who will walk away with just a little mental disterbance and who will walk away only in memories?
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Summary: Couldn't Be Better!!!
Review: I can't say how much I love the Anita Blake series!And this is my favourite!Anita gets a call from Richard's brother,telling her that Richard is in jail after being arrested for rape.She goes to see him,knowing he would never hurt anyone like that,and tries to find out who is really responsible.There is still alot of hurt between them,and jealousy,when Anita finds out what Richard has been doing while being away.They both realise they still need each other after some time,while fighting the vampires,and fighting for Richard's freedom.Meanwhile,Anita grows evermore powerful,not physically,but the"munin",the spirit of Raina,gives her almost magical powers,to heal,comfort and protect.Her relationship with the wereleopards becomes more intimate,and deeper,although at first she is wary of it.She has become like a mother to them,but because of Gabriel and Raina's power over them,they feel sex must be a part of it,which,as we know,Anita isn't comfortable with.I just loved Blue Moon,it's very exciting,tender and surprising.And Anita and Richard finally give in to their love and passion for each other!
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Summary: Anita Rocks!
Review: Anita is hired to raise a whole cemetary in order for the property to be sold. She brings her protege, Larry, with her and he is a good recurring character. She also asks Jean-Claude for help and their relationships heats up. Anita finally softens to him when he is at his weakest! There is the 'baddest' Master Vampire of them all-Seraphina and she really knows how to get to Anita. This series is so imaginative and Anita is wonderful to watch. I love strong, vulnerable heroines. Several stories within a story here can get confusing to keep everyone in order but Anita conquers all in the end.
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Summary: A new kind of monster?
Review: Something new is in the woods, something that could be worse than a vampire, and it's up to Anita Blake to find it. While she's looking she's got a cemetary of zombies to raise, a whole new set of vampires who are out to get her, and it seems she's found a few fairies as well. Anita's got monsters crawling out of the woodwork...and she's got a vampire sleeping in her bed. Well, at least life's never boring. Another page-turning addition to the Anita Blake series.
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Summary: Fabulously Entertaining!
Review: "Bloody Bones" by Laurell K. Hamilton is the first Anita Blake novel I have ever read. Wow! This book gripped me from page one and held me captive until it was done - I just couldn't put it down. And while Hamilton's writing is not going to win her any awards, it is ultra entertaining and tons of thrilling fun!
Anita Blake, tough-as-nails necromancer and animator, is sent by her boss to do a job in Branson, Missouri. In order to settle a land dispute, Anita must raise a cemetery of 300-year-old zombies from a bulldozed field of jumbled bones. Anita is less than confident that she will be able to accomplish this, but due to her boss' inability to refuse a fat fee, she is going to give it a try.
However, Anita (and her trainee Larry) are interrupted from the task at hand when Anita is called in to help the police investigate the preternatural murders of three teenagers, killed in a way that even Anita has never seen before. The murders appear to have been committed by the first ever serial-killer vampire in history.
Anita is ostracized by the police investigating the case, and so must work alone as she tries to track down this rogue vampire. Anita soon realizes that she's in over her head, so she calls Jean-Claude, her boyfriend and Master Vampire of St. Louis. After Jean-Claude's arrival in Branson, things really start to heat up. The sexual tension between Jean-Claude and Anita is palpable, and Jean-Claude oozes with sensuality.
Anita and Jean-Claude seek out the local Master, Seraphina, to ask for her help in tracking down this rogue vampire. Seraphina was once Jean-Claude's equal in power, but when they meet her in her home, Anita and co. realize that they are in serious trouble. Seraphina has become immensely powerful, and desires Anita for herself. Anita and Jean-Claude are forced into an all-out war with Seraphina, and their chances of survival, much less triumph, are getting slimmer all the time!
Anita and Jean-Claude are two of the most compelling and intriguing characters I have ever encountered. Hamilton has created a weird and wild world of vampires, shape-shifters, and zombies, which readers can join anytime they pick up an Anita Blake book. Indeed, I feel that this is escapist reading at its best. Speaking for myself, during the hours I was absorbed in this book none of my worries or problems existed.
Hamilton writes in the first person, from Anita's point of view, which is a style I sometimes find awkward and distracting, but in this case it flows beautifully and works very well.
Overall, I highly recommend this book. "Bloody Bones" is filled with thrills, chills, passion and intrigue, and is exceptionally entertaining. So don't miss out on the fun - buy this book today!
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Summary: This is a career worth mentioning.
Review: This book starts off right from the get go. You meet this woman they call the zombie raiser, when she's in the midst of raising or killing and your hooked from the start. It's like non-stop action. She's either killing or raising the dead. It's a good book and I'm ready to read all the one's before this, to let me catch up .
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Summary: This just Rocks
Review: Once again we find ourselves in the Anita Blake world and once again Anita is going up against supernasty bad guys while having to deal with officialdom. A horrible combination for anyone. I like how we learned more about Larry and Jason and JC but even more I love how this book shows us what really haunts Anita. This book is tightly written and sure to please.
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Summary: Something for Everyone
Review: Romance? Horror? Fantasy? Mystery? Action/Thriller? Which best describes the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series? Darned if I know. Borrowing generously from each genre, Laurell K. Hamilton has produced a series that will go a long way toward satisfying the fans of each. Having developed the cultures of Werewolves, Vampires, Voodoo priests and Animators of the Dead in earlier novels, she introduces the Fey- the Faeries of European Mythology- in "Bloody Bones". A very nice addition to this alternate reality. One minor gripe however, the Blakian Beastiary, with two notable exceptions, is heavily weighted toward traditional Euro-Monsters. If you enjoy the supernatural, I can almost guarantee you'll like this one.
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