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Summary: Steamy
Review: This latest book almost lost me with its Anita does Saint Louis theme, but as always the characters have me hooked. Loved Asher and Damon, and almost all the werewolves are a lot more interesting than Richard has become. Sore loser that man. Where's his dignity? I'm hanging with the series because I believe there is method to the madness. According to Damon, Jean-Claudes powers are linked to sex. He's supposedly something akin to a male sucumbus, so I think this phase Anita is going through is just another of the problems that need to be dealt with in the link between Vampire, Necromancer and Werewolf. Like everyone else I'm guessing and will have to wait. I'd really love a book about the making of Jean-Clade and Asher and thier early days of survival. It would give us more insight into the development of the Vampire Counsel and how Vampires came to legalization. If you're new to the series you absolutely must start at the beginning to appreciate the development of the characters.
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Summary: More Asher, Less Richard!
Review: I love Anita but this book was not my fave! I don't like Richard as a love interest for Anita, I think he is much too wimpy & annoying for her, and I hope she gets rid of him very soon! I REALLY hated the graphic sex part, not only because of how graphic it was, but WHO it was with. Anita has always made a point of being very moral & she doesn't seem the type to do something like this. Also, it seems as though Anita is getting all these new powers & responsibilities (the trio thing, the lupa, the leopards, necromancy, etc) & I don't like that. One or two special powers I can understand, but all this stuff is too much. I did like alot of the new characters tho, especially ASHER! I hope future books include him! All in all, this book was good, but not her best. It seems like the past few books have been different from the earlier ones, Anita is still great, but she seems also to have taken to self obsession (such as her musings on if she is just as bad as Edward, etc). I hope that changes in future books. She used to be very comfortable with who & what she was (or at least not prone to whining about it). I'd still recommend this book (especially for Asher!) but I like her earlier books much better.
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Summary: A great book
Review: _Blue Moon_ is the eighth book in the fabulous Anita Blake series. This is the book I secretly dub "the Richard book," because it takes place in Tennessee instead of Missouri, and its main focus is the werewolves. Anita heads over to Tennessee to rescue her ex-fiance Richard, who has gotten himself into a bit of trouble. Lots of shapeshifting and continuing character development goes on, so I would recommend that new readers read the other books first.
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Summary: Another Gripping Page-turner for Addicts of Anita Blake
Review: I'm a big fan of AB, and this book really develops her character. Anita, really walks the moral edge and accepts who and what she is. Blue Moon developed several other characters mentioned in eariler books in AB series that were great ie: Asher, Damien, Nathiel, Zane and Cherry. I loved how LKH explained the Pack and its mentality. The mystery side of the plot was even smothe but the supernatural power side was ridiculous. Where did the munin come from? Does anyone remember how AB got this Power? Why did Anita turn on Jean-Claude all of a sudden? LKH is making Richard into some sort of boyscout; but is he really? Jean-Claude is alot more understanding about who and what Anita is. So why can't Richard?
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Summary: Bloody Bones
Review: It continues with the saga of Anita Blake,taking her relationship with Jean Claude to a higher level.It's exciting,intriguing and extremely involving. I couldn't wait to turn to the next page.
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Summary: A must read only for fans of the series, and maybe not then
Review: In BLUE MOON, Hamilton turns from the quirky humor and well-drawn characters that characterized previous books in the series, to soft porn interlaced with dialogue. Not recommended for those who (like me) find this a real drag on the plot.
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Summary: exciting, fast-moving story with some new twists
Review: It is very interesting to see Hamilton take us through a whole book while hardly mentioning three of the characters that have up to now been very important (Jean-Claude, Bert and Edward). This suggests to us that the series could survive the death of virtually any character in it except Anita herself, which means we had best not assume anyone is safe. The primary thread of the series, on the surface, has up to now been Anita's love interest. The deeper thread, though, has been Anita's growing discomfiture with her breaches of what she believed to be her core values: propriety, premarital chastity, and the dividing line between herself and the monsters. In _Blue Moon_ Anita's gut feelings and her by-now tattered value system have their showdown, which is well handled by the author. If you haven't read an Anita Blake book, let me give you a small taste of the sort of humour that leavens the series. Anita is talking about her talents in college before she got full control of them: "One night, the shambling corpse had come to my dorm room. My roommate got a room switch the next day. She had no sense of adventure." While the series started out as Anita the Vampire Slayer, it has matured into an exceptionally complex portrait of a young woman with some unusual talents. Recommended without hesitation.
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Summary: Wonderful read...
Review: Were you looking for more werewolf goodness? It's right here for you. I must admit that I am much more partial to the vampires in this series, but I enjoyed the look this novel gave me. I have come to really enjoy all of the werecats as well.
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Summary: One of the crossover romance readers checks in
Review: My husband turned me on to this series. He likes it for the vampire stuff; I like it for the romance. My normal romance reading fare is Regency romances. While Anita is **far** from our 19th century heroines, the witty dialogue here resembles the best of Regency dialogue. I don't read too much fantasy, I prefer science fiction, because many fantasy series are, well, too fantastic- there are no rules at all. This one isn't like that - there are definite rules, reasons things happen. While these later books in the series have Anita developing more unusual powers, they are things for which the ground has been laid (if you'll pardon the pun), they don't just magically appear. And, thank goodness, there are no cutesy elves anywhere in the entire series. (Can someone please invent a serial killer of cutesy elves? It would be doing the writing world a favor.) In fact, that about summarizes the series: very funny, not at all cutesy. Incidentally, later on I read more of my spouse's vampire novels, and got interested in the whole genre. I've since reviewed the rest of the books in this series, starting with _Guilty Pleasures_, with more of an eye toward the vampire and thriller aspects rather than concentrating on the romance aspects.
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Summary: Tied for Best of the Series
Review: There's so MUCH in this book! A fitting follow-on to Burnt Offerings and a good set-up for Obsidian Butterfly. Anita's on top of absolutely everything, and everyone. Little more than a year has past in Anita's universe since Guilty Pleasures; is it all beginning to take its toll? Jean-Claude pouts and Richard gets a clue -- both sights to behold. Richard's cute-as-a-bug baby brother and formidable mom make noteworthy appearances. But if Nathaniel get hurt one more time...argh! The proofreaders at Penguin/Berkley/Ace are up to their usual antics, but muddle past -- the ride is worth the struggle.
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