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Summary: A great book
Review: _Lunatic Cafe_ is the fourth book in the Anita Blake series. It introduces readers to the werewolf pack that Richard belongs to, when Anita is called on to help them discover who has been killing shapeshifters. Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of St. Louis, also plays a part, as he happens to have an interest in Anita and the local werewolf pack. A very cool book that I highly recommend.
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Summary: Improving greatly
Review: Although her characters are still shrugging and sighing, they are starting to form an interesting soap opera in the horror world. Kudos to Hamilton for being able to keep us interested after 4 books and anxious to continue reading, even poorly written stories. Here, we look more at werewolves and we find that Hamilton is torn between writing a soap opera, a horror story, or romance fiction. I think that her endings still wrap up too quickly, but they keep me hoping for more in the next book. Her endings leave us drooling for the next step and when we pick up the next book, we must struggle for too long to get the pay off. I would venture to say that setting the storyline is her strong point, but endings need more work.Werewolves, vampires, porno, they go hand in hand...
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Summary: These get better and better
Review: This is the fourth in the Anita Blake series. Anita meets a client who wants her to find his wife, a secret werewolf. She then goes on a date with her new boyfriend, and discovers a secret about him. Hours later, Anita barely escapes with her life from a meeting with the chief werewolf, who asks her to find out why werewolves are disappearing. She is then called to an out-of-town murder site, where the victim has been ripped apart by a werewolf. Why are the redneck cops so eager to keep her out of this investigation? I am reading these books in order, and although they are all unputdownable, it feels like they are getting better and better. The plots get more complex, and the characters get deeper. I think that Anita gets more and more attractive as we get to know her better - she was a one-dimensional tomboy earlier on, but she has filled out quite a lot since. In each book, we see a new set of interesting creatures, and more about the alternate World that Ms Hamilton writes about. The only point of comparison that I have is the "Interview with the Vampire" series, which I also like. These books are more gory, but much lighter, with more interesting plots. The Anne Rice books are more sexy and sensual, but by this stage in the series, the Anita Blake books are starting to become quite sexy. So they are catching up in that respect, and as I say, I think that the pace and plotting is better than the Anne Rice books.
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Summary: A tough and likeable heroine
Review: This is the fourth Anita Blake book I've read, and I am truly enjoying the character, and the world, that Laurell Hamilton has created. With every book, you get another revelation of just how different a place Anita's St. Louis is from the real one. While vampires are commonplace as characters in books, Hamilton's vampires are her own creation. Added to that are the shapeshifters (not limited to werewolves), and now we learn there are even gargoyles, trolls and fairies in Hamilton's world. I can't wait to get to the next adventure to hear about Anita mixing it up with the latest batch of preternatural beings, including her not-quite-human boyfriend, and her undead suitor.
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Summary: enjoyable, but too dominated by romantic interest
Review: With Anita Blake we can usually count on a lot of smart-mouthing, gutsy defiance of creatures that you'd think would tear her to pieces. It's enjoyable watching her win, and she's a definite fictional heroine to all of us who were undersized growing up. What I like a lot about this book is the depth that is given on some of the social structure of the creatures Anita deals with. Hamilton's come up with some very creative stuff in this regard. On the weak side, though, the plot is overdependent upon her love interest(s). I don't want to spoil anything, so that's all the detail I'll go into, but for me this detracted from the book. If you already like the series, you'll probably like this one more if you enjoy a strong romantic aspect, and less if you're more interested in the mystery/action angle.
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Summary: P-U
Review: I've read the first four books in this series. I have a hard time suspending disbelief with Ms Anita Blake. No human or vampire could possibly be such a wisecracking pain in the Ass and still live. She should have been killed off in Guilty Pleasures and Jean-Claude made the protagonist. Ms. Hamilton writes her action scenes well but falters when the main character opens her mouth. She is insufferably glib and smug! The dialogue started out as incredibly wooden, but has been glacially improving. I also believe that the villains aren't as threatening as they might be. As a method of heightening the dramatic appeal, someone close to Ms. Blake, Richard, Irving, Ronnie perhaps, must be sacrificed to make her quest to raise & kill the undead more personal. Maybe this will happen in the next book. Anita Blake is nothing but a bully, and a moralistic hypocrite as well, shooting first asking questions later, but NO premarital sex. Skewed outlook, if you ask me. I'll keep hoping the undead win, and Jean Claude gets her in the end. It would serve the girl right to rise as her worst nightmare. For less bubble gum, more artful gothic novels, try Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Children of Night Series. PS I didn't buy this drivel, its a loaner
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Summary: Richard, Jean-Claude, and Anita o my!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Laurell K. Hamilton has done it again. The triangle Hamilton has created is better than ever. Reading about Richard, Jean-Claude and Anita is always fun and exciting. The case/mystery that Anita solves in this book is also very good. I did not put all the pieces together until the very end. This book also tells more and more about the Werewolves and how their pack functions. Hamilton does just a great job of giving the reader a lot of information about the world she has created and makes this a hard one to put down until finished.
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Summary: :o)
Review: Laurell K Hamilton has done it again! I first started with the end of the series Blue Moon, I got so into it that I went back and started at the beginning with Guilty Pleasures. Once I started there I couldn't stop! I can't wait until the next juicy book after 'Obsidian Butterfly'!
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Summary: One of the Best in the Series
Review: I really liked this book, which is a change because I usually like more vampires than werewolves in my books. The only book I have liked more in the series is Burnt Offerings. If you like any book in the Anita Blake series I recommend reading this because it explains a lot for books to come. I'm not going to spoil the story for you but the ending is a good one amd the only question I have about this book is what happened to the vampire Jean-Claude put in the coffin.
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Summary: Lunatic Cafe a sure winner!
Review: I probably would never have read this book had it not been for my little brother's interest in books of this sort. Anita Blake is a believable character that anyone can picture and relate to. This book sound more like an autobiography than a fiction work. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a slight interest in vampires, werewolves, and the like. SUPER BOOK!
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