Newly-made vampire Anna has become a Watcher-one of the supernatural world's enforcers- even as she fights to control her vampiric rage. When a ser...
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Jan 12, 2012
Kristina
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While this series is fast-paced and introduces some new elements to vampire lore (vampires can go out in sunlight! they don't need to eat, but they can get drunk!), it's not among my favorites. It's difficult to like the bounty-hunter-turned vampire, Anna Strong. She literally attacks her so-called friends when they don't tell her what she wants to know. Why does anyone put up with her?
I imagine Stein's next book will be out sometime next year and I'll certainly give it a try.. More...
I imagine Stein's next book will be out sometime next year and I'll certainly give it a try.. More...
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Apr 19, 2011
sabisteb
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Band 3 spielt 3 Monate nach Band 1 in der Woche im den 1. November. Anna jobbt nebenbei als "Watcher" für Chief Williams, eine Art Vampircop, die Vampirrenegaten zur Strecke bringt.
Als Culebra verschwindet und zudem noch ihr Freund Max entführt wird schickt Chief Williams nach Beo dela muerta, damit sie aus dem Weg ist und nichts anstellt. Als hätte sie damit nicht schon genug erger wird sie von einem Stalkter verfolgt und bekommt es mit einer Dämonenbeschwörenden Hexe zu tun.
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Als Culebra verschwindet und zudem noch ihr Freund Max entführt wird schickt Chief Williams nach Beo dela muerta, damit sie aus dem Weg ist und nichts anstellt. Als hätte sie damit nicht schon genug erger wird sie von einem Stalkter verfolgt und bekommt es mit einer Dämonenbeschwörenden Hexe zu tun.
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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This is the third book in the Anna Strong Chronicles. It was written in a style consistent with the first two. It was a pretty good book and I think if you liked the first two, you would also like this book.
Anna is signed on to be a Watcher. As normal things get out of control. A lot happens in this book. Anna is involved in everything from helping seek down a witch bent on summoning demons into the world, to retrieving her lost boyfriend Max from what are thought to be more typical More...
Anna is signed on to be a Watcher. As normal things get out of control. A lot happens in this book. Anna is involved in everything from helping seek down a witch bent on summoning demons into the world, to retrieving her lost boyfriend Max from what are thought to be more typical More...
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Feb 19, 2009
Jim
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Still readable, but this will never be my favorite series nor will Anna ever be my favorite person. I plan on reading the next book, though. It kind of reminds me of Evanovitch's 'Stephanie Plum' series in some ways. An OK, quick read, but it doesn't really grab me.
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Jan 01, 2011
Yolanda
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Okay, this has become one of my most favourite series, along with The Darkwing Chronicles. I can't say enough great things about them! My god. This book was awesome. This is the third Anna Strong book, and the series just gets better and better.
In this one, Anna still doesn't want to let go of her humanity. She's also keeping the fact that she's a vampire a secret from the humans in her life. But my god, so many bad things happen in this one that keeping close to what little of the h More...
In this one, Anna still doesn't want to let go of her humanity. She's also keeping the fact that she's a vampire a secret from the humans in her life. But my god, so many bad things happen in this one that keeping close to what little of the h More...
Feb 21, 2011
Redd
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May 14, 2010
Starling
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I'm finding that I like this series. I know that a lot of people wish Anna would "get with it" a bit faster, but I wonder just how fast I would get with it if this kind of life change happened to me. Some readers feel that she isn't learning anything and is making the same mistakes over and over again. I'm not so sure about that. I just think the time line for the series is a lot shorter than most readers realize.
The characters live in Southern California. There isn't the More...
The characters live in Southern California. There isn't the More...
Feb 02, 2011
Shawn
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Last night I finished up The Watcher by Jeanne C. Stein. It's the third book in the Anna Strong series. I have mixed opinions on this book. Anna seems to be getting more troublesome as the series progresses. She's very impulsive and doesn't like to sit back and let others do their job. She puts herself in so many situations that people tell her to stay out of. If she wasn't a vampire I'd be surprised that she's lasted this long. I don't think I'm going to continue reading this series. I'm just g
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Jan 14, 2009
Judy
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I was very apathetic about this series especially after the first book because neither the characters nor the story struck me as anything special, especially compared to some other books I've read recently in the same genre. However, since I'd checked out all three books from the library, I figured I might as well read them. This one was definitely the best one of the series so far. The storyline and the characters were engaging, and for the first time I found myself wondering what was going
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Dec 25, 2008
Chessa
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Ugh, this was like a bad action movie with such a convoluted cast of bad guys, it needed a cast of characters in the back to keep them all straight. And yet, despite that, it was boring. Because you couldn't really care about anything, it jumped around too much.
I really wanted to like this series. But Anna is such a victim. Yeah, you're a vampire and you didn't ask for it. MOVE ON. Buck up and deal. Just stop whining, ugh. This series could really have used a goofy sidekick to More...
I really wanted to like this series. But Anna is such a victim. Yeah, you're a vampire and you didn't ask for it. MOVE ON. Buck up and deal. Just stop whining, ugh. This series could really have used a goofy sidekick to More...
Aug 20, 2011
Kelli
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I found this book at the library - read it not realizing it was a series until I went to log it on goodreads - this was a great book. I read the entire book within a 24 hour period. Strong female lead character and definately geared more toward adult readers than young adults. I'm going read the rest of the series starting at the beginning. Although reading book 3 first it was easy to follow - you really could read this book without reading the books in order - it can stand alone. I can't wai
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Oct 17, 2011
Katy
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It has been awhile since I read this Anna Strong Vampire Bounty Hunter series so I can't go into detail. I read the first 5 books while on summer vacation traveling in the car. They were quick easy reads and interesting enough to keep me wanting to keep going. However, I was repeatedly irritated with the main character Anna Strong. I felt she was repeatedly making stupid mistakes due to her pride. She was always out to prove how she could do it on her own, never accepting help, and of course alw
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Oct 25, 2011
Paris
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The Anna Strong series is a lot like the Mercy Thompson series, fun, light reading with characters that I just hadn’t found myself fully invested in until late in the series. It wasn’t until book six, Chosen, that I finally found myself carrying about Anna and the people around her (a lot like with the Mercy series where I didn’t feel like I cared much until book five, Silver Borne). It seems like the first 5 books were filled with world building and situations that finally got Anna to where the
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Mar 10, 2011
Shelley
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Synopsis: Newly-made vampire Anna has become a Watcher-one of the supernatural world's enforcers-even as she fights to control her vampiric rage. When a series of very dangerous events threatens to draw out her unstable powers, her Watcher mentor sends her away for her own safety. But if there's one thing Anna has always been able to find, it's trouble.
**Review** This time around Anna needs to deal with not only her DEA boyfriend Max, who she still hasn't told that she's a vampire, b More...
**Review** This time around Anna needs to deal with not only her DEA boyfriend Max, who she still hasn't told that she's a vampire, b More...
Apr 24, 2010
Sonya
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2.5/5.0 stars.
What happened? The flow for this book didn’t work for me. It seemed jarring at times and left me wondering if I’d accidentally skipped a few pages. I understand with the story told in present tense, we experience the action as Anna does, but something was off in this book.
About halfway in, I was confused and not sure which villain was driving the plot…and then 5/6 of the way through another villain was introduced?
Very disappointed, but still More...
What happened? The flow for this book didn’t work for me. It seemed jarring at times and left me wondering if I’d accidentally skipped a few pages. I understand with the story told in present tense, we experience the action as Anna does, but something was off in this book.
About halfway in, I was confused and not sure which villain was driving the plot…and then 5/6 of the way through another villain was introduced?
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Nov 01, 2011
Sho
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I actually enjoyed it better than the first two books. I think I come to like Anna the head strong sometime too quick to judge, vampire/bounty hunter ex English teacher. I was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of "Casper" her semi-guardian angel-like being showing himself. Boy was he NOT what I imagined, and was a good surprise. Unfortunately though even with that surprising reveal, nothing of substance about Casper was made clear. I hope we would know more soon.
Jan 19, 2012
Tabitha
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Not bad. Slow going there for a bit but it did get better. The character development is coming along nicely. I see a progressive maturity and acceptance in Anna from book to book. I just hated how the author crams all the excitement into the last 50 or so pages! Trying to wrap everything into a nice neat little package and leaving me confused and disappointed. I'm still maintaining hope for this series and look forward to reading the fourth book in this series.
Nov 04, 2011
Lynsey
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Question: Could Anna Strong BE any more of a tramp?
Okay. Let me set the scene. She comes home to find a naked dude in her bed, fast asleep. So, what does dear, sweet Anna do? Shout "Hey you! Whatcha doing in my bed? Get the hell out!" No wait! I've got it. She takes off all of HER clothes, climbs into bed with him, and starts playing with his boy bits! Then she chews on his neck for a bit, until he finally speaks, and she realizes IT'S HER BOYFRIEND! -and that's a bad thing obviously. More...
Okay. Let me set the scene. She comes home to find a naked dude in her bed, fast asleep. So, what does dear, sweet Anna do? Shout "Hey you! Whatcha doing in my bed? Get the hell out!" No wait! I've got it. She takes off all of HER clothes, climbs into bed with him, and starts playing with his boy bits! Then she chews on his neck for a bit, until he finally speaks, and she realizes IT'S HER BOYFRIEND! -and that's a bad thing obviously. More...
Jun 16, 2009
Vickie
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Anna Strong, bounty hunter and vampire, kicks serious ass. She's a Watcher, which means she helps keep supernatural bad guys in line and does some meting out of punishment when necessary.
She does all of this while maintaining her secret that she's a vampire from her bounty hunter partner and her sweetie, Max, the DEA agent. These two have disappeared and it seems to be in connection with the drug lord whose operation Max had infiltrated. Max was discovered and hunted down. Now David has d More...
She does all of this while maintaining her secret that she's a vampire from her bounty hunter partner and her sweetie, Max, the DEA agent. These two have disappeared and it seems to be in connection with the drug lord whose operation Max had infiltrated. Max was discovered and hunted down. Now David has d More...
Dec 26, 2008
Staci
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This one had me struggling!! I was so mad that I decided to put off the next book in the series....for now. I really liked Anna's character until this book. She just seems like one big brat who thinks she knows everything. And frankly, it turned me off! The premise of the story was poor constructed and it just did not keep my attention. So, I have to give it the lower rating and move on to something better!!
Mar 07, 2011
Kate
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it was pretty good. I would have given 3.5 stars if I could. But it's not as good as some books I have given a 4 to. It held my interest and was a pretty fast read but the story lacked a certain depth- and it may be helpful to start with book number 1.
Mar 16, 2011
Liz
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Jun 05, 2009
Biblophile
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By this time, I am getting a little fed up Anna. She's like a two-year-old who doesn't get her way and goes on a rampage. Someone needs to grab a hold of her and slap her. This could be a decent series if the main character grew up a little.
Aug 23, 2011
Keysha
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I truly enjoyed the book but found myself skimming the last section to complete the book. I felt like the descriptions of the spaces in the midst of the action took me away from the action. It was overall a pretty decent read.
Feb 28, 2009
Tashie
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I finished this book on Wednesday. It was a quick read and the way it ended it made it sound like she was going to blend more. Boring. But overall a good read.
Dec 06, 2011
Amber
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whenever i think about them communicating telepathically. i always imagine how funny it must look to a human watching. especially when they get really angry
Apr 21, 2010
BookWhisperer
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This is a MUST READ series. I find this author to be an amazing author. I have been hooked with the first two books in this series. I find her to write stories that are of the abnormal world, but Jeanne Stein almost makes you feel that it is actually possibly. I didn't find myself as absorbed in this book as the previously two due to the relationship with Max and Anna being the main focus. I like Max, but I find myself having trouble with his absences in the earlier books. It seems that their ar
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Sep 20, 2010
Kathy
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The action picks up with all sorts of obstacles cropping up...the police chief, the Revengers, Max's predicaments, +++
Apr 17, 2011
Adrian
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I've enjoyed each book in Jeanne's series. I'm looking forward to reading the next!
