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Kiss the Dead (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #21)
When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she’s faced with something she’s never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people—kids, grandparents, soccer moms—all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there’s one martyr, there will be more. But even vamp...more
ebook, 368 pages
Published
June 5th 2012
by Penguin Group (USA)
(first published June 1st 2012)
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The one and only time I will ever put a gif in a review.
Edited on 5/7/12, because I apparently have more to say ...
Hit List was the end of Anita Blake for me, after reading this series for the better part of a decade, so check out my review of it to see why I'm not reading Kiss the Dead. I grew attached to the characters and the story and was thoroughly invested with these books until it just got to the point that I couldn't read them without wanting to stab myself in the eye or tear my hair out...more
I know that my compulsion to hate-read these books is far more perverted than anything Anita ever gets up to in this series, but there it is. I almost feel that I am performing a service for those of you who have had the strength to stop reading the books themselves, yet may feel the danger of back-sliding just to see what is up in the lives of Anita and her horde of vaginal slaves. The answer is nothing. Nothing is up that remotely matters or makes sense.
I'm not going to mark anything in here...more
I'm not going to mark anything in here...more
I have waited a long time for this new installment in Anita Blake series. It pains me to say this but it kind of disappointed me a little. After having finished reading the book I felt something was missing, it was good but it was only a few steps from being great. Perhaps what was missing was more plot development, I thought that the whole book was going to be centered on the missing 15 year old girl and on the vampire master, Benjamin, as it was mentioned it the synopsis. All though I must adm...more
I love this series but frankly, please no more sex sex sex, in the last few books I fell like I am reading porn, it's not that the book is bad but in book 15 - 19 I lost a great part of the story simply because i got tired of reading about sex and started skipping pages with it, it seems Anita isn't doing anything besides her many boyfriends.
I loved the virginlike Anita of the firs books, not particularly because she was virginlike but because she actualy did things like policework or have frien...more
I loved the virginlike Anita of the firs books, not particularly because she was virginlike but because she actualy did things like policework or have frien...more
Jun 09, 2012
Justyn Kyle
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
anita-blake,
favorite
Can't wait!!! Absolutely LUV Anita Blake series!
I keep hoping this series will go back to its roots and get better again ;)
Well I'm sure we all have our Anita book that we don't like - well I have just found mine......This was the hardest, longest read for me, repetitive, boring book. It would have been an ok short story, maybe 150 pages...plot was simple - group of vampires wants to not be bound to a master (freedom), wants to kill Anita & Jean-Claude, issues with Asher (jealous), typical Anita and her love interest issues, and then some cops & bad guy scenes.
what I can't figure out
1 )Is Ms Hamilton writing...more
what I can't figure out
1 )Is Ms Hamilton writing...more
For as many complaints as there have been about where the series is going, I am BEYOND excited to see the next book, and where it's going. AH! I can't wait! I love the diversity of the characters, and i sincerely hope that there is a lot more Nathaniel in this one... I love him. :D
6/27/2012
I just finished the book. While I'm a LKH fan all the way, I think I'm slightly disappointed in this one. You can tell it's a filler book, of some sort. I think that's my only complaint, though. The character'...more
6/27/2012
I just finished the book. While I'm a LKH fan all the way, I think I'm slightly disappointed in this one. You can tell it's a filler book, of some sort. I think that's my only complaint, though. The character'...more
It started off so well, I was happy to be reading about Anita working again and the case was interesting and so damn hopeful that the series had found some direction and balance again. Then she went home and chapter after chapter after chapter of really dull sex and relationship drama began, totally downhill until the last few very short chapters that sum up the case.
Another terrible thing about this book was the editing, really there didn't seem to be any. If the reader was told something once...more
Another terrible thing about this book was the editing, really there didn't seem to be any. If the reader was told something once...more
Jul 09, 2012
Galena
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
vampires-and-stuff,
urban-paranormal
UGH. I spoke too soon when in my last review for this series I said it seemed like LKH would get past the "let's add in a sex scene, just because we can! We'll just say it's to feed her "ardeur" but really it's because I want to write as much kinky stuff (reader's note: *YAAAAAAAAAAAAWN*) as possible even if there's NO REASON FOR IT in the story!" I'm pretty sure this entire 400-ish page book took place over 2 days. BE LESS VERBOSE, FOR GOD'S SAKE. Cut out all the "I'm not pretty" Anita whinging...more
I read this book without a lot of hope. I'm still pissed about the fight with Marmee Noir in Hit List (or lack of one...sorry you can't build something up for 20 books and end it...like that). I'm glad I didn't go into this book with a lot of hope.
It felt like I've read this before. Anita angsting about the men in her life, Anita angsting about being a monster, Anita angsting about the young man in her life. Angst about what she did to Nicky. (Tip: grown scary men should not be named Nicky. Nick...more
It felt like I've read this before. Anita angsting about the men in her life, Anita angsting about being a monster, Anita angsting about the young man in her life. Angst about what she did to Nicky. (Tip: grown scary men should not be named Nicky. Nick...more
Ah , Anita seni nasıl özledim bir bilsen :D Hiç bir gacı senin yerini tutmuyor :D
Nov 09, 2012
Ryan Zimmerman Carstairs
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audio
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
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Anita is back again and the first police scene, she's wearing some kind of smexy unprofessional nail polish, a short skirt and Mary-Jane style stiletto heels. Yes, Nathaniel dressed her again and she's looking like stripper rather than a US Marshall. Guess this is what happens when a 23 year old male stripper picks out her clothes. One would think she would learn by now. In case people were confused about what Mary-Jane style stiletto heels look like. 
Within the first 83 pages
1. Anita's already...more
Within the first 83 pages
1. Anita's already...more
Jun 07, 2012
Merve Özcan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
immortal,
vampire,
romance,
assassin,
bdsm,
erotica,
fav-women,
fav-men,
incubus-succubus,
king-queen,
m-m-f,
menage,
magic,
tough-female-lead,
witch,
were,
contemporary
Ah Anita!
Son kitabıda bitirmiş bulunuyorum ve asla yeterli değil. Bu kadının yazma stiline bayılıyorum. anitayı nasıl da özlemişim!
Kitapta eksik ya da fazla bulduğum tek şey çok fazla tekrarın olması. Bir kaç sayfa önce söylediği şeyleri tekrar üstüne basa basa söylemesi beni çok bunalttı. Serinin tüm kitaplarını defalarca okuduğum için bazı paragrafları adım gibi biliyorum. Bir fan olarak beni en rahatsız eden şey buydu.
Anita benim en uzun süre takip ettiğim, bayıla bayıla her kitabını okuduğum...more
Son kitabıda bitirmiş bulunuyorum ve asla yeterli değil. Bu kadının yazma stiline bayılıyorum. anitayı nasıl da özlemişim!
Kitapta eksik ya da fazla bulduğum tek şey çok fazla tekrarın olması. Bir kaç sayfa önce söylediği şeyleri tekrar üstüne basa basa söylemesi beni çok bunalttı. Serinin tüm kitaplarını defalarca okuduğum için bazı paragrafları adım gibi biliyorum. Bir fan olarak beni en rahatsız eden şey buydu.
Anita benim en uzun süre takip ettiğim, bayıla bayıla her kitabını okuduğum...more
I am a long time Laurell K. Hamilton fan so I feel bad giving a not so great review. This book was better than the few that came before it, but LKH seems to have lost something the past few years. Her writing is repetitious. How many times do we need to be reminded that Anita is small? How many times do we need in depth descriptions of characters we have known for a long time? And how many times do we have to read the same phrases over and over? There was no meat to this book, and there hasn't b...more
I am a huge Anita Blake fan and have read the entire series. I never exxxpected such a drop in quality from LKH. I don't think this book was even edited.
I found the case Blake is assigned to underwhelming. The bulk of the book was her inner dialogue about her polymonogamous lifestyle and how to deal with her "sweeties". There are tedious descriptions of the color of her lover's eyes, how well she can perform fallatio, and how she is use to being the smallest person in the room.
My favorite vampi...more
I found the case Blake is assigned to underwhelming. The bulk of the book was her inner dialogue about her polymonogamous lifestyle and how to deal with her "sweeties". There are tedious descriptions of the color of her lover's eyes, how well she can perform fallatio, and how she is use to being the smallest person in the room.
My favorite vampi...more
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I really tried to like this book. I tried to actually finish this book. I just can't. I don't even recognize Anita anymore. I actually hate her at this point. I got to chapter 6 only because I skipped several pages at a time. I couldn't read another paragraph about her explaining how amazing she is. She is the best, strongest, most respected cop. She is the know all of the monster community and everyone looks up to her. Every man loves her, even if she doesn't quite love all of them. Blah, Blah,...more
OK..........
so I finally finished reading this book.
Hmm...I'm a little bit pissed. I love Asher, always have, but he's becoming the new Richard. He was doing okay for a while, now he's violently pissy and a pain in the ass. Seriously, I want this man to be happy. I'm kinda hoping that Brice is gonna turn into Asher's new love interest (when he gets back from exhale) and becomes his human servant. I want my boy to finally get his happy ending (everyone else is seeming too.) If he becomes the vil...more
so I finally finished reading this book.
Hmm...I'm a little bit pissed. I love Asher, always have, but he's becoming the new Richard. He was doing okay for a while, now he's violently pissy and a pain in the ass. Seriously, I want this man to be happy. I'm kinda hoping that Brice is gonna turn into Asher's new love interest (when he gets back from exhale) and becomes his human servant. I want my boy to finally get his happy ending (everyone else is seeming too.) If he becomes the vil...more
I read an ARC of "Kiss the Dead" in order to review it for the book blog Fiction Vixen. Here's my review. I've been told it should be up on the website on Monday, June 4th.
(Note: I initially read the book on April 22. This review was finished by May 7th, just after I finished my first re-read.)
*****
(Note: I initially read the book on April 22. This review was finished by May 7th, just after I finished my first re-read.)
*****
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to b...more
I honestly don't know why I continue to read this series, it's a complete "guilty pleasure" (no pun intended) but always ends up being a disappointment.
The first few chapters of the book were promising, Anita back in the action doing some police work. This is pretty much the highlight of the book, there isnt much conflict elsewhere.
I realized I was about 50%+ through the book and all that happened was Anita was at a crime scene, she came home and had sex.
Also by book #21 I dont need to read the...more
The first few chapters of the book were promising, Anita back in the action doing some police work. This is pretty much the highlight of the book, there isnt much conflict elsewhere.
I realized I was about 50%+ through the book and all that happened was Anita was at a crime scene, she came home and had sex.
Also by book #21 I dont need to read the...more
It's depressing that I have to give a series that I once LOVED a one star rating, but nothing new came out of "Kiss The Dead." There really wasn't a real storyline, just more of the same relationship drama that's been going on for several books. I'd hoped that things would change by the end of the book, but instead of trimming the herd in Anita's house, LKH added to it. It's sad when I'm actually hoping characters will die and getting disappointed when they don't. Not because I don't like certai...more
Jun 24, 2012
Terri ♥ (aka Mrs. Christian Grey)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audio
Quick review:
Cover: Love the color
Rating: NC-17
Steaminess Scorching
Thumbs Up: 4.5
Overall: Back to all things great in a Anita Blake book
Characters: Well done
Plot: It was what is expected, danger, sex, lies and videotapes (JK on the last)
Page Turner: Yes
Series Cont.? yes
Recommend: Yes
Book Boyfriend: Nicky (and Jean-Claude, Micah, Nathaniel, Dev, etc…..)
SUMMARY (50 words or less)
This wasn’t an Edward book so we got more good stuff in this one. We had a bit of a storyline with a case Anita...more
Cover: Love the color
Rating: NC-17
Steaminess Scorching
Thumbs Up: 4.5
Overall: Back to all things great in a Anita Blake book
Characters: Well done
Plot: It was what is expected, danger, sex, lies and videotapes (JK on the last)
Page Turner: Yes
Series Cont.? yes
Recommend: Yes
Book Boyfriend: Nicky (and Jean-Claude, Micah, Nathaniel, Dev, etc…..)
SUMMARY (50 words or less)
This wasn’t an Edward book so we got more good stuff in this one. We had a bit of a storyline with a case Anita...more
I know I'll read this book, but like others have said, I'm wondering if it will be one of LKH's awesome stories or another completion of letters to penthouse. I love so many of the characters, but if I have to hear how Anita likes to gives vamps BJs before they've fed one more time I may puke. It's only those wonderful moments of the old, ballsy, to hell with it all Anita that keeps me reading. That, and I'm caught up on Black Dagger Brotherhood, which at least combines sex with an actual plot....more
I quite enjoyed this.
For one, the books seem to be reverting back to how they used to be, more story, less sex.
I did feel that LKH spent a little too much time on certain character backstories, and not enough on others - bearing in mind that as the author, they do have to take into account that for some people, this may be the first book in the series they pick up - however, for me, having already read every other book in the series - it became a little tedious.
Unfortunately this book only gets...more
For one, the books seem to be reverting back to how they used to be, more story, less sex.
I did feel that LKH spent a little too much time on certain character backstories, and not enough on others - bearing in mind that as the author, they do have to take into account that for some people, this may be the first book in the series they pick up - however, for me, having already read every other book in the series - it became a little tedious.
Unfortunately this book only gets...more
Reading this book was akin to watching a train wreck. I could see it coming but I couldn't stop it.
After the last book, Hit List, I thought LKH redeemed the series somewhat by allowing Anita to do some "real" detective work, instead of engaging herself in countless, non-sensical sex with her lovers. When I found out that there was to be a new Anita Blake novel, I was very skeptical. I thought the series could have ended with Hit List. (view spoiler)...more
After the last book, Hit List, I thought LKH redeemed the series somewhat by allowing Anita to do some "real" detective work, instead of engaging herself in countless, non-sensical sex with her lovers. When I found out that there was to be a new Anita Blake novel, I was very skeptical. I thought the series could have ended with Hit List. (view spoiler)...more
I used to really like this series. It had everything I wanted- a little mystery, violence, death, crime solving, multitude of various characters, weapons, Ted Forrester (drool, heavy panting)
And then it turned super Young & the Restless. The The Furry XXX version.
Which, at first didn't bother me too much... but the drama around all of these stupid relationships was, "annoying" comes to mind, but I don't think that particular word is cringe-worthy enough.
But this book- wow. There's just huge...more
And then it turned super Young & the Restless. The The Furry XXX version.
Which, at first didn't bother me too much... but the drama around all of these stupid relationships was, "annoying" comes to mind, but I don't think that particular word is cringe-worthy enough.
But this book- wow. There's just huge...more
Sep 18, 2012
t'irla ~The BookSlayer~
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fans of Anita Blake
Recommended to t'irla ~The BookSlayer~ by:
fan of series
*reread/Listened to the book again 09/18/12 I found book much better when I listened to it than when I read it..and I adjusted my stars to a hard 4 star read. With this in mind I would like to add a few "My Thoughts": I thought Anita's coming to terms with Cin was very well done and shows that Anita is finally maturing. Sometime Anita's angst with herself is a bit much but I am hoping now that she is becoming more accepting of herself that these flashes of angst will be less. I am so happy they...more
I feel like there is a missing link between this book and the last one that I missed. It seems like there was parts of the larger storyline, in regards to who all sleeps with Anita and her Marshall status, that fast forwarded without a clear explanation.
I also am getting a little tired with this series. It hasn't quite reached the series dying a slow death category that seems to be emerging for me, but is heading down that road. I think what makes this series hit these buttons is all the drama i...more
I also am getting a little tired with this series. It hasn't quite reached the series dying a slow death category that seems to be emerging for me, but is heading down that road. I think what makes this series hit these buttons is all the drama i...more
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Laurell K. Hamilton is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two series that mix mystery, fantasy, magic, horror and romance. Her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels from Berkley Books began with GUILTY PLEASURES and continues to thrive with over sixteen volumes to the series and an comic adaptation. There are now more than 6 million copies of Anita in print worldwide, in 16 languages. Hamilt...more
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