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Beauty (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #20.5)
The steamy outtake that takes readers even further into Laurell K. Hamilton's bestselling novel, "Kiss the Dead."
"You'd think I'd get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me."
With a vampire like Jean Claude around, it's far too easy for Ani...more
"You'd think I'd get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me."
With a vampire like Jean Claude around, it's far too easy for Ani...more
ebook, 31 pages
Published
May 8th 2012
by Penguin Group (USA)
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I am very much like the other dissatisfied customers. I cannot believe that I have paid 2.99 for 15 minutes of reading-something any other author would have had on their web-site for free.
If you want to read a menage scene with many of the BDSM elements and you are afraid of going to a new author, then this will be right up your alley.
SPOILER------>SPOILERS------------>THE STORY ITSELF IN A NUTSHELL.
At first when we start with this nitty-gritty sex scene (and that is all it is), Jean-Claud...more
If you want to read a menage scene with many of the BDSM elements and you are afraid of going to a new author, then this will be right up your alley.
SPOILER------>SPOILERS------------>THE STORY ITSELF IN A NUTSHELL.
At first when we start with this nitty-gritty sex scene (and that is all it is), Jean-Claud...more
It's a single hot-tub scene with Jean-Claude, Anita, and Asher doing the sex we've all seen before and enjoy seeing again. It's got all the heat we'd expect from our favorites. There is not really any new ground covered here except to say that it's nice to see Anita no longer torn over her sexuality. That was becoming extremely onerous and tiresome and it's refreshing to see her just enjoy that part of herself now without needing to grieve herself and everyone else over it.
There is also a scene...more
There is also a scene...more
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Jan 06, 2013
Merve Özcan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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erotica,
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Gelecek ay çıkacak olan ve serinin 21. kitabı olan Kiss The Dead'in ön okumasıda içinde bulunduran kısa bir hikayeydi Beauty. Anita, JC ve Asher banyoda, o meşhur siyah küvette haşır neşir olurken onların hislerine, bir birlerine olan bağına ve anılarına göz atıyoruz. Karakterleri hatırlıyoruz. Gerçekten çok güzeldi. Laurell gene sahneyi öyle güzel çizmişti ki sanki bende onlarla birlikte küvetteydim. Ah keşke!
Aynalar sanki hem geçmişi hem de o anı temsil...more
Gelecek ay çıkacak olan ve serinin 21. kitabı olan Kiss The Dead'in ön okumasıda içinde bulunduran kısa bir hikayeydi Beauty. Anita, JC ve Asher banyoda, o meşhur siyah küvette haşır neşir olurken onların hislerine, bir birlerine olan bağına ve anılarına göz atıyoruz. Karakterleri hatırlıyoruz. Gerçekten çok güzeldi. Laurell gene sahneyi öyle güzel çizmişti ki sanki bende onlarla birlikte küvetteydim. Ah keşke!
Aynalar sanki hem geçmişi hem de o anı temsil...more
May 20, 2012
Kim (Sliced Open Reviews)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
All Laurell K. Hamilton Fans
Sigh…16 days until Kiss the Dead is released, so I finally decided I could crack open Beauty to get my fill until then.
As this was a short read, I wanted to keep my review short, but after I went to post my review I had to make some revisions:
1. I loved reading this; simply for the fact that I don’t think there are a better 33 pages of an Anita novel that depicts her growth in her sexuality, it keeps me excited! While I honestly fell in love with Anita prior to her venture into the “erotic” rea...more
As this was a short read, I wanted to keep my review short, but after I went to post my review I had to make some revisions:
1. I loved reading this; simply for the fact that I don’t think there are a better 33 pages of an Anita novel that depicts her growth in her sexuality, it keeps me excited! While I honestly fell in love with Anita prior to her venture into the “erotic” rea...more
May 08, 2012
Mara
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Recommends it for:
Only extreme hardocore fans :)
I really can't rate this "e-special". It's a deleted sex scene from an Anita Blake novel (the next I think). For how much I like the Anitaverse I find absurd that Ms Hamilton's editor convinced her to sell this few deleted pages as a short.
Writing is not commerce, but you can't really live in a bubble either. Most writers offer deleted scenes on their website, a few even offers free entire novellas or short stories. I don't expect the latter, but I do expect that if I pay for content, that's wh...more
Writing is not commerce, but you can't really live in a bubble either. Most writers offer deleted scenes on their website, a few even offers free entire novellas or short stories. I don't expect the latter, but I do expect that if I pay for content, that's wh...more
I agree with the other readers. Very disappointed. I love Anita and crew but Laurell's books now just bank on smut (and I'm not averse to smut) but there is no story. This outtake epitomizes the fall of the Anitaverse. I am about done with Laurell and, especially for the prices, can find better reads elsewhere.
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Absolutely pointless.
I like this series, but this did nothing to advance the plot and was sooo short I can't believe I paid for it!
I like this series, but this did nothing to advance the plot and was sooo short I can't believe I paid for it!
About the Book:
Anita has never felt wanted; she is always surprised that she has such beautiful boyfriends in her life. In this outtake, Jean-Claude and Asher are pleased to show her just how desirable she is.
Review:
Oh, what to say about this? I mean, there is almost nothing to review. This entire thing was only two chapters (roughly 20 or so pages total) and then a preview chapter of her upcoming book. For what it was, this special was highly overpriced (a whopping $2.99). However, in Hamilton...more
Anita has never felt wanted; she is always surprised that she has such beautiful boyfriends in her life. In this outtake, Jean-Claude and Asher are pleased to show her just how desirable she is.
Review:
Oh, what to say about this? I mean, there is almost nothing to review. This entire thing was only two chapters (roughly 20 or so pages total) and then a preview chapter of her upcoming book. For what it was, this special was highly overpriced (a whopping $2.99). However, in Hamilton...more
L’ebook contiene non un racconto, ma una scena di vita (e diaciamolo pure, di sesso) di Anita con Jean Claude e Asher, e l’inizio di Kiss the dead in anteprima…..
se non è genio del marketing questo….tutti i fan sentivano la mancanza di Jean Claude negli ultimi libri e zac eccoli accontentati con questo contentino…..da pagare naturalmente…..se poi scopro che Jean Claude non compare nemmeno in kiss the dead con qualche scena decente giuro che sclero……!
Di per sè la scena d’amore a tre è carina…null...more
se non è genio del marketing questo….tutti i fan sentivano la mancanza di Jean Claude negli ultimi libri e zac eccoli accontentati con questo contentino…..da pagare naturalmente…..se poi scopro che Jean Claude non compare nemmeno in kiss the dead con qualche scena decente giuro che sclero……!
Di per sè la scena d’amore a tre è carina…null...more
Jul 25, 2012
Dark Faerie Tales
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
reviewed-by-kristie
Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales
Quick & Dirty: This deleted scene starts off a bit annoying but then gets HOT. The ménage a trios shows us why Anita loves her men, Jean Claude and Asher.
Opening Sentence: Once upon a time I’d had no one to go home to after a crime scene, but that was back in the day when I’d done nothing but hunt bad guys and raise zombies.
The Review:
I want to start off this review saying that Beauty is just a deleted scene. Nothing more, nothing less. There is no plot. I...more
Quick & Dirty: This deleted scene starts off a bit annoying but then gets HOT. The ménage a trios shows us why Anita loves her men, Jean Claude and Asher.
Opening Sentence: Once upon a time I’d had no one to go home to after a crime scene, but that was back in the day when I’d done nothing but hunt bad guys and raise zombies.
The Review:
I want to start off this review saying that Beauty is just a deleted scene. Nothing more, nothing less. There is no plot. I...more
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Jun 11, 2012
All Things Urban Fantasy
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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It’s been a long time since the Anita Blake series and I have been on the same page. Once the subject of many, many re-reads, the world of Anita and her boys have fallen by the wayside as of late (though Merry Gentry still gets re-reads every few years). The series’ later books have become largely internal, both in terms of the pedantic dialogue explaining the world according to Anita and the disappearance of the mundane world. I’ve heard HIT LIST is a return to police work, but I’m not entirely...more
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I realize this was just a deleted scene, and we really shouldn't expect much (like a plot) but as a publishing experiment this was a fail. This is the type of thing you have to offer for free or, at the most $.99. A deleted scene like this should be a bonus for fans, not a rip off. It certainly shouldn't be called #20.5.
If you want to charge your fans more than what most short stories go for, it should really BE a short story. Seriously, respect your fans, don't gouge them.
Also, the interaction...more
If you want to charge your fans more than what most short stories go for, it should really BE a short story. Seriously, respect your fans, don't gouge them.
Also, the interaction...more
1st off, DON'T PAY FOR THIS.
Technically, it's 2 stars. It was OK, not a complete - 'didn't like' - but it gets one star b'c this should be free, end of.
LKH should be ashamed of trying to milk her loyal fans out of $2.99 for 20 or so pages of what this is & that is...a sex scene which made the cutting room floor. What? Her editor finally grew a set & decided to do her job & then b'c LKH hates anybody knowing better then her, decided to charge her fans for this redundant sex scene wh...more
Technically, it's 2 stars. It was OK, not a complete - 'didn't like' - but it gets one star b'c this should be free, end of.
LKH should be ashamed of trying to milk her loyal fans out of $2.99 for 20 or so pages of what this is & that is...a sex scene which made the cutting room floor. What? Her editor finally grew a set & decided to do her job & then b'c LKH hates anybody knowing better then her, decided to charge her fans for this redundant sex scene wh...more
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Original Post THE UGLY SIDE OF BEAUTY on FANGS, WANDS AND FAIRY DUST 5-11-2012
BEAUTY
an eSpecial
Laurell K. Hamilton
Penguin
May 8, 2012
173 KB 33 pages
$2.99
BEAUTY
an eSpecial
Laurell K. Hamilton
Penguin
May 8, 2012
173 KB 33 pages
$2.99
You’d think I’d get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me....more
With a vampire like Jean Claude around, it’s far too easy for Anita Blake to doubt her own appearance—and the hold it has on those who love her. But one
To be fair, we were all told that this would be an outtake from Kiss the Dead- a steamy outtake, to be precise. Something so inconsequential and irrelevant that it got cut from the novel... yet is still being put up for sale anyway. Gotta admit, that takes some balls.
And as the saying goes, it's not like you didn't know what to expect- nothing! An extended scene of nothing to do with nothing- which is why it got dropped. More whining from Anita about tall/blonde/skinny women-I'm not pretty enoug...more
And as the saying goes, it's not like you didn't know what to expect- nothing! An extended scene of nothing to do with nothing- which is why it got dropped. More whining from Anita about tall/blonde/skinny women-I'm not pretty enoug...more
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Yes, this is long. My issues with Beauty run deep and wide. Yes, I could just stop reading LKH's books if they bother me so much. I keep hearing that this book and that book are a "return to form" and I keep hoping against hope that this will one day be true. I love the pre-NiC books, I really do. And I would love to see that Anita, and those characters come back again. So I'll probably continue reading, no matter how bad things get. Because that's how I roll.
I love reading outtakes, especially...more
I love reading outtakes, especially...more
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I was unsure whether to read this or not. However, I thought...well, no if I plan on reading the next book I should read this one. Also, since the last few books had very little in the way of my two favorite hunky vamps, I figured I would read it anyway. I can see why people are annoyed. I would say that Laurell is one of my favorite authors. However to go from the start of the series to here and it has lost a bit of something it had in the beginning. Starting out it was about the storeline more...more
Short and sweet-ish... It's been a long time since Anita and I have been on the same page. Once the subject of many, many re-reads, the world of Anita and her boys have fallen by the wayside as of late (though Merry Gentry still gets re-reads every few years). Anita's world has become largely internal, both in terms of her repetitive monologues explaining the world according to Anita and the disappearance of the mundane world. I've heard HIT LIST is a return to police work, but I'm not entirely...more
Хубавата част от Beauty е откъса от следващата книга от поредицата, който, не че е нещо велико и уникално, но ми напомни на първите няколко книги и беше забавен в началото. И сега ми се чете Kiss The Dead, което е дразнещо, защото има цял месец до излизането й, но в същото време се радвам на усещането, тъй като, когато най-сетне я прочета, вероятно ще се разочаровам.
Самата "история" всъщност въобще не е история, а просто поредната секс сцена. Съчувствам на хората, които са дали пари (макар че т...more
Самата "история" всъщност въобще не е история, а просто поредната секс сцена. Съчувствам на хората, които са дали пари (макар че т...more
Sexy, lots of sex and I mean a lot of sex (7 orgasms later,yes 7 of them) But what do you expect when you put Jean Claude, Anita and Asher together in a hot tub no less. I liked this deleted scene , we were able to see how Anita has grown in her sexuality, and it's about time!!!
Story in a Nutshell:
Jean-Claude and Asher decide that they together will top Anita, but come on, we all know Jean-Claude is an Alpha male and he ends up TOPPING both Anita and Asher. After about 7( I lost count after tha...more
Story in a Nutshell:
Jean-Claude and Asher decide that they together will top Anita, but come on, we all know Jean-Claude is an Alpha male and he ends up TOPPING both Anita and Asher. After about 7( I lost count after tha...more
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ok, I hesitate to even put this in my read shelf, because it's not a book really. It's just a deleted scene from another book and to be honest, it's just like every other love scene that LKH writes these days. And it's annoying that in a 2 chapter scene that we have to get all the background about Asher's scars, how much he and Jean Claude loved Julianna and the description of JC's bathroom again. Trust me, if the readers are still reading the books at this point in the series we know all this a...more
I really enjoy LKH books. I know that a lot of people have stopped reading her books but I find myself returning to them often. I love a good paranormal book with lots of drama, mystery and sex and LKH still delivers that for me!
Beauty was a very short especial. The entire short story a sex scence between JC, Asher and Anita and I loved every min of it.
My only complaint is that she gives us a whole chapter of character descriptions. As a long time reader of this series I dont need that I just w...more
Beauty was a very short especial. The entire short story a sex scence between JC, Asher and Anita and I loved every min of it.
My only complaint is that she gives us a whole chapter of character descriptions. As a long time reader of this series I dont need that I just w...more
Yes, ok, I know I'm a sucker...but you know how starved I am for Jean-Claude!!! When LKH posted on her blog something that sounded like there was once again going to be a dearth of J-C thanks to this scene being cut, you know I had to scramble for whatever crumbs I was thrown! Unfortunately, this was pretty much the same 'ol same 'ol and was teeny tiny, so it was literally a crumb (of stale bread, at that.) sigh...I miss the old days of reluctance and seduction...it's just too wham-bam-thank you...more
Not again! Honestly, I keep swearing this woman will get no more of my money and then she shows a little hope and I fork out again for the next book. Never again. Terrible. Hideous. Seven orgasms of tediousness.
**Spoiler**
Anita checks her roster of sex partners and goes to see Jean-Claude.
Anita: I'm not pretty!
Jean Cluade: I love you!
Asher: I'm not pretty
7 orgasms later (yes 7 of them) the scene ends.
I think it works out to 50 words per orgasm.
Avoid at all costs. I don't know what happened to he...more
**Spoiler**
Anita checks her roster of sex partners and goes to see Jean-Claude.
Anita: I'm not pretty!
Jean Cluade: I love you!
Asher: I'm not pretty
7 orgasms later (yes 7 of them) the scene ends.
I think it works out to 50 words per orgasm.
Avoid at all costs. I don't know what happened to he...more
A short scene between Anita/JC/Asher, followed by a sneak peek into Kiss the Dead. An enjoyable, fast read- maybe 15 minutes. I, however, wouldn't recommend buying this for it's listed $2.99, especially since it will only take 15 minutes included the first look into KtD. It's maybe a 10 minute read for just the story. I wish this would have been a freebie short for fans & the first chapter for KtD (most authors do this) since we are loyal and drop 20 bucks every time LKH releases a new book....more
I had a couple of problems with this special. The first major one was the question of when Anita, Jean-Claude and Asher got any S&M. There was never any topping in the books...ever. So, for this to come out of the blue felt strange and unwelcome. Also, I am SO TIRED of hearing how Anita is different, because she likes a soft penis in her mouth. Does this need to be reiterated in EVERY SINGLE SEX SCENE that she writes, really? UGH! I found the excerpt exciting- which is why it got 2 stars, bu...more
I am giving this diddy 3 stars because it gives me some hope. Anita seems to be over her "Ugh! Don't look at my body, I can't believe I'm sleeping with all these men" thing she's had going on since I can remember when. The Anita we get to see in this little snippet is more confident in her body and with her sexuality. Of course there is still that annoying self-doubt thing she has, and probably always will, but I can totally forgive that.
I can only hope the rest of the new book takes us to that...more
I can only hope the rest of the new book takes us to that...more
This is a very short story, basically just a scene. Anita heads home, finds Jean Claude waiting in the tub then Asher joins them, & you can figure out the rest. It still had the over description of their eyes & hair, just not repeated over and over. It was interesting when Asher makes a comment about others saying he's "spoiled", because this book takes place before Kiss The Dead where major changes take place with Asher. All in all it was a good scene, I just don't remember her having b...more
well i love Anita Blake even if it seems more about the sex then anything else and when this short came out i thought yes learn a little more about Jean Claude and Asher but it was short and a little samey to every other sex scene in any Anita Blake book so i was a little disappointed in this short.
It was well written and very descriptive but it seemed to missing something, i did feel that it could have been maybe a few pages longer so that it didn't feel like a rush job.
I did enjoy returning to...more
It was well written and very descriptive but it seemed to missing something, i did feel that it could have been maybe a few pages longer so that it didn't feel like a rush job.
I did enjoy returning to...more
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