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Club Vampyre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #1-3)
Omnibus of Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, and Circus of the Damned.
Hardcover, 727 pages
Published
1997
by Science Fiction Book Club
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Aug 27, 2007
Susanne
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who likes their heroine independent, capable and violent!
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vampires
This series is not for the faint of heart! There is lots of action, violence and sex! Anita Blake is a kick ass kind of girl who makes no apologies about her habit of making bad people dead. This whole series is a truly inventive look on the modern world of the whole preternatural community: vampires, wereanimals, necromancers, and witches included. If you like fast paced, action packed and no holds barred...this one is for you!
A few weeks ago, I was feeling pretty overwhelmed and stressed and was looking for a good book to escape in - an engrossing page turner that sucks you in and doesn't require a lot of thinking but also doesn't insult your intelligence. This is where I ended up after a misguided side trip into Charlaine Harris' Dead Until Dark which I,found easy to read but kind of silly.
This volume contains the first 3 books (Guilty Pleasures,The Laughing Corpse and Circus of the Damned) in Laurell K. Hamilton's...more
This volume contains the first 3 books (Guilty Pleasures,The Laughing Corpse and Circus of the Damned) in Laurell K. Hamilton's...more
Guilty Pleasures
This is the first Anita Blake novel I've read. Gotta say, pondering the possibilities of vampire civil rights legislation can be more fun than the average person should have in a day.
Action packed to the end, there was no wind-down. Once business was done, the book was over. Good thing the next one, The Laughing Corpse is right here in the same volume.
The Laughing Corpse
This one was a lot gorier than the first. But still good, a little more scary. Only thing that bugged me was J...more
This is the first Anita Blake novel I've read. Gotta say, pondering the possibilities of vampire civil rights legislation can be more fun than the average person should have in a day.
Action packed to the end, there was no wind-down. Once business was done, the book was over. Good thing the next one, The Laughing Corpse is right here in the same volume.
The Laughing Corpse
This one was a lot gorier than the first. But still good, a little more scary. Only thing that bugged me was J...more
Je n'avais pas vraiment été convaincue par le premier tome de cette saga si populaire. Mais avec ce tome 2, je le suis déjà nettement plus.
En effet, ce tome est beaucoup plus intéressant et original que le précédent. Ici, l'auteure se concentre sur le métier principal d'Anita : la réanimation. On se trouve donc avec deux intrigues plutôt bien réussies qui ne tournent que sur ce sujet. On en apprend donc plus sur son travail avec la police et donc sur certains flics, ainsi que la façon dont Anita...more
En effet, ce tome est beaucoup plus intéressant et original que le précédent. Ici, l'auteure se concentre sur le métier principal d'Anita : la réanimation. On se trouve donc avec deux intrigues plutôt bien réussies qui ne tournent que sur ce sujet. On en apprend donc plus sur son travail avec la police et donc sur certains flics, ainsi que la façon dont Anita...more
GUILTY PLEASURES
Guilty Pleasures is Book 1 of the prolonged ongoing saga that is the Anita Blake series. Enter Anita, a necromancer by night and a vampire hunter...by night. You can imagine she has her plate full, raising the dead and staking fanged baddies.
And speaking of which, we meet Nikolaos, a 1,000 year old vampire. She's the most powerful in the city all the while inhabiting a body of a 10-year-old. She's causing a few problems for Anita that leads her to become allies with other vampire...more
Guilty Pleasures is Book 1 of the prolonged ongoing saga that is the Anita Blake series. Enter Anita, a necromancer by night and a vampire hunter...by night. You can imagine she has her plate full, raising the dead and staking fanged baddies.
And speaking of which, we meet Nikolaos, a 1,000 year old vampire. She's the most powerful in the city all the while inhabiting a body of a 10-year-old. She's causing a few problems for Anita that leads her to become allies with other vampire...more
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it's been many a year now since the first time i picked up these super fun Anita Blake books, the words that launched a thousand imitators and were pretty well the start of the whole modern-times supernatural adult fantasy/horror/mystery genre (see also: Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Lilith Saintcrow, Kim Harrison, etc etc). this is the first book-club edition of her stuff, comprising books 1,2, and 3 of the series, and up through book 6, this is the best it got.
the series deals with an outward...more
the series deals with an outward...more
This is the book club edition of the first three Anita Blake books. Whether or not, you love or hate the later Blake books, you have to admit that the early books contributed in to the urban fantasy/ paranormal romance genre. There are problems with the books. Anita's back story changes slightly (sometimes in the same book) as does her age, every woman who is more powerful than Anita is bad. However, Anita is a far more sympathetic if not likeable here than in the later books. While Hamilton is...more
One of my friends had moved out of town and we were determined to keep in touch VIA "snail mail" (I was still fighting the computers at that time), so we would send eachother packages once a week. One of the first packages he sent me was this book. His boyfriend's ex had left it behind, and after he read it, he was sure I would love it. I've loved Laurell K. Hamilton and Anita Blake and her men ever since.
I reviewed each book individually (if you want to read them just look for them by title). I will definitely continue the series, however I'm not sure I like it enough to actually own any more books. I don't think I will be reading any of these for a second time. I'm not even sure I will be able to suggest this to friends yet, with the exception of one friend who may like it. Some books I read & I just have to talk about, this was just something I could mention in passing, but not really rave...more
I had read the 17th book in the series (Harlequin), so I thought I should go to the beginning and start the series properly. At some point Hamilton diverges from edgy vampire fiction to "sexxing things up"; I'm torn as to whether I should go on to #4 and find out when this happens or leave the series well enough alone. I think I'll leave it alone for now.
Jun 01, 2011
Kimberly
added it
I picked up Danse Macarbe on sale some time ago and was intrigued. I began searching for the first books in the Anita Blake series and finally came across this compilation. I am finally up-to-date with the series and I am looking forward to seeing what comes of Hit List which will be released next Tuesday.
I have to say with all of the hype I've heard on Anita Blake I was disappointed.
I had heard that the beginning of the series was fantastic, awesome, great. I didn't think so. I am now hearing that the last few didn't quite measure up to the rest. That scares me. I started them anyway thinking that if they started getting stale or just not for me I'd stop. I think I've already gotten there. I have so many books on my to-read/review list that I can't waste any more of these.
Very disappointing.
I had heard that the beginning of the series was fantastic, awesome, great. I didn't think so. I am now hearing that the last few didn't quite measure up to the rest. That scares me. I started them anyway thinking that if they started getting stale or just not for me I'd stop. I think I've already gotten there. I have so many books on my to-read/review list that I can't waste any more of these.
Very disappointing.
The story is starting to get more interesting and now it is time to get the next book. The first three where not bad, but Not as good as I thought they would be. I do see why some of the newer books get their inspiration, however. I have seen bits and pieces of newer story lines in these three books. I have already started the fourth one.
The first three books in the Anita Blake series!
Guilty Pleasures
The Laughing Corpse
Circus of the Damned
Hmmmm that last one...naked Richard. Happy day.
Signed by Laurell (in California, I made the trip just to get books signed!)
Guilty Pleasures
The Laughing Corpse
Circus of the Damned
Hmmmm that last one...naked Richard. Happy day.
Signed by Laurell (in California, I made the trip just to get books signed!)
The beginning of the Anita Blake series, and it's a little slow to start off, but once she gets the series going, she's pretty descriptive and creative in her writing. Love her work.
Anita Blake is an animator and a necromancer. She is also a vampire slayer, very petite and an object of interest for the Master of the City of St. Louis. I quite liked the character, although she wasn't always internally consistent (her lack of suspicion of the lamia in the last book seemed very out of character to me).
This series will probably appeal to fans of Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs and Charlaine Harris.
This series will probably appeal to fans of Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs and Charlaine Harris.
Love the world, love the characters. Sadly, as the series progresses, they start becoming very ridiculous! I have not gotten past book #7, and have, frankly, lost interest in the series!
I know I have a review of the first book already, but I was in a book club at the time and got the first 3 together in this edition. So I really was sucked in by the end.
The story itself did hold my attention. However I thought the characters were too over dramatized to get across their personal stories. Not to mention a bit cliché.
May 08, 2012
Leslie Holland
added it
I bought this after I had everything else bought only because I liked having the first three books in one volume. Makes it easier to take and read!
If you liked Twilight and are a fan of the vampire craze this series is fun reading. A mix of science fiction and chick books all in one!
A Reminder of why we love Anita Blake when Ms. Hamilton is spot-on. Love Anita, Jean Claude, & Richard.
love this series starter! always wanted to be her when i got older. she is kick ass
This was more fun than I anticipated and more gory. I really like the character of Anita, she's a tough cookie. I prefer it when her foes aren't decaying, but that's just a personal thing. These first 3 books have convinced me to go and look for more, whilst I wait for the new Kim Harrison book anyway.
I liked the early ones. Supernatural crimes and tons of UST. JUDGE ME.
Dec 17, 2008
Karen
marked it as to-read
Don't have book, add to Christmas list, hint, hint...
Eee, the first three Anita Blake books all in one!
Loved her first set of three book. Perfect.
I think that Anita Blake kicks butt in such a way that you feel like your part of her. I also think that if you are not into vampires werewolves and any other creatures that you can think of you shouldnt read her books. I personally am in LOVE with the series and cant wait for 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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Mar 09, 2011 03:17pm