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Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #13)
"RAISING THE DEAD IS EASY. LOVE IS HARD..."
There are lots of reasons to raise the dead-some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken. So here I am, on a plane to Philadelphia, flying off to do my job.
But I'm not alone. Micah is with me. Micah, head of the S...more
There are lots of reasons to raise the dead-some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken. So here I am, on a plane to Philadelphia, flying off to do my job.
But I'm not alone. Micah is with me. Micah, head of the S...more
Mass Market Paperback, 245 pages
Published
February 28th 2006
by Jove
(first published February 1st 2006)
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Micah is a very interesting character. As I’ve already mentioned he is one of my favorite sweeties. Micah and Nathaniel completely rock my world!
Micah was one of my refuges. His arms, his body, his smile. His quiet acceptance of me, violence and all. Now I was back to being scared. Shit.
With that said, this book must have been rushed. Either it was rushed or it took awhile to write because it was…boring. I really dislike writing negative reviews, but this is one of my least favorite books in thi...more
Micah was one of my refuges. His arms, his body, his smile. His quiet acceptance of me, violence and all. Now I was back to being scared. Shit.
With that said, this book must have been rushed. Either it was rushed or it took awhile to write because it was…boring. I really dislike writing negative reviews, but this is one of my least favorite books in thi...more
I gave up on [buying] Laurell Hamilton some time back, as her books have devolved into cheap sex scenes apparently caused by the author's relationship going into a meltdown. The first 6 books in this series are great. From then on they seem to turn more and more into porn, starting soft and steadily progressing into hardcore, whereas they used to be a really great exploration of what a world where the paranormal mixes with the normal would be like.
So, basically, I stopped buying them but will st...more
So, basically, I stopped buying them but will st...more
May 28, 2007
Kim
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1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
horny people with nothing (and no one) better to do
Shelves:
science-fiction-fantasy,
21st-century-fiction
What a piece of crap. I picked it up at the airport, and I should have left it on the plane.
I hate Micah and I hate novellas disguised as novels. This was a waste of time and about the point I started hating Anita. Mind you I still buy her books, but I think part of me just wishes she would get shot a spend about three books in a coma.
Sep 13, 2007
Michelle
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1 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
people addicted to porn
This is really the end of the series for me. This book is just an sexathon between two of the characters. I could have saved my money and suggest you save yours.
Nov 25, 2008
Merredith
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who want a VERY quick read
Shelves:
1-or-2-stars,
other-supernatural
Micah by Laurell K hamilon, was a fake book. Here we have the 245 page new installment in the Antia Blake series, but it's just a filler… Remember when you were in school, and your teacher assigned you a certain number of page paper to do? But you really didn't have too much to write… So you space it out as far as you can…. That's what Hamilton did for this book. Her books are usually tiny print, words packed into the pages, and STILL long. This has the largest ever typeface, sooo spaced out, bo...more
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From a blog post I wrote in 2006:
This addition to Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series was disappointing.
I felt like it was mostly a throwaway story. The plot revolved around Anita and her King of the Wereleopards partner, Micah, going to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a trial. (That sentence really only makes sense to someone who's read some of these books, I realize.) It's their first time being alone and Anita freaks out about the intimacy (which she does in every dang book), we get Mi...more
This addition to Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series was disappointing.
I felt like it was mostly a throwaway story. The plot revolved around Anita and her King of the Wereleopards partner, Micah, going to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a trial. (That sentence really only makes sense to someone who's read some of these books, I realize.) It's their first time being alone and Anita freaks out about the intimacy (which she does in every dang book), we get Mi...more
Jan 08, 2009
Teddy
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who get a kick out of awful books.
Shelves:
for-shits-and-giggles
I promised myself I wouldn't read past Obsidian Butterfly, but then I was given this for free and I have to see if it's as awful as I think it's going to be... signs are pointing to yes.
Page 136 edit: The sex, OMG the sex... I don't think I'll ever stop laughing...
Jesusfuck, why do I do this to myself?
Page 136 edit: The sex, OMG the sex... I don't think I'll ever stop laughing...
Jesusfuck, why do I do this to myself?
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful: (on amazon.com)
horrible!, June 8, 2007
I, admitedly, am a huge fan of Hamilton. Although i think (know) she's a huge guilty pleasure (no pun intended), and always feel a bit embarassed when caught reading one of her books...But, i've never been truly embarassed to be a fan.
Until now.
This book is absolutely horrible. Not a plot in sight. Basically, page after page of Micah (so incredibly boring. worst character, by far). It reads like a penthou...more
horrible!, June 8, 2007
I, admitedly, am a huge fan of Hamilton. Although i think (know) she's a huge guilty pleasure (no pun intended), and always feel a bit embarassed when caught reading one of her books...But, i've never been truly embarassed to be a fan.
Until now.
This book is absolutely horrible. Not a plot in sight. Basically, page after page of Micah (so incredibly boring. worst character, by far). It reads like a penthou...more
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Anita gets a call early one morning (does this woman ever get calls during normal business hours?) - it's Larry. His pregnant wife, Tammy, is going into premature labor, and he can't fly out to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a case. Anita agrees to go, and to restrain the pesky ardeur, she brings along Micah.
If I had spent money on this audiobook, I'd be asking for a refund right about now. Unabridged, this "novel" is a mere 4 hours long. Ellen Degeneres' Seriously...I'm Kidding is the same...more
If I had spent money on this audiobook, I'd be asking for a refund right about now. Unabridged, this "novel" is a mere 4 hours long. Ellen Degeneres' Seriously...I'm Kidding is the same...more
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I'll admit I haven't been a fan of the turn the Anita Blake series has taken after Butterfly. The increasing frequency of long drawn out sex scenes, emasculated and 'broken' male characters who worship the ground Anita walks on and Anita falling in 'love' with every hyper endowed male character she seemingly encounters gets to be way too much.
Micah, as the book is entitled, has been around during most of that climate shift in the books overall plot and yet we know nothing about him. That's where...more
Micah, as the book is entitled, has been around during most of that climate shift in the books overall plot and yet we know nothing about him. That's where...more
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Micah is now, and hopefully will always be, my favourite character in the Anita Blake series. He used to bother me because he was always so accepting that Anita had all of these other guys she was dating or screwing, and finally his anger and unease comes out in this very well written novella. It was also refreshing to read one of Hamilton's books that was on the shorter side. It was a nice break from all of the drama and numerous sex scenes that permeate her other books.
I also really liked this...more
I also really liked this...more
I was so pissed off when I got home and opened the book. I already knew it only a hundred pages or so but it was also double spaced! I paid like 5 bucks for something that had less content then a newspaper. The story was the usual "I'm Anita Blake. I dress like a slut because my seven boyfriends like it. Not because I am one. Well, actually, I am but it's not my fault. I have this condition called the aurdor which means I have to hump every hot guy I come across. If your not sexy enough for me t...more
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(Original review Jan 2007)
Overall 4/5
Story 4/5
Re-Readability 4/5
Characters 3/5
With "Micah" I have now finished all the Anita Blake novels that are in paperback ("Danse Macabre" is still hardcover only). And …
… well, I’m probably exaggerating a bit with the ratings, but in contrast to "Incubus Dreams," this is … a masterpiece.
The book is 288 pages, the last 30-odd being a preview of Danse Macabre. And rather than the densely spaced tiny text, this is normal-sized text, double-spaced. It’s like r...more
Overall 4/5
Story 4/5
Re-Readability 4/5
Characters 3/5
With "Micah" I have now finished all the Anita Blake novels that are in paperback ("Danse Macabre" is still hardcover only). And …
… well, I’m probably exaggerating a bit with the ratings, but in contrast to "Incubus Dreams," this is … a masterpiece.
The book is 288 pages, the last 30-odd being a preview of Danse Macabre. And rather than the densely spaced tiny text, this is normal-sized text, double-spaced. It’s like r...more
Anita is off to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a court case but with the ardeur being an issue, Micah insists on going with her for the trip. So for the first time, Anita is alone with Micah and that causes problems for her.
I swear I was ready to slap Anita into next week with her childish, moronic behaviour in this 'book'. Micah tries to comfort her over her fear of flying and she takes it as an insult as if he is suggesting that she is weak because she is a girl. She then gets mad at Micah...more
I swear I was ready to slap Anita into next week with her childish, moronic behaviour in this 'book'. Micah tries to comfort her over her fear of flying and she takes it as an insult as if he is suggesting that she is weak because she is a girl. She then gets mad at Micah...more
I had a long review written, but Goodreads choked while publishing, so it no longer exists. Trying again...
Very short! I got to the end and was surprised it was over. Very focused on the Micah/Anita relationship to the point of making a lot of the other stuff a monologue/dialogue rather than full plot points. I do not like how pretty much everyone except Jean-Claude cannot deal with life without getting rage-y. What the heck, Micah, why the pissyness? Nice to hear more about his life and backgro...more
Very short! I got to the end and was surprised it was over. Very focused on the Micah/Anita relationship to the point of making a lot of the other stuff a monologue/dialogue rather than full plot points. I do not like how pretty much everyone except Jean-Claude cannot deal with life without getting rage-y. What the heck, Micah, why the pissyness? Nice to hear more about his life and backgro...more
Jul 28, 2011
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2* for Micah, 3.5* for Strange Candy. Read this as Micah & Strange Candy omnibus. Other reviewers mentioned Micah being a short novel bulked up to 245 pages with large type etc., well the edition I read was 116 pages long. Filler story about the most poinless story in the series, really should have been part of another novel but at least there was only time for 1 sex scene. Give Micah a miss unless you love the series. Strange Candy is a collection of Hamiltons short stories included to brin...more
Absolutely Loved this little novella didn't take me long and it was so typical of Anita. I loved it. A definite MUST read. Here is what Amazon.co.uk says about Micah:
From Publishers Weekly
Hamilton (Incubus Dreams) delivers a highly palatable portion of what makes her series heroine, federal marshal and vampire-hunter Anita Blake, a bestseller: equal portions hot sex and supernatural crime fighting—with a dollop of old-fashioned male-female melodrama—served up in a world where new were-animals h...more
From Publishers Weekly
Hamilton (Incubus Dreams) delivers a highly palatable portion of what makes her series heroine, federal marshal and vampire-hunter Anita Blake, a bestseller: equal portions hot sex and supernatural crime fighting—with a dollop of old-fashioned male-female melodrama—served up in a world where new were-animals h...more
I was never really interested in Micah character nor thought that the addition of said character was necessary. Of all of Anita's men, Micah is how should I say this - flat? Not likable? Unnecessary?
Whatever that word might be, the meaning is still the same. Why did Hamilton wrote this book? I don't know really but it didn't do any justice to the series. It's just sad how the avid readers of the series seems to be slipping away because of how the story progress from being awesome to this. No wor...more
Whatever that word might be, the meaning is still the same. Why did Hamilton wrote this book? I don't know really but it didn't do any justice to the series. It's just sad how the avid readers of the series seems to be slipping away because of how the story progress from being awesome to this. No wor...more
I think that this was originally meant to be a short story and ran too long for it so she turned it to a short book if you will. The book before this one was ridiculous with all the emergency sex. Don't get me wrong I enjoy a good sex scene a lot but in the previous book, Incubus Dreams, it was OUT OF CONTROL!! I think in ONE night, Anita had sex like FIVE TIMES!!!! All but one of those 5 scenes had another character either taking part in some way, or watching while laying in bed with Anita and...more
I’m not really sure why I picked this book up, after the last few turned into nothing but porn I thought I’d give them a miss. But it was only €7, and I’ve read the others so I thought I may as well be a completioniest. But this doesn’t really seem to be the same as the others in the series. Its shorter, and there really isn’t any plot. I mean there is a storyline about raising some fella who died of a heart attack before he could testify to the FBI, but that isn’t what the book is about. It i...more
I once heard/read Stephen King talking about his writing. And he said that after he wrote a novel, sometimes he still had something to say (like magic to put out the words) -- occassionaly it was a lot, and we get novellas from that, like The Mist or The Body...more often it is a little, and we get the short stories, like The Boogeyman -- in any case, eventually, he decides to publish these "extras" and we get the collections - Four Past Midnight or Night Shift.
The reason I mention this -- is be...more
The reason I mention this -- is be...more
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Micah is too good to be true.
As usual my expectations were too high.
Micah let me down for many reasons. At first sight this seemed like the most interesting book because it is actually the only one so far named after a character instead of a business. I was so ready to start reading it and though something epic was gonna happen therefore the name.
He is so empathic it is pathetic.
First of all Micah wearing a suit just doesn't do it for me. In my head I see him so feral and primal that I just can'...more
As usual my expectations were too high.
Micah let me down for many reasons. At first sight this seemed like the most interesting book because it is actually the only one so far named after a character instead of a business. I was so ready to start reading it and though something epic was gonna happen therefore the name.
He is so empathic it is pathetic.
First of all Micah wearing a suit just doesn't do it for me. In my head I see him so feral and primal that I just can'...more
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This is definitely the worst book in the series so far. First of all, what would normally be five chapters or so in any other book has been stretched out (with large margins, extra spacing between words and lines, and a full page for each chapter number) into twelve. Which means that Hamilton's annoying habit of chapter-long disgustingly graphic sex scenes turned into Hamilton's annoying habit of THREE-chapter-long disgustingly graphic sex scenes--only this time with the stupidest, most eye-roll...more
Wow, what a short book. So I listened to the audiobook version of this one, and I must say - the disc breaks were awful. The would end the disc in the middle of a sentence, in the middle of a chapter. In the disc break between 2 and 3 - it was in the middle of a sexy scene. Then all of a sudden - "THIS IS THE END OF DISC 2. PLEASE INSERT DISC 3. THIS IS DISC 3." Talk about a mood killer. If you can't break on a chapter, at least don't break in the middle of sexytimes. Please.
This was a good one...more
This was a good one...more
Ok, so I read alot of the other reviews before I read this and I knew I wasn't going to be blown away but in the end it was ok. To start any way I would call this a novella rather a novel but to be honest I didn't really mind as to be fair the book before this one was over 700 pages.
The Story it's self wasn't great but it wasn't rubbish. She has to fly to Philly raise a zombie for a court case because Larry can't make it because of a pregnancy problem with tammy. Micah comes with her and be book...more
The Story it's self wasn't great but it wasn't rubbish. She has to fly to Philly raise a zombie for a court case because Larry can't make it because of a pregnancy problem with tammy. Micah comes with her and be book...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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