Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 13)
by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Read in June, 2007
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 wil...more
So, basically, I stopped buying them but wil...more
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Read in October, 2006
Another installment of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series. Probably the smallest in the series. Anita has to go to Philly on FBI business to raise a witness from the dead who was died before he good give his testimony. I started it this morning, and ended it.... 1/2 hour ago? Yes, it was that good. And the length probably helped. And the fact that I'm not going to work until 6:30 tonight. This is the first time Anita is alone with Micah. None of her other boyfriends are there. No Jean-Claude...more
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Read in January, 2008
There isn't much I can add that hasn't been said already except to express my disappointment and sadness to see such a great story line degenerate into smut (although this one showed stupendous restraint), excessive repetition, and recurring dialogue themes (yes…we get it…she’s badass but could you find another way of letting us know besides repeating the same patterns over and over again both in the story line and the dialogue). Don’t get me wrong…I love me some good smut but not at ...more
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Read in April, 2006
Oh, how I would LOVE to give it five stars. However, I gotta be objective, and especially this being the 13th book of the series, I had 12 others to compare this one with. Of course, the book was excellent, however I went when I saw that the book had practically shrunk in half, and its text much bigger with blank pages separating each chapters. This was an unusual style of Hamilton's. I was disappointed as this meant a much shorter journey with Anita this time around.
This book focused mos...more
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Read in May, 2006
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), w...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), w...more
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A short story of sex and Micah.
That's it. Really. Were you expecting more? There isn't anything more. No, I'm not kidding.
MICAH is a very short novella put into book form to make Ms. Hamilton more money. And no, I'm not kidding about that either.
Thankfully, I like Micah, although I don't think there are too many more descriptions that the author can make up to describe his physical characteristics. He's not that tall, but he's big where it matters, is hotter than hot, and can have ...more
That's it. Really. Were you expecting more? There isn't anything more. No, I'm not kidding.
MICAH is a very short novella put into book form to make Ms. Hamilton more money. And no, I'm not kidding about that either.
Thankfully, I like Micah, although I don't think there are too many more descriptions that the author can make up to describe his physical characteristics. He's not that tall, but he's big where it matters, is hotter than hot, and can have ...more
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Read in May, 2006
This book was too short. Like other reviewers have stated the margins are really wide and the font is big. Wish Laurell would have taken a little more time with it. I think it could have brought a lot of readers back into the fold. I loved the zombie raising and meeting the old agent that Micah was involved with. We find out a little bit about Micah's background and why he is kinda shy and quiet. The sex was ok in it. I enjoyed the zombie part. Brought back the old Anita that I miss. Would recom...more
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Read in May, 2007
recommends it for:
fans of the supernatural
While this is labeled as book 13 of the series, it is unlike any of the other books. Micah finds us following Anita and Micah to Philadelphia, leaving everyone else behind. Anita takes a job over from her friend and mentee, Larry, so he can take care of his wife. Anita, as both a federal marshall and animator, is going to raise a dead federal witness to testify in an important court case. This is her first time along with Micah, and when an attempt is made on Anita's life in the cemetary, we...more
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Read in March, 2006
I really wish she would chill out on all the erotica, I really really miss the first half of the series where Anita Blake was just this awesome chick that killed vampires (not played under the sheets with them), raised zombies, and solved supernatural mysteries. Two whole chapters were solely about Blake and Micah getting it on in all sorts of detail. Easy to skip once you know it's there, but still it's a really short book already. I did however got the author to sign it for me. :)
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Read in May, 2007
I keep reading Hamilton's work even though I get more and more disappointed. Her writing is hardly challenging, and it's clear that she's stuck with no direction for these characters, but yet the series is so lucrative for her that she's not willing to let them die.
This book seemed like a story arc that she attempted but wound up with nowhere to go. I've read this book at least three times before but with a different title.
I really love the early books in the Anita Blake series - I...more
This book seemed like a story arc that she attempted but wound up with nowhere to go. I've read this book at least three times before but with a different title.
I really love the early books in the Anita Blake series - I...more
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Read in March, 2006
I have mixed feelings about this. Not really because of the content, but because of the delivery. A novel this was not. It was a short story printed with 14pt type and double-spaced, with full page chapter headings to add some bulk to the book. Not really worth the $8 I spent on it (man, I remember when paperbacks were $3.50). I read it in about an hour and a half Saturday night. I’m expecting big things from her next real book in the series, which is due out in June.
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Read in March, 2007
Meh. There wasn't really a plot to the story. I mean, after the Killing Dance there has been a lot of sex in the Anita Blake series but they were still interesting, with twists, long stories, full of characters, fighting, shooting... this story was just dumb. The only reason it even got an OK from me was because i haven't read an Anita Blake novel in so long that I was just happy to get my hands on another one. I hope Danse Macabre is better.
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Read in October, 2007
This particular Anita Blake book felt less like vampires and zombies with a little friskiness with boyfriend on the side and more like a porno in words. Maybe because there's only so much vampire and zombie action you can smush into a book that's only supposed to cover a weekend. Or maybe I was just being picky. I'm not sure I remember anymore. I definitely remember deciding that I didn't think this book was up to par with the others.
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recommends it for:
diehard Anita Blake fans
This isn't a full member of the Anita Blake series. It's just a short novella detailing a brief adventure she has between books, with a steamy night alone with Micah thrown in. I've been finding the series pretty tedious for a while, but I'm giving it 2 stars simply because the book wasn't meant to be anything more than a quickie anyways. Anyone who isn't already into the Anita Blake books definitely should not read this one.
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
those of us masochists still hanging on hoping for better Blake
still ick. I get the feeling that we're going to get treated to a book for every guy in the Blake hism....and since every guy she runs across either falls in love with her, lust with her, or admiration and fear of her, this series won't run out of men for new books anytime soon. Way too much yakking going on and way too little action. Ms. Hamilton writes phenomenal battle scenes, and you won't get enough of them here.
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Read in September, 2006
This was a short story which belonged in an anthology. Instead the author and publisher decided to double space the lines, use larger print and not print on the back of page if the chapter ended on the right side of page in order to justify charging $8 as a book. Heaven forbid they ever print anything more than an excerpt of her up and coming hardback in an anthology. Glad I only borrowed the book from someone.
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Read in March, 2008
Book 13 in the Anita Blake, vampire executioner series. This is a short story masquarading as a novel, but since book 12 was a tome, I didn't mind too much. One racy sex scene, some Micah/Anita relationship development, and one attempt on Anita's life - that's barely a chapter in some of Hamilton's books. The most interesting part for me was the scientific explaination for Anita's pseudo-lyncanthrope.
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Read in January, 2008
I'm in the middle of this book right now. I'm a bit disappointed, there's getting to be just too much sex. Don't get me wrong, it's good to have it thrown in the story, but.... it seems like Hamilton is over doing it. I've already read a brief review on her newest one coming out, basically there's a lot of time spent on sex, and not much on character development....hmmmm.
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i was so disappointed with this book. there was so much filler and empty pages. this was the beginning of the end for me. i can't even remember what the next book was, but i onlhy made it half way through. the first set of books was great about werewolves, vampires and more. now it's more about sex and it's just less story and more porn. annoying.
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Read in January, 2007
Well developed character's in the earlier books in the series. About the 5th book or so in the "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter" series, it turns into smut, but by then I was so engrossed in the lives of the character's I just had to keep reading the series.
Micah truely sucked. This should have been labeled a "short story".
Micah truely sucked. This should have been labeled a "short story".
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