false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255583510m/30248.jpg 30248 14 The "steamy" (<i>Booklist</i>) Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel that took Laurell K. Hamilton to a whole new level is now in paperback. <br><br> Includes a bonus excerpt from the next Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, <i>Cerulean Sins</i>, coming in January 2003. 2644676 book 2001 Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #10) total:5470|5:1721|4:1478|3:1365|2:633|1:273| 5470 20151 7130 154 2 9 false false Thu Mar 20 10:09:07 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 11:12:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Aug 02 08:31:48 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 08:32:54 -0700 2007
Hamilton managed to work in at least two Triple Word Scores with use of terms that resonate well with genre fans: ouroboros (remember Scully's tattoo, anyone?) and oubliette (yay! Jareth would be so pleased). But the newest term created for the Blakeverse? Panwere...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Wed Nov 26 15:46:44 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 15:49:24 -0800 2008
New characters include Micah and his pride and the new nightmare of the novel is something we've been told is not possible.

I do appreciate Nathaniel's needs (mmmmhmmmm ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 23 16:08:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 16:18:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Sep 21 13:58:06 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 14:00:30 -0700 2007 Laurell K. Hamilton - 10th in series
Wounded in battle at a bondage club while trying to save one of the were-leopards she is protecting, Anita Blake, vampire hunter, wakes up naked in bed with a couple of strange men and discovers that the wounds she suffered in t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 05 13:08:42 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 12:37:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jul 02 07:32:42 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 11:03:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 18 18:05:39 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 20:13:44 -0700 2009 With the exception of Micah, I've read the entire Anita Blake series up to this point (Blood Noir, #16) and, in the aforementioned opinion, Obsidian Butterfly was the last decent book, after which the series should have been renamed Anita Blake, Vampire...

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I am SO disappointed in this book. I have read all the books in the Anita Blake series up to this one and I barely got through...more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jun 30 01:45:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:56:49 -0700 2009
So, this is one of my least favorite novels of all time. In and outside of the Anita Blake series. I began reading this series as a senior in high school (about 2002) and was enraptured by this giant world of were-folk, vampires, and our favorite ball-busting, vampire staking,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 25 19:36:41 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 19:38:21 -0700 2009
BAB but easy read. Went really quick. One of her better books. More in line like the first ones. A little wilder than the others. She keeps getting more sexual and out there. Not liking the fact that Richard is such a wimp. Nice to find out she isnt a shapeshifter. The...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Feb 08 11:12:12 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 12:21:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 09:40:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:00:57 -0700 2009
Now that I've read Narcissus in Chains, the book that seems to be universally considered the downfall of the Anita Blake series by Hamilton's critics, I think I can understand why. Most people simply dismiss the book as porn (though rea...more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Apr 09 11:33:51 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 11:35:11 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:32:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:37:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 20:19:36 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 22:05:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 07:50:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:54:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:42:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 09:35:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false true Fri Oct 10 17:18:01 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 17:19:15 -0700 2008 Blue Moon), but this really is were the series shifts. The hint at the end of OB that Anita wants to get her life under control is not fulfilled here. In fact, it is almost like Anita has become a totally different character. Ther...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 18 14:04:41 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 14:27:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=30248