The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)

The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #4)

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In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, Vampire Hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But she's about to learn that nothing is ever as it seems-especially in matters of the not-so-human heart...

Dating a werewolf with self-esteem issues is stressing Anita out. Especially when something-or someone-sta...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published March 1st 2005 by Berkley Hardcover (first published January 1st 1996)
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Manny
If I had to do this review in two words, it wouldn't be a challenge: Twilight Noir. Okay, it's historically inaccurate, since Stephenie Meyer stole the idea from Laurel K. Hamilton rather than vice versa, but apart from that it's close to the facts. We have the basic Twilight scenario: human woman is simultaneously in love with a vampire and a werewolf, but for bizarre reasons can't actually have sex with either of them. Instead of the infuriatingly wimpy Bella, though, we have tough-as-nails An...more
BarkLessWagMore
This book begins where the previous left off so your best bet is to read these in order so you can figure out how these tangled relationships develop into the mess that becomes Anita’s love life. Anita, Animator of the Dead, is seriously dating Richard the werewolf and is beginning to realize the perils of dating a “monster”. Jean Claude her other would-be beau is sticking his nose in their business because he’s a jealous little vampire-man and hasn’t been able to woo Anita with his vampire char...more
Tilly Slaton
WARNING: This book is twisted and brilliant! Review contains certain details that are upsetting and some sexual reference is used. Thus .. the review will touch on a few details that are disgusting and unacceptable to sensitive and closed minds. If you are either of the above, please do not continue to read this review

I love this book! The Anita Blake series is AWESOME! Unfortunately, there are a few books in this series that just flat-out stink. The Lunatic Cafe is most definitely NOT one of t...more
Freckles
4,5/5 za to, že se Jean-Claude a Richard chovali jako párek pitomců...
Ranata
Dec 29, 2009 Ranata rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: people who like werewolves and a woman with a trigger finger of death
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Myvampfiction
review by Ciara

*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*

The Lunatic Café, the fourth book in Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, opens with Anita Blake talking with a client. His wife has gone missing, and he needs Anita’s help to find her. Why not go to the police, like most people? Well, his wife is a werewolf, and he doesn’t believe the police will be any good. Who better to find a werewolf than a werewolf’s girlfriend?

As in the first three books, Anita has more than one crime...more
Kati
I freely admit that I have problems with Hamilton's writing. You see, she has a great gift for tense plotting and engaging writing. But instead of utilizing her talents, she turns her books into ridiculous will-they-won't-they soaps. Basically, this book was all about Anita facing off Jean-Claude on the one hand and mulling over Richard on the other. And the back and forth of that quickly became more than annoying. The plot itself - the search for the killer - took what? 60 pages? Everything els...more
Tonya
I think this was my favorite so far. Or maybe they are just getting better because I read them in order. I would like to see Anita give in to Richard a little but she really never does and that is a major part of her character, keeping her focus. Edward makes an appearance in every book so I wonder if anything romantic will happen between the two. Anita is always complaining that the men in her life perusing her are all monsters so what gives.
Casey
On a second read through I felt that this book in the series lacked the pacing of the previous books. Looking back this is where all the conveluted plots start (3 murders all tie in together.......) This is where Anita the start of Anita's bad relationship with cops. This is also where the plots become more interconnected than ever, which isn't a bad thing, just a thing that gets tiresome after a while. On the second readthrough I realized how much I loved Anita and her supporting cast (Irving,...more
Hope
The Lunatic Cafe is the 4th book in Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" series. And no, she still isn't hunting vampires, which causes me to question why she has this title.That said, I am still enjoying the series, although this book wasn't as good as the other 3. It is a little difficult to explain, but this book just doesn't have the same energy - it isn't as exciting or chilling, and it doesn't get as close to falling over into the "horror" genre as the others. I think it is...more
İlkim
Bu yorumu Kitap Esintisi adresinde bulabilirsiniz.

Anita'nın bu kitabı kayıp likantroplarla başlayıp genel olarak likantropları ele alıyordu. Her kitabında farklı bir tür sorun yaratıyor, fark etmedim değil. Richard'ın sürüsü ile Anita sürtüşüyor bu kitapta, hatta ilk görüşmede silahını çekip üyelerden birini öldürüyor. Kayıp likantroplar, aslında pis bir oluşumun arka perdesi. Olay likantrop avlamayı seven kişilerin onlar için para ödemesini ve likantrop cemiyetinden birinin de ihanetini anlatı...more
Brittney024
So to be honest... I sort of struggled at the begining of this series. The first was good, which got me wanting to read the second. I didnt really care to much for the second as much as the first and then with the circus of the damned it got better, took me a while to read but it was better than The laughing corpse. Although it was slow to really pick up and get into some real interesting things in the series for me, but my sister-in-law (she's read the books) was persistant and wanted me to kee...more
Una Black
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Fangs for the Fantasy
Anita Blake has a new case brought to her through several angles – shapeshifters are going missing, disappearing without a trace. And when you’re a person who can change into a vicious predator with a grip that can rip a person in half, it’s difficult it disappear without a trace.

The police also have a man, a human, who has been savaged by a massive, wild animal with human intelligence. Unfortunately the shapeshifters and police aren’t sharing information, leaving Anita to work both sides as bes...more
David Fenstersheib
Being the 4th book in the serious, the main focus has not shifted to sex yet and we are still shown plenty of violence and gore. Hamilton has an amazing talent for writing engaging text that allow you to be absorbed into the story. Although sometimes I find Hamilton's writing to be cliche at times, and somewhat predictable she does stray from the normal when it comes to the hero, Anita. The hero is someone who is actually frustrating and unpredictable, that it keeps people wanted to see what she...more
Noodle
Well, it's about time! I have battled with this series from the start, it was just so not what I had expected. I read the first two books out of curiosity and because the Anita Blake series had garnered such high praise, but was left dumbfounded. The third, I even stopped reading halfway through, it just was not doing it for me, but I hate not completing a mission, so I came back to it, after re-reading the entire Cassie Palmer series, and managed to fall a little further into the world created...more
Laura
I liked this. It was a good Anita Blake book and the more I read them and the more I understand of her world the more interesting it gets. Anita is a complicated character and I like her for her old fashioned views on love and her crazy views on life. She's a pretty cool kick-ass heroine but jeez does she get a hard time of it. I gave up counting how many times she got attacked in this book.

I thought the plot was good but at the same time I thought there was a hell of a lot of things going on a...more
Emma
This latest instalment of the Anita Blake vampire hunter series was an odd one... I think I liked it the least of all 4 that I have read so far.

I found the mystery part was a bit lacking, it became a filler in between the romance/love triangle issues. I feel it needed more than the last 20 pages to round up what was actually quite a good idea for a story. It also required no sleuthing, it was a bit of a cookie cutter ending where everything fell into place a bit too neatly just so that the book...more
Linda
Another on one of my Fang Fictions - book 3 or 4 on the Anita Blake series; she's growing on me and I do love my vamp Jean-Claude.

This book is a (3), I enjoyed it and there is a love triangle of sorts between Richard , her school teacher boyfriend werewolf and Jean-Claude, Master Vampire and Anita starting. She's engaged of sorts to Richard but having second thoughts b/c she's realizing he's as much a monster as J-C is but in a different way, the beast within and she values her independence and...more
Ana
Jan 24, 2011 Ana rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2011
Ack! So predictable! Even the twists were predictable! Except maybe the last one, though I thought it was something like that. And jeez, let the girl sleep for once!

Aside from knowing most of the plot in the first few chapters, I am enjoying the Anita Blake series. I just wish that either the protagonists would recognize things earlier and actually THINK about things for a moment before rushing headlong into danger for once. I suppose a big part of that is the eternally sleep-deprived state Anit...more
Ithlilian
I enjoyed this book a little more than the last one due to the interesting characters involved. The Jean Claude, Richard, and Anita triangle is interesting, and the weres are feisty and exciting. The actually mystery in this book is about a chewed up corpse found in the woods around some good ol boys. That's about all we hear about it until the last 20 pages of the book. Anita focuses some of her attention in this book to the 8 were disappearances, investigating a missing person for a client, an...more
Mary Grace
As I said in the first three reviews, Laurell K. Hamilton creates a new world of supernatural that keeps everybody hooked and enthrall new reader to picking a book and reading the series. I never get tired or bored of reading this series and I just keep on wanting more. This story continues with Anita's adventure as Executioner and a part of the RIPIT.

What I also love about this story is the continuing struggle in the love department as Jean Claude and Richard fights over Anita's affection. Ani...more
Megan
A Date-off?!?! Seriously? Oh, what has become of you John Taylor...er, uh, Jean-Claude...
Hamilton tries to introduce a love triangle. Tries. It ends up being a dating competition, and reminds me of a poorly written sitcom. Not what I would expect from a couple of super powerful, super sexy men. Anita was an even bigger disappointment, relationship wise. We learn that she is such a badass who doesn’t date because of a bad relationship. ONE bad relationship. Big deal. Who hasn’t had their heart b...more
Jasmine
I first got into LKH when I was about eleven. Looking back, I find that kind of creepy, because I sure as hell wouldn't want my eleven year old godsister reading this. But I was between reading young adult and pretentious literary crap and I thought the happy medium was the kind of genre fiction you find in airports - you know, John Grisham.

I haven't read these books in years, but lately I've been revisiting my youth. And I've found that I still like Anita Blake. I like that she's tough and com...more
Amanda
I keep reading these books and the further I get, the more I just struggle to continue. This series was highly recommended from some friends. I thought, what the heck and started reading. The story lines are OK, the love interest are alright, but the characters drive me batty. They make it really hard for me to connect and engage in the story.

Anita is this tough as nails chick who doesn't like help, ask for help, or respect you if you offer her help. She is hard core all the way. I get what the...more
Bookworms
I believe this itself from this tape the readers in two camps split. Richard fans and the Jean-Claude fans. I belong unambiguously to the Jean-Claude fans, this vampire is simply witty and at the same time one seems to feel his immense power. He has an as mad and dangerous life like Anita. However, Richard tries to go for all disputes from the way and works at Anitas side which hesitates less and less with the homicide of being, something is absent on the place.

The story in itself has succeeded...more
Jordan
One of my first book I read that starting me reading Vampire books. I remember being blown away by the female character in this book, I had never read anything like her before. Also the idea of having a female character that is truly in love with two completely different men, and she is allowed to have both of them! Yeah we need more books like this.
This is really a great series, at least the first 11 books are great. Way better than anything written by Stephanie Meyer. HA!
Bianca
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Maria
Another great book in the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton! I swear that I am mad with myself for not starting this series earlier! I love the dark and sensual world-building and the fact that there is a lot of crime and mystery in it. Laurell K. Hamilton has created very interesting characters and she really knows how to put them in extreme situations.

Anita is the most badass female character in an urban fantasy series and I have to say that she doesn’t stop to surprise me with her dec...more
Audel
Je suis plutôt déçu par ce tome.
Pourtant, il se passe dans l'univers des loup garou et des métaphores ce que j'apprécie particulièrement d'habitude. Mais là, cela n'a pas suffit.

L'action peine a démarré (200 pages sur 450) puis elle est vite mise de côté aux profit des relations entre Anita et Richard. Ces passages sont intéressant car on voit qu'anita n'avait pas réaliser ce que cela signifie vraiment de sortir avec un garou. Elle va ainsi devoir faire une introspection sur elle-même et sa re...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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