When Anita Blake's boss at Animators, Inc., informs her that she's expected to raise 300-year-old zombies from a field of jumbled bones just to set...
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Jan 01, 2012
Tilly
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The creativity that seeps into Laurell Hamilton’s book is astonishing.
With that said, Bloody Bones is one of her books in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series that really doesn’t do it for me.
There are parts of this book that make you read super fast in anticipation of how a scene will turn out! Unfortunately, those scenes are few and far between in this book.
Bloody Bones is a wonderful book filled with profound imagination and lingering betrayal. The More...
With that said, Bloody Bones is one of her books in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series that really doesn’t do it for me.
There are parts of this book that make you read super fast in anticipation of how a scene will turn out! Unfortunately, those scenes are few and far between in this book.
Bloody Bones is a wonderful book filled with profound imagination and lingering betrayal. The More...
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Nov 22, 2011
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Bloody Bones follows quickly on from the action of The Lunatic Café. Fans of the French vampire Jean Claude, as wells as fans of the murder and crime and investigation that characterized the first few installments in the series, will love this book.
Anita travels to Branson, Missouri to raise an entire cemetery in order to settle a dispute about the ownership of the land. A property developer wants to build a hi More...
*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*
Bloody Bones follows quickly on from the action of The Lunatic Café. Fans of the French vampire Jean Claude, as wells as fans of the murder and crime and investigation that characterized the first few installments in the series, will love this book.
Anita travels to Branson, Missouri to raise an entire cemetery in order to settle a dispute about the ownership of the land. A property developer wants to build a hi More...
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Jul 09, 2009
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The fifth installment of Laurell K. Hamilton's ongoing Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, which takes as its premise the idea that vampires, werewolves, and other preternatural creatures are an accepted reality, and have been granted equal rights in the United States, Bloody Bones follows its heroine as she heads to Branson, Missouri to begin the difficult job of raising an entire cemetery from the dead. Hired to help settle a land dispute, Anita instead finds herself caught up (as always) in a
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May 28, 2010
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Apr 17, 2008
Katie
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This book was my least favourite of this series so far.
It isn't that the writing itself was bad; in fact I can see a great improvement both in style and technique here from the beginning of the series. I just didn't enjoy the subject matter, the characters, the conflicts... it all seemed to rub me the wrong way.
In particular there seemed to be a turn for the worse in the character of Richard that bothers me. I don't like it when a character seems to be growing in one di More...
It isn't that the writing itself was bad; in fact I can see a great improvement both in style and technique here from the beginning of the series. I just didn't enjoy the subject matter, the characters, the conflicts... it all seemed to rub me the wrong way.
In particular there seemed to be a turn for the worse in the character of Richard that bothers me. I don't like it when a character seems to be growing in one di More...
Aug 02, 2011
My favorite in the series so far! Hamilton's take on fairie lore made for some intriguing twists. Serephina was an intriguing villain, I really enjoyed the imagery of her and her powers really made things interesting. The character development was exciting for me, especially Anita's internal struggle with her mother's death, as wel as learning more about Jean Claude's past. The only thing that tripped me up a bit was that Jason seemed different than in the previous book; this may be because h
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May 08, 2011
Debora
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Uno dei migliori capitoli di questa saga, sono tutti belli ma questo... Non ci sono parole per definirlo! Finalmente vediamo un'Anita più 'umana', comincia ad avere dei cedimenti, si vede e si percepisce... perfino dalla sua ammissione a proposito della paura di volare! Inoltre la nostra Risvegliante inizia fare sfoggio dei suoi poteri da Negromante che fino ad allora aveva temuro e, sì, nascosto. Vediamo una giovane donna che inizia a prendere consapevolezza di sè, che non si affida solo alle
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Feb 12, 2009
Nicole
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For all the Anita Blake books - I started this series with my then friend, Meredith - she actually got me hooked that fateful summer of 2000 when I was living on her wooden floor in Brooklyn. We were both unemployed and bored and got hooked into this series. I loved Anita Blake because it was before I discovered the new genre - what I like to call "badass chicks who kick ass!" written in first person - and so she was all empowering and of course there were hot vampires and werewolves i
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Jan 12, 2012
Eneya
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Oh, damn...
Really?
Such a disappointment.
Once, Anita is this huge Mary Sue, which is utterly ridiculous.
Second... enough with the idiotic sex scenes already... I picked the series because of the "the vampire hunter part, this should be changed to - the vampire boner).
Don't get me wrong. I am interested in the fact that we are seeing a complicated polygamous relationship and that we see BDSM and the like, but... something is rubbing me the wrong way about this.
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Really?
Such a disappointment.
Once, Anita is this huge Mary Sue, which is utterly ridiculous.
Second... enough with the idiotic sex scenes already... I picked the series because of the "the vampire hunter part, this should be changed to - the vampire boner).
Don't get me wrong. I am interested in the fact that we are seeing a complicated polygamous relationship and that we see BDSM and the like, but... something is rubbing me the wrong way about this.
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Oct 27, 2011
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Bloody Bones is the fifth instalment in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Anita, is yet again thrust into a job, out of town, by her boss that pushes her capabilities as an animator just so he can reap the benefits, i.e. lots of money. Larry gets to go along for the ride and learns more about being a vampire hunter. This trip causes a lot of tension between Anita and Larry. Larry is the young protégé and Anita is the overprotective master who is unwilling More...
Anita, is yet again thrust into a job, out of town, by her boss that pushes her capabilities as an animator just so he can reap the benefits, i.e. lots of money. Larry gets to go along for the ride and learns more about being a vampire hunter. This trip causes a lot of tension between Anita and Larry. Larry is the young protégé and Anita is the overprotective master who is unwilling More...
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Jul 20, 2011
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BLOODY BONES
Laurell K. Hamilton
Kindle Edition: 730 KB
Print Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Jove (December 29, 2002)
Sold by: Penguin Publishing
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Jove (September 26, 2002)
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In this fifth entry in the Anita Blake franchise LKH demonstrates her ability to plot truly intricate and horrific stories and stay consistent. She also continues to develop Anita’s character growth as she continues learning to l More...
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Jul 13, 2011
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This book loses a whole star just because I’m getting sick and tired of villains always dying in such sucky ways. Yes sucky isn’t very articulate but neither are these so called larger than life inhuman badguys.
I think this book had a lot more going for it in the long run, but Hamilton just took it to a place that wasn’t as interesting as I thought it was going to be. I thought the side plot with the teenage girls death and her parents wish to ‘kill her’ before she rose as a vampire wa More...
I think this book had a lot more going for it in the long run, but Hamilton just took it to a place that wasn’t as interesting as I thought it was going to be. I thought the side plot with the teenage girls death and her parents wish to ‘kill her’ before she rose as a vampire wa More...
Mar 04, 2011
Richard
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Book 5 of the Anita Blake series. Anita is called in to raise a graveyard full of zombies and gets called off to investigate murders.
This was a solid urban fantasy, but had a couple tropes that I find increasingly annoying.
For one, the whole, "Oh no! I could date you, except you are immortal, supernaturally beautiful, strong and powerful! That makes you not human enough" thing. I understand the need for character conflict. And, xenophobia would even make sense More...
This was a solid urban fantasy, but had a couple tropes that I find increasingly annoying.
For one, the whole, "Oh no! I could date you, except you are immortal, supernaturally beautiful, strong and powerful! That makes you not human enough" thing. I understand the need for character conflict. And, xenophobia would even make sense More...
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Jul 22, 2010
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Sep 21, 2009
Megan
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Although I never really learned to like Anita Blake, she was always tolerable ~ until Bloody Bones. Didn't Anita complain about all of the Were's alpha fight/dominance nonsense in Lunatic Cafe? Really, she is no better than the Were's here. If you take out all of the "I'm a bigger badass than you are" scenes & descriptions of corny outfits, you are left with nothing more than a short story. Granted.... I do like Hamilton's story telling. But at this point I feel as if I am wading throu
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Apr 13, 2009
A.M.
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I keep giving the series only 2 stars, yet keep reading. Why? Because I like the plot. However, Hamilton's writing style just makes me skim through large chunks of the story until I get to the interesting bits, so it's a love-hate relationship.
I like the love triangle between Richard, Anita, and Jean Claude. The introduction of the fey was interesting as well.
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I like the love triangle between Richard, Anita, and Jean Claude. The introduction of the fey was interesting as well.
Also, finally Anita is behaving like a religious person (or at least more so than before), although as yet she still hasn't been More...
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Jul 15, 2011
Regina
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had started to read this book about a year ago and I kept putting it down and had finished the first 8 chapters and just put it away on the top shelf of my room. I picked up countless other books and decided that Anita Blake was not for me...then I ran into a problem, I had finished all the Night Huntress series, and for some reason had picked up Black Dagger Brotherhood books 1, 3 and 4 and not picked up #2!! I had read #1 and wanted to read #2 and was told I must read them all in sequence...n
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Jan 31, 2010
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This book is a little better in my opinion again than volume 4. Larry Kirkland, animator and vampire’s hangman in education, plays a stronger role in this tape. This is very positive from my view, because Larry is a small brother a sort of Anitas and the dialogues between the both break up whole a little. He also creates a little the balance to Anita becoming nevertheless slowly colder and colder.
Also Jean-Claude receives more place in this book again and one gets to know more about More...
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May 29, 2011
Elisa
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The fifth instalment of Anita Blake is a great addition to the series. In Bloody Bones Anita encounters all sorts of new dangers as well as some old ones, all of which makes for a fast-paced read full of gore that leaves you guessing to the end.
After Anita is contracted by two parties feuding over land to raise the dead in an old, disturbed cemetery, things go from bad to worse all around her. What started as a regular job gets ugly quickly.
Here we meet the fey for the fi More...
After Anita is contracted by two parties feuding over land to raise the dead in an old, disturbed cemetery, things go from bad to worse all around her. What started as a regular job gets ugly quickly.
Here we meet the fey for the fi More...
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May 03, 2010
Gardavson
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Not bad. I rated a 3 because there were just to many "things that make you go huh?" moments. I didn't always get everything. I never did exactly understand how and when Serephina became more powerful. Was it from feeding on the fey? If feeding on an immortal or fey made a vampire more powerful, I'd think they would have figured that out by now and all be feeding on immortals and/or fey. I never did exactly figure out the whole sword thing and who or what (tho it was narrowed down to tw
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May 28, 2011
Elenariel
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Davvero una bella storia, con diversi filoni di trama che poi si ricongiungono a formare un disegno finale che inizialmente era difficile, se non impossibile, da intravedere.
Resta la grammatica un po' forzata ed il riciclo di frasi dai libri precedenti ma il quantitativo ridotto (o l'abibtudine!) li rende ormai sorvolabili.
Irritantissima, invece, la nuova tendenza di rivolgersi ai vampiri chiamandoli "vamp" (un espediente per risparmiare sul numero dei caratteri?).
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Resta la grammatica un po' forzata ed il riciclo di frasi dai libri precedenti ma il quantitativo ridotto (o l'abibtudine!) li rende ormai sorvolabili.
Irritantissima, invece, la nuova tendenza di rivolgersi ai vampiri chiamandoli "vamp" (un espediente per risparmiare sul numero dei caratteri?).
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Sep 08, 2011
Cherie
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My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not onl
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Jan 11, 2012
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Oct 11, 2011
AstrogirlM42
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Why is it that I read these books and think that there is an inside joke going on that I just don't get. I finish them. I roughly know how they end. But I am confused as to the why and the how. I had to read parts of the book several times to try and understand. What was the deal with Magnus? Who killed the boys? What the hell was bloody bones? In the end I just gave up and thought "I am never going to get the inside joke - just move on". :-)
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May 11, 2011
Misty
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I liked this book which surprised me a little bit. I have read so many reviews that were either one way or the other with this series that I have just really had to allow myself to get into it and decide for myself. So far my ride has been kind of like a roller coaster, there have been books that I really liked and some that were eh' but I definitely liked the story line for Bloody Bones and I kept wanting to read more to find out what would happen. Despite what I have read from some, I am kind
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Jul 07, 2011
Jennifer
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Bloody Bones is the fifth instalment of the popular Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel series, written by Laurell K. Hamilton. Although Hamilton does an excellent job of allowing these novels to standalone without constant reminders of the previous instalments, I recommend reading the series in order to allow for deeper understanding of the characters and their backgrounds.
In this instalment we see Anita Blake, animator at Animators Inc. and legal vampire executioner, travel to St. Lo More...
In this instalment we see Anita Blake, animator at Animators Inc. and legal vampire executioner, travel to St. Lo More...
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Sep 28, 2010
Mary Grace
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So we have reached the fifth book of the series. Like the first four series, Bloody Bones is packed with hard core fighting, bitching and all that macho stuff that Anita seems to handle quite well. I have enjoyed reading how Anita manages to maintain a balance in her life and how she handles every obstacle effortlessly.
The book is good, but compared to the first four, this was quite a long read. I mean, I didn't quite enjoy this as much as the first four books. But it doesn't More...
The book is good, but compared to the first four, this was quite a long read. I mean, I didn't quite enjoy this as much as the first four books. But it doesn't More...
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May 12, 2010
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Bloody Bones is one of the more brutal outings in this series. A huge portion of the book follows Anita Blake as she’s working and this time she’s called in on a case that is particularly gruesome. Three teen boys are brutally slain, a young teen girl is left for dead and a young boy has been kidnapped, possibly by a deviant sexual predator of a vampire who enjoys toying with children. It’s dark and painful to read the grief instilled within some of these pages.
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Oct 28, 2010
Sharon
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Book five in the Anita Blake series.
Anita goes to Branson on a dodgy necromancer job, aren't they all? The plot & sub-plots are superb, the character interactions are intense and undiluted in their telling. Dolph asks for her expertise in some violent deaths, there's powerful vampires, emotion feeding fae and rotting corpses.
Read by Kimberly Alexis aka Laurell K Hamilton, Again I was impressed, there's nothing nasel about her accent. Her intonation is clear, diff More...
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Nov 17, 2010
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Where to begin. Well, first of all, I am NEVER going to listen to Anita Blake as an audio book again. Although The Lunatic Cafe as an audio book wasn't that bad, that was also about 2 hours less. Not that it mattered really. I think what it really comes down to is that the first audiobook I listened to was Lunatic Cafe because I wanted to "read" while I was working. So I think there was some novelty to it at first, so I didn't take it for what it was.
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