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Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)
by Laurell K. Hamilton
by Laurell K. Hamilton
review by Ciara
*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*
Circus of the Damned, the third of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton, opens with Anita meeting with members of Humans First, an organization campaigning to have vampires criminalized again.
They ask for the daytime resting place of the Master of the City. Anita refuses, but there is a bit of deliberation. Not so long ago, she would have believed that staking a vampire wasn’t murder. Things have changed over the course of three books.
Naturally Anita must also investigate a crime. The police want Anita to confirm that a gruesome murder was carried out by a rogue vampire so that they can get an order of execution, and she turns to Jean Claude for more information.
While all this is going on, she also has to deal with a very old and powerful vampire, Alejandro, who wants to take her as his human servant. His offer to kill Jean Claude so that Anita will be free of him genuinely tempts her, if not for very long.
It may sound like too much is going on for just one book, but the complex and interwoven plot is handled excellently, and the book never feels cramped, or overly full.
This book gives the very distinct impression that Laurell K. Hamilton knows exactly what’s ahead for Anita and friends. The introduction of Richard Zeeman, the first real (possible) love interest coincides with the moment when Anita realizes that maybe; just maybe, she does have feelings for Jean Claude. Perfect timing.
The reader also gets a true glimpse of how scary the monsters can be. We meet a million (yes, a million) year old vampire with the power to cause earthquakes, as well as the prerequisite sadistic killers.
Hamilton chose the first-person narration wisely. Insights into Anita’s thoughts and feelings lend a truly realistic feel to the book, and when she laughs in the face of vampires hell bent on killing her, the reader knows that inside, she’s quaking. Without those insights, Anita would be an unlikable character, and unrealistically powerful and fearless.
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*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*
Circus of the Damned, the third of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton, opens with Anita meeting with members of Humans First, an organization campaigning to have vampires criminalized again.
They ask for the daytime resting place of the Master of the City. Anita refuses, but there is a bit of deliberation. Not so long ago, she would have believed that staking a vampire wasn’t murder. Things have changed over the course of three books.
Naturally Anita must also investigate a crime. The police want Anita to confirm that a gruesome murder was carried out by a rogue vampire so that they can get an order of execution, and she turns to Jean Claude for more information.
While all this is going on, she also has to deal with a very old and powerful vampire, Alejandro, who wants to take her as his human servant. His offer to kill Jean Claude so that Anita will be free of him genuinely tempts her, if not for very long.
It may sound like too much is going on for just one book, but the complex and interwoven plot is handled excellently, and the book never feels cramped, or overly full.
This book gives the very distinct impression that Laurell K. Hamilton knows exactly what’s ahead for Anita and friends. The introduction of Richard Zeeman, the first real (possible) love interest coincides with the moment when Anita realizes that maybe; just maybe, she does have feelings for Jean Claude. Perfect timing.
The reader also gets a true glimpse of how scary the monsters can be. We meet a million (yes, a million) year old vampire with the power to cause earthquakes, as well as the prerequisite sadistic killers.
Hamilton chose the first-person narration wisely. Insights into Anita’s thoughts and feelings lend a truly realistic feel to the book, and when she laughs in the face of vampires hell bent on killing her, the reader knows that inside, she’s quaking. Without those insights, Anita would be an unlikable character, and unrealistically powerful and fearless.
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