Review: Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 13 Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton

After two very weak books, Hamilton got herself back on the right track again with this short novel, Micah. The novel could have flopped. It has many of the features that hurt the previous two books. Anita is still driven by the ardeur and a lot (maybe too much) of the book focuses on sex and Anita’s relationship with Micah, but because she has narrowed the sex and relationship issues to just one of her lovers they were less distracting from the overall tale.

 

The plot is simple but it works. Anita has to step in for fellow animator, Larry, to raise a zombie as a witness in a federal case. But it’s fairly obvious to the reader from the beginning that something is wrong and as Hamilton teases her way through the story this feeling grows. This isn’t a mystery, just a straight forward plot that quickly reaches a satisfying ending.