Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #19) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 18, 2009 ♥Lynn ♥ rated it it was ok

Shelves: author-laurell-k-hamilton, read-in-2010, vampires, shifters, paranormal-romance, necromancer, urban-fantasy, july-2010, chicks-with-swords

I really use to love the Anita Blake series. The last couple of books have just not been that great for me. There is just not enough plot to go along with Anita sleeping with everyone. It is annoying. Batman never looked at Robin and said, "Come Robin, we can save the world if we have sex with everyone within reach," It didn't make sense then or now. Come on LKH!!! Give Anita back her cool job, though I have to say, I am not sure if Anita's can use her nercomancer powers to bring this series bac ...more

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Jan 12, 2011 Ruby Hollyberry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, to-be-reviewed, borders-clearance

I absolutely loved this one. It follows up on foreshadowing and bits of plot from dozens of books earlier, finally redeeming Richard, finally making Asher happy (those two are related but I won't spoil it), upping the ante yet AGAIN after I thought for sure it couldn't be done after Skin Trade, bringing both Micah and Nathaniel into perspective as Anita's true favorites, taking unexpected turns and combining almost every sort of plot twist from previous books into something paradoxically new. My ...more

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Mar 11, 2011 Yulia rated it it was ok

Shelves: vampires, romance, paranormal, werewolves, shape-shifters, urban-fantasy

I swore to myself I won't read anymore of the series after I read the 17th book, but then I came across the cover for the 20th and read the synopsis and the wheels in my head went "assassin, Edward and Olaf, good book, the best book since it all went to hell... have to read!" and so, there I am like 2 days later after I read the 18th, which wasn't bad probably cuz Richard and all the annoying people didn't have enough pages to make appearance, but when I moved to the next one it was an ok maybe I swore to myself I won't read anymore of the series after I read the 17th book, but then I came across the cover for the 20th and read the synopsis and the wheels in my head went "assassin, Edward and Olaf, good book, the best book since it all went to hell... have to read!" and so, there I am like 2 days later after I read the 18th, which wasn't bad probably cuz Richard and all the annoying people didn't have enough pages to make appearance, but when I moved to the next one it was an ok maybe until Richard showed up!
It's like I have an allergy to his character. Every time he's there I get irritated and just want to drop the book and never pick it up again, probably in my whole lifetime. Yeah, I went only 1/5 of the book and stopped.... I'll try to make myself finish it. Perhaps by doing a combo of a really good romance or urban fantasy book with this one.

*finally finished reading*.... okay... this might be the worse book so far...
One thing is that a lot of pages went to the opening, with intreducing every character (the norm) and that dance performance, and then the so called "fight" with Asher...
Killing Haven was sad, and I really liked him (who could not like him?), and the after though and all gave some depth to the book, but then the author goes and brings it back to that (ero)..
If you thing about it, Anita turned into something really close to a whore but instead of money she gets power, and I'm sure that in the definition is someone who does it in exchange for gettting something.
So Micha chooses another person who she's gonna sleep with, in the same day that she killed Haven and I donno about other people but I think there should've been more resistense.
So anyway, she sleeps with that one, and on the way Richard and Jean Claude, and I really hated that part. Sure Richard has been like that probably sincce the beggining, but not JC! And it's like she was okay with that.. well not me! I would rather it be a reverse harem! Plus near the end of the book Anita kind of? does a girl herself...
And if that isn't reason enough to hate the book, then there wasn't any action except killing Haven. Also no mystery or killer to find. AND! the plot of the next book probably started in this one, cuz the next is about assassins coming to kill Anita, and well some already appeared here.. ...more

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