Crimson Death (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #25) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Feb 15, 2017 Melissa Wehunt rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, love-the-reader, fav-series, vampire-hunter

I continue to enjoy Anita. Though I will admit its becoming less and less for the right reasons. I REALLY like to listen to audiobooks -- while I drive, while I walk my dogs, if I can't sleep. And I just really like this readers voice. I think its why I started them all over a few years ago. And now, I'm caught up! I think...

Anyways, I have no fundamental issues with Anita but all the marriage talk and stuff is kinda boring... and I skip the sex scenes because they just don't do it for me anymo ...more

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Nov 24, 2016 JoAnne rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-vampires, suspense, set-in-ireland, paranormal-shifters-weres, set-in-missouri

Once again I felt the story was bogged down by the relationships between the characters. Once we got past that and the characters got to Ireland (which was more than halfway through the book), the story started to pick up. But it still took awhile to get down to it. Then it was over.

I read this through EPUB and it was 656 pages. I really had to stay with it. The sex scenes are not erotic anymore. She could just say they had sex and be done with it.

It gets to me that Hamilton can write some suspe ...more

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Apr 02, 2019 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Bless her heart, Anita tries so hard. Unfortunately, the many powers she has accumulated seem to have reduced her intellect even farther. But she just puts her head down and tries some more. I find myself laughing out loud every chapter or so, usually at some conversation like this:

Anyone: I think X is happening.
Anita: What, did you say X is happening?
AO: Yes, X.
Anita: Does this mean X is happening?
AO: I think so.
Anita: I think you are saying that X may be happening. Do you think X is happening? ...more

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