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Loading... Smoulder: Anita Blake 29 (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels) (edition 2023)by Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)
Work InformationSmolder by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. No action! Nothing happens! Not recommended! ( ) It was a good read and an intro to something new in this series. It's been a bit since we had a new baddie, but I definitely wasn't expecting it. The book is definitely a wrap-up-the-loose-ends sort of book, but it doesn't feel that way while reading. And despite the extremely short time from start to finish of the book, it really helped clarify some of the things I know I wanted to see. It's a necessary book, but it's not going to be my favorite. All in all, I appreciate the book, the amount of growth in it, AND as always it was a great read. I've been reading this series for over a decade and it's definitely declining. In Smolder, Hamilton spends over 350 pages rehashing the same relationships that she has been dwelling on for thirty years. I'm glad that Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard are finally moving forward, but the constant revisiting of the same stories/trauma/issues is too much. This book is almost a minute by minute telling if one afternoon/night in these characters lives, if Hamilton spent a little less time on everyone's therapy regimen or reminding her readers about who a character is and more time on actually moving the story along it would be so much better. I actually skipped three books in the series and I don't think I missed anything, or at least nothing that had any bearing. Truthfully, the biggest news of this book was Richard coming back into the group, and that was basically a non-event. This book could have been a couple of chapters instead of an entire novel. Reading over the blurbs for the books I skipped, it seems like Hamilton is dividing the stories between Anita's cases and her personal life (which I have a strong suspicion mirrors, some things that Hamilton is working through in her own personal life). Why can't a novel handle both areas of Anita's life? That being said, the tiny glimpse we see of Anita's biological family is intriguing. Will I go back and read the three I skipped... probably not, unless I stumble upon them in the library. Will I read the next book... maybe. I just hope no reviews | add a review
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Vampire hunter Anita Blake is no stranger to killing monsters. It’s part of her job as a Preternatural U.S. Marshal, after all. But even her experience isn’t enough to stop something that is bent on destroying everything—and everyone—she loves. Anita Blake is engaged to Jean-Claude, the new vampire king of America. Humans think she’s gone over to the side of the monsters. The vampires fear that their new king has fallen under the spell of the most powerful necromancer in a thousand years. In the midst of wedding preparations—including getting Edward, aka U.S. Marshal Ted Forrester, fitted as best man—Anita gets a call that the local police need her expertise at a brutal murder scene linked to a nationwide slaughter of vampires and humans, dubbed the Sunshine Murders. But there is more than just a murderer to catch: an ancient evil has arrived in St. Louis to challenge Jean-Claude for his crown, his life, Anita, and all they hold dear. Even with Jean-Claude’s new powers as king and Anita’s necromancy, it isn’t enough; they must embrace their triumvirate or allow primeval darkness to spread across the country, possessing first the vampires and then the humans. Evil will triumph unless Jean-Claude and Anita can prove that love conquers all. No library descriptions found. |
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