This is a perfect example of a series that gets better a few books in. I actually really enjoyed this novel.
Book 2 is about a zombie, or zombie creature, who has been raised from the dead and now is committing murder or entire families. Enter Anita Blake to solve the case and stop the zombie.
Maybe it is the detective aspect that I really enjoyed. From the beginning of this novel there is a crime to solve and Anita is the one to do it. This is also a book that doesn't deal very heavily in vampires. Jean Claude makes an appearance several times and here I can for sure see that he will be a lover to Anita later on. A lover who is challenged by her, that is. He has made her his human servant, and she is not a willing candidate. Major points there. So many vampire authors would have written a girl who falls right into the arms of a vampire lover making her his human servant. No thank you. I am thrilled that Anita's strong independence is holding strong.
Though the repetitive writing is still an issue (the word car twice in one sentence!) I am deciding to move past it and try to truly enjoy this series.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Review: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
My sister loves this series, and since I have begged her to read the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, I figured I aught to read her favorite...right?
Book one....vampire executioner takes a job working for a vampire...interesting.
My first reaction was not to like it too much. My complaints? Mainly Hamilton's over-use of words. (There is a sentence in book 2 where she used the word car twice in one sentence!) That and other things made me a little nutty. My complain about the character was that she reuses her own jokes. It might also be that I am used to reading vampire novels written from the vampire's perspective. All of Anne Rice's vampires tell their own stories or have them told though the Vampire Lestat's point of view. This one is told from a human perspective.
Now for the positives. Anita is a bad ass. I absolutely loved that the hero of these novels is a female, and one who doesn't need a man. While I see a budding romance between her and Jean Claude, I am so happy to see that it is not helpless girl falls head-over-heals for a sexy, somewhat abusive, vampire. She is independent and not looking for love.
I decided to stick with this series because I think I will learn to love the characters, despite the somewhat repetitive writing.
Book one....vampire executioner takes a job working for a vampire...interesting.
My first reaction was not to like it too much. My complaints? Mainly Hamilton's over-use of words. (There is a sentence in book 2 where she used the word car twice in one sentence!) That and other things made me a little nutty. My complain about the character was that she reuses her own jokes. It might also be that I am used to reading vampire novels written from the vampire's perspective. All of Anne Rice's vampires tell their own stories or have them told though the Vampire Lestat's point of view. This one is told from a human perspective.
Now for the positives. Anita is a bad ass. I absolutely loved that the hero of these novels is a female, and one who doesn't need a man. While I see a budding romance between her and Jean Claude, I am so happy to see that it is not helpless girl falls head-over-heals for a sexy, somewhat abusive, vampire. She is independent and not looking for love.
I decided to stick with this series because I think I will learn to love the characters, despite the somewhat repetitive writing.
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