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Serier: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter (30)

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"Evil continues to rain down on a vampire hunter and those she most cherishes in this new, gripping novel in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. Anita Blake is finally ready to marry Jean-Claude, the vampire king of America. But first, they must tackle a new, daunting challenge: her family. And with the ancient evil that cast a shadow on St. Louis still lurking and threatening to destroy them all, wedding bells may not come for the vampire hunter after all..."--… (mer)
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Anita is preparing for her wedding and her family arrives. It's as contentious as expected, but that contention is interrupted by crime against supernatural persons escalates, Anita is kidnapped and separated metaphysically from Jean-Claude. Deimos is once again trying to take over control. Very much enjoyed this story without the long drawn out sex scenes. There was more focus on plot and connections between people, and what does it mean for Anita to lose her connections to her poly group. ( )
  phoenixcomet | Feb 5, 2024 |
So I was correct that the previous book (Smolder) could have been put together with this book. All the focus was on the bad guys, with a little bit on Anita's family.

My completionist tendencies are rearing their ugly head, so I might have to go back and read the books I missed. I'm a little curious if Hamilton ever writes a sex scene between Anita and one of the girlfriends. ( )
  Bodagirl | Nov 23, 2023 |
hmmmm. First - I did not read - I listened to an audio copy. It does make a difference. This book is a bit different in a few ways. The first major difference was there was less sex - still a lot of sex talk - but fewer actual sex scenes and some were kind of glossed over. The reduction of sex was filled in by a major amount of inner dialogue and counseling was frequently in the mix of thoughts.
As readers, we finally get to meet her family (which was great) and the meeting caused me to restructure my views on some. I still really dislike granny, but learned that Anita's Dad is a problem and the rest of the family is fine - flaky but fine.
The next major difference was that the plot was broken between 2 books - a small difference even if it did drive me nuts - but the big difference? The villain was a joke. The idea and character had all this potential, but then Hamilton just did not develop him. It also led me to some serious questions on her worldbuilding. The whole purpose behind the 4th mark was to bind them solidly. This was just not believable. In fact, all of the interactions seemed watered down and Anita would have these long wandering inner dialogs instead of going after the villain or fighting. She was almost a wispy princess in need of rescuing.
Then there was the writing - it came through as choppy and without flow and then would begin to flow only to dissolve again. It just did not feel like Laurell Hamilton. It is almost as if she has stretched this as far as she can, and it is time to end the series. ( )
1 rösta DragonJude | Nov 13, 2023 |
I love Anita Blake's journey, Each book is amazing! ( )
  ReneeGreen | Nov 10, 2023 |
This was an excellent entry into the long-running Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Anita has gotten to the part of planning her wedding which she is least looking forward to: introducing her family to Jean-Claude and the rest of her poly group. Her family is ultra-religious and, if the pope says vampires are evil, they are right there with him.

The visit gets off to a horrible start since the grandmother who abused her until she grew up enough to hit back has come as part of the family visit despite Anita asking her father to leave his mother at home. The grandmother begins the belittling right away and her father isn't much better. Both say that their main concern is for the condemnation of Anita's soul to hell. But nothing can satisfy them about Anita.

And, while the family visit is causing personal stress, the city of St. Louis seems to be facing a growing number of seemingly random attacks on vampires. Maybe the ancient evil sent running in the last book didn't go too far before regrouping for another try to take over St. Louis and Jean-Claude's role as the new king of the American vampires.

An attack when Anita storms out of a family dinner with her family causes Wicked and Truth to be burned with holy water. And, while Anita should be able to use the ardeur to heal them, something is blocking her access to it and her access to Jean-Claude through their marks.

Traitors within Jean-Claude's ranks conspire with the ancient evil which makes it even worse and the fact that the evil vampire can turn into a 50-foot-tall fire-breathing dragon means that Anita and her allies including Edward and other preternatural marshals have their hands full.

There was lots of excitement and action and, thankfully, less of the gratuitous sex scenes that filled earlier volumes of this series. This one spends more time talking about love and the nature of family - birth versus found. It was a very satisfying story with an ending signaling big changes. ( )
  kmartin802 | Oct 1, 2023 |
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"Evil continues to rain down on a vampire hunter and those she most cherishes in this new, gripping novel in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. Anita Blake is finally ready to marry Jean-Claude, the vampire king of America. But first, they must tackle a new, daunting challenge: her family. And with the ancient evil that cast a shadow on St. Louis still lurking and threatening to destroy them all, wedding bells may not come for the vampire hunter after all..."--

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