Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #17) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 11, 2009 ♥Tricia♥ rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was absolutely horrid. First off, Edward didn't even act like Edward. Then you have LKH's aweful attempt to satisfy the whiney babies who claimed Anita wasnt the same as before. (and when I say this I mean the people who dont like the sex)

So here you have a story with less sex, and more plot. Yet the whole time Anita is so whiney that she isnt this kick ass heroine anymore. Even the other characters were whiney.

I would let this slide if it were say RICHARD, but no.. none of her sweethe ...more

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Jun 29, 2010 Ebby Wilhelm rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires, paranormal, fantasy

Like some LKH fans I had my reservations about reading this book. The last one made me think that the series was coming back around to a decent story line. Skin Trade wasn't the best of the series... and then... okay, so you build this entire storyline up for 540 pages to have to come to an end in a few paragraphs!?!?!?! Really? However, I did like the fact that the sex scenes were minimal. I hope that eventually the story will stray back to her doing her actually desk job or even training with ...more

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Aug 12, 2009 Ouroboros rated it liked it

Shelves: series

LKH finally gave me a story I could sink my teeth into! Ha! Look at me with the vampire humor! All kidding aside, this felt like the old days of Guilty Pleasures and Blue Moon! Light on the metaphyscial sex and heavy on the plot and details of Anita Blake's world. Although the end felt hurried and too neatly finished, this was by far the best Anita Blake book in years. HBO should have snatched LKH up years ago. ...more

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Jan 29, 2009 The Flooze rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal, glutton_for_punishment, vanquished_2009, owned

In the latest Anita Blake, LKH brings character development to the foreground, giving us an Anita who is becoming more balanced despite her jaded outlook.

On the metaphysical level, we learn a lot more about Anita's abilities. In the hunt for Vittorio, she's paired up with a SWAT team filled with practitioners. From the reader's perspective, it's a great way to see what else LKH's world contains and to observe how these powers interact with Anita's.

In furtherance of the series' plot, the arduer ...more

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