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Before the wide-spread prevalence of Urban Fiction in the book world, there was Anita Blake - vampire hunter. She is called in by the police to investigate and stop horrific murders being committed by something that is probably a very powerful and vicious zombie. She faces off with a truly evil voodoo priestess while trying to escape a very rich and powerful man who wants her to commit an unspeakable act as well. Suspenseful and engrossing.
I found this book to be so much better than the first in the series. For some reason in that first book, Anita was not one of my favorite characters....and it's hard to read a series if you don't like the MC!! But, she was great in this one. Maybe it was my mood when reading the two....
I enjoyed learning more about Anita, her background and her abilities. There were some pretty interesting tidbits that came out about the Master as well! I'm looking forward to continuing the series. ...more
I enjoyed learning more about Anita, her background and her abilities. There were some pretty interesting tidbits that came out about the Master as well! I'm looking forward to continuing the series. ...more
You know, Anita, if you just learn to shut up, you might not almost die as often as you do.
I like the Anita Blake character and I liked finding out a little bit more about her past - especially her first experience with (inadvertently) raising the dead. I also enjoy unraveling the (sometimes obscure) hometown references. Like the first Anita Blake Vampire Hunter book this one was also full of action and girl-power, but I sort of missed the vampires. Jean-Claude and Willie had a very small part in this one. This book was more about Anita and her zombies.
Why is a white woman writing about voodoo to this degree when she obviously knows nothing about it if the heroine insists on equating it with "satanism" despite voodoo's tentative connection to Catholicism? Racism, obviously.
There are other ways to sell books beyond butchering and demonizing a religious practice for monetary gain, but that requires ethics... ...more
There are other ways to sell books beyond butchering and demonizing a religious practice for monetary gain, but that requires ethics... ...more
Jul 18, 2008
Yz the Whyz
rated it
it was amazing
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Feb 07, 2011
Joann
rated it
really liked it
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Feb 02, 2012
Stephanie Tuell
marked it as to-read
