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Title: Danse Macabre
ISBN: 0425207978
Author:
Laurell K. Hamilton
Publicate Date: 2006-06-27
Publish: 2006-06-27
List Price: $25.95
Average Customer Rating: 2.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: A lobotomy would help.
I really tried to read this book, honestly I did. It started off well enough and was better than it's predecessor (not saying much). The idea of a meeting of several different Masters of the City was interesting since it would lead to different types of vamps & magic. Unfortunately all it lead to was providing Anita with different flavors of vamp & were to bang. It honestly was incredibly boring after a while, especially the sex scenes.
I'm no stranger to porn or written sex. (I have a few erotica novels on my shelves & a whole collection of anime/manga porn.) So when I say that LKH does NOT know how to write porn, believe that I know what I'm talking about. I think a 12 year old virgin schoolboy could write better sex scenes than LKH does. Her sex scenes just aren't well... sexy. It's boring that the only sex that happens comes through Anita. It's boring to hear LKH drone on about every little detail, and some of those details are actually make the sex a little icky.
In any case, I tried three times to finish this novel and couldn't. I got about halfway through when I just decided to flip randomly to the end of the book. I really didn't miss much. Everything takes place within a night or two & the whole plot can be summed up by "New vamps appear to provide Anita w/ new sex partners. Threats are made. Anita has sex. Everyone talks a lot. More sex. Anita solves it all. Richard whines. Jean Claude looks sexy & Asher broods. More sex while Anita tries to convince everyone that her way is the ok way."
I want to like LKH's books. I want to be entertained by them. I initially didn't mind the extra sex. However, now it's just boring. I wouldn't recommend this book unless you are missing part of your brain. If you want to read something fluffy & brainless, read some of the vamp books in the romance section. Those are brainless & have MUCH better sex.
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2: I love this series
I love her work. I love these characters, I do recommend reading them in order.
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3: not what I signed up for.
So... when I started reading Anita Blake books, they were great. Crime, with a supernatural angle, and just a dash of naughty sex to spice them up.
Now the naughty sex has increased with every book she's out out since then until they've begun to lose the ability to hold a consistent and believable plot. This is really sad as I know that she has such great ability.
Note - there's nothing wrong with pure erotica, but it isn't what I signed up for.
Sure thing - you'll get a lot of buyers for it... but you're losing the dedicated people that have been with you since the beginning, and that's depressing.
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4: Remember when Anita *KILLED* the monsters???
Remember when Anita *KILLED* the monsters rather than slept with them?
In this book, we see some of the last gasps of a formerly great series as it cartwheels down the slopes into utter drek. The kick-tail vampire humter we liked in the earlier books has given way to an uber-powerful "mary sue" that is as irritating as she is unlikable. Add to that sex thrown in for sex's sake and it becomes bird cage liner.
The early books were wonderful. Now we no longer have "Anita Blake - Vampire Hunter", but rather Buffy the Vampire Layer (and weres and everything else.....)
At least the Merry Gentry books have enough good plot to tie the sex scenes together........
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5: Love the book
I have fallen in love with Laurell and her work. All of her books are entertaining, hard to put down and readable over and over. Thank you for giving us Anita Blake and her world.
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