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 LOVED IT I love how LKH will take a book and make it about one of the characters you don't know much about. I know a lot of people want to give bad reviews don't like the sexual content etc. So don't read the series!! By book 16 you would think someone would know what the book will contain. I only wish this book had more of Jean Claude & Anita time in it. That is my only issue but not one that makes a difference. She puts out an Anita book every spring. I don't want to wait that long!!  Don't let the bad reviews stop you! Ok, i understand people are kind of annoyed about this book, then again ever since the ardeur showed up people have been b'ing about the books. Personally, i LOVED this book! I ended up reading it in one sitting because i couldn't put it down. Granted, i'm a HUGE lover of Jason ( and Nathaniel ) so i did adore that he was in it so much. It did have a novella feel but not so much that it was distracting. Now, i'm not a fan of the ardeur...i'm not. I haven't liked it since day one, HOWEVER, i think she did a great job of explaning it in the last book so i do understand it more. Do i wish it was gone? um, ya. Does it stop me from loving the series and waiting for each next beek with eager anticipation? um, NO. That's just my two cents, i ususally don't write reviews as you can tell but i just had to share that fans of the series who've stuck with it so far will love it.  from a sci-fi/mystery/suspense series to romantic suspense I just picked up my copy last night at Borders and finished it last night. The book in itself is very short. Anita's personality is changing, and not in a direction that I like. Surrounding herself with all of these needy and dysfunctional people is starting to rub off on her. When the heck is Anita going to go back out in the field? The series has turned from a sci-fi/ mystery/ suspense series to romantic suspense. There is no depth any more. When is there going to be another Obsidian Butterfly? Pretty much all of the books after that novel have been down hill. Anita's character is full of rage and all we see is "la di da... Anita is frolicking in a field with the men she loves, skipping about" with the occasional killing of the bad guy within the last 50 pages of the book. What I want to know is, what Hamilton has to say for herself. I've gone to her websites and all of the criticisms from her fans, she ignores. We invited Anita into our lives, have followed her through good times and bad; Cried when she's cried, raged when she's raged... and this is what you give us. It's like Hamilton thinks her fans love Anita's character so much that they will continue to take the morsels she is offering and then say she has given us a full meal. After finishing the first books in the series, I was satisfied. There were things left to question, but it didn't make the story incomplete and let you anticipating the next book. There has been no satiation in Hamilton's recent books. I wonder if she'll finally listen to the majority of her fans and examine what she is doing with Anita. Give it a rest I, too, own the entire Anita Blake series, actually I own all of Hamilton's books. I don't read them for classic literature, I read them for fun and entertainment. I read Blood Noir last night in one 5 hour sitting. Does it advance the overall story line? Yes. You learn more about Jason; you find out there is more plotting going on with other Masters; you find out a little more about "Mommy Dearest." Anita discovers a couple of new things about her abilities/powers. It opens potential for several story lines, but I think we all expect the series to be heading toward the "big showdown" with "Mom." If you don't like the direction the series is going, why continue reading them? There are those of us who enjoy them, and I'm very disappointed in Amazon for what appears to be encouraging the negativity with the tag suggestions. Why not 5 stars? Nothing is perfect. | |||||||||||||
