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• ISBN13: 9780425235676
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• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Laurell K. Hamilton | | Hardcover:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| Berkley Hardcover | | Publication Date:
| February 02, 2010 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 042523567X | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 240 reviews |
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2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 DissapointingMar 09, 2010
Wow where did Anita go and when was she replaced with the co-dependent person after 17 awsome books this just feals like its turning into a soap i want action and passion and awsome bad guys iv bought the last 10 as they have come out but i think i might wait till paperback for the next one tear i miss my fav books by my fav author
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Another messMar 09, 2010
Just another pathetic excuse for an Anita Blake book. Glad I only borrowed it from the library.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Déjà vuMar 09, 2010
Another in the Anita Blake series, although you might be forgiven for thinking Ms Hamilton cut and paste large sections of previous works to create this flimsy work. The first 50 pages are the same as the last few books. And the main character is still going over the same old personal territory without any discernible growth. It's just gotten beyond tedious. If you like character driven plots with sharp dialogue and intriguing situations, this is not the book for you... LKH seems to have lost that around book 6 or 7 of this series and is unashamedly churning out book after book without anything new. And I must admit the childish "point for him" scoring that the main character does is demeaning and childish. But maybe, disappointingly, that's the eventual legacy of this series; immature characters dressed in late eighties outfits and hairdos (lovingly described) playing with sex and violence. Sadly this series started with great originality and appeal, even if it was always poorly written, but now, it's just poorly written.
5 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 An Involuntary RaisingMar 09, 2010
Flirt (2010) is the eighteenth Fantasy novel in the Anita Blake series, following Skin Trade. In the previous volume, Vittorio overwhelmed ten other vampires and set up a trap for Anita. Edward broke up that plan and Anita convinced the Governor to commute the sentence of the other vampires.
Vittorio fed off the ardeur of Anita and then went off to take Max and Bibiani captive. Anita walked into the trap and played Vittorio's game. Rocco spoke an Arabic phrase and Anita zapped Vittorio with her ardeur.
In this novel, Anita Blake is a US Marshal in the Preternatural Branch. The vampires call her the Executioner. She is also a necromancer at Animators Inc. as well as the human servant of the vampire Master of the City of Saint Louis.
Nathaniel Graison is a wereleopard and Anita's lover.
Jason Schuyler is a werewolf and a friend of Anita. He is also Nathaniel's best friend.
Micah Callahan is the Nimir-Raj the local wereleopards and Anita's lover.
In this story, Tony Bennington asks Anita to raise his wife from the dead. She asks his purpose in doing so and he avoids the question. After a while, Anita understands that he wants her to raise Ilse permanently.
Anita knows that such animation is not possible and tries to talk him out of the idea. He keeps trying to persuade her. Finally, she just tells him no and escorts him out of her office.
Then Anita goes to lunch with Jason, Nathaniel and Micah. Jason starts flirting with the waiter and Anita tries the same moves. The waiter loses control of his speech at first and then hangs around the table providing small services.
Later Anita has a client who wants to animate her husband just so she can chop him to pieces with an axe. Every time Anita says no, the woman just raises the offer. Finally, Anita gets her out of the office.
Then Anita goes back to the same restaurant by herself. The waiter remembers her and tries a come on. Anita smiles back and he gives her the best service possible.
When she is waiting for the check, a werelion comes to her table. She draws her Browning and points it under the table at his nether regions. Then the waiter comes back with the check and another werelion follows him with a drawn gun.
Anita manages to get the waiter away from the table, but the scenario is still too deadly for the other people in the restaurant. She lets the pair take her out to the car, where they frisk her.
Anita's lioness is aroused by the smell of werelions. During the frisk, the power of the lioness makes the searcher miss the big knife on her back. Both werelions are aroused by her power and it continues to bother them while they drive her to their client.
The werelions make clear that they are threatening Micah, Jason and Nathaniel. So Anita keeps her cool as much as she can to protect her loved ones. It also makes her more dangerous to the werelions, but they don't know that.
This tale not only brings out the werelion within Anita, but it also arouses the blood thirst and the ardeur. The werelions are tormented by her powers. They become thoroughly sorry that they took on the job.
The story includes an Introduction where the author promises to inform the reader about the origin of the story. After the story itself, she does explain how the story sunk its claws into her psyche and stole time from another story. At the very end of the book, she includes comic strips that show another side of the original incident.
This novel is one of the shortest in the Anita Blake series. It is also a rather linear storyline. It is short and to the point.
This story is a digression from the schedule. The next installment in this series is Bullet. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Hamilton fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of were creatures, arrogant and ignorant humans, and a determined woman with preternatural powers. If anyone has not previously read this series, the initial volume is Guilty Pleasures.
-Arthur W. Jordin
5 of 8 found the following review helpful:
LaughableMar 08, 2010
Waited to read for free from library. So bad it was at least good for a laugh. Read some of it out loud to friends who don't know anything about her and they found the plot to be absolutely STUPID.
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