Hit List (Anita Blake Series Book 20) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Hit List (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 20)

"A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect "monsters" are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, U.S. Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killer."
(Description by Author on Amazon.com)

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My Blurb:

Anita and Edward are called in by fellow U.S. Marshall's to help in a serial killer case. They suspect the serial killer to be a Were and only Anita and Edward can help solve this one.

As it turns out this is exactly where Anita and Edward need to be as they learn from the first crime scene that it is in fact a Were killing other Were's. That can only mean one thing.. The Harlequin. 

Lets Talk About It:

Anita Blake is back.... almost. 

I really really liked this book.. I stayed up til 3am reading, devouring it. Edward/Ted was in it, Olaf/Otto was in it and that means that there will be some nifty bloody killing going on right? WRONG. 

Most of this book was tied up in getting to the bloody killing that never happened. Anita and Edward are working on a case, there are issues with the other Marshals not liking Anita's rep for sleeping with the 'Monsters' they track, then there's the big bad Mama o Darkness out and those who shall not be named (Harlequins) tracking Anita. That sums up this book and like.. the last two. 

The first half the book, like I said, I devoured and all the while I'm thinking 'Yeah Anita's back!!' because we've lost her. Yes, the Anita in the first ten or so books is waaaaaay different than the Anita we have now. So I'm thinking she's back but then what... Edwards lovey dovey in spots, Anita is distracted and home sick... huh? What happened to solving the murders? Or defeating The Mother of All Darkness? Ahh... yes.. that we get to 20 or so pages before the book ends.. the rest is tied up in Anita's relationships with everyone. Olaf, Nicky, Domino.. you get the point.

And then the last 3 pages are dedicated to tying up all the lose ends.

Anita Blake stories are like... (and I think Anita and Laurell will LOVE this) getting down and dirty and NOT feeding the ardeur. Yes, all that foreplay with no climax leaving you frustrated even though you've enjoyed it all.. but without the proper ending it's still frustrating.

I also missed having some of the characters I adore being in the books. I swear Jean Claude, Richard (even though he's a drama queen), Nathaniel, Micah, Jason (and many more) who were huge parts of the earlier and mid to late books of this series have been MIA. I will say Laurell has an a way of making me adore the characters she creates. Ethan, the newest addition into the mix, has quickly put himself into the top 5 men of Anita's.

Overall this book is MUCH better than the last two, Bullet and Flirt. A lot closer to the Anita books that captivated me in the first place but still not quite there yet. Now I await the next in the series because love it or hate it I'm a fan!

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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton

This is the main page of the Anita Blake Series and below are links to my reviews for said books. Enjoy!

• Books 1 through 17 

• Flirt - Book 18

• Bullet - Book 19

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Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton

So I've been anxiously awaiting the release of Bullet and was really excited due to some of the authors comments on the characters that would be in the book.

Rough summary is: the Mother of All Darkness was NOT killed and has pieces of her self in each member of the Vampire council. She is after Anita and Jean Claude. The Lover of Death starts killing in Atlanta. Lots of metaphysical shit happen (Anitra tries to strengthen their power base by become the Master of Tigers and ties more Tigers to her) and then we get a small summary of the end.

Unfortunately I allowed my hopes to climb too high for this book. Now.. don't get me wrong.. the plot.. was very good.. the story.. very good.. but the end.. very bad. I felt almost as if the story was cut off, stopped and summarized in the final few pages. So I really enjoyed 3/4ths of the book.. and now have to wait anxiously for the next doze hoping to finish off what happened here in Bullet. :o(

I really wish authors would either go fully or don't go at all. I don't enjoy a 'to be continued' when it could be months or even years before the continuation happens.

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter - FLIRT!

I recently finished the latest addition to the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series and have mixed feelings about the book.

I was so excited for the latest installment of the series that I may have had my hopes up a little to high. While it was a good (fast) read I found myself at the last page going "THAT'S IT?!".

 One of the problems of doing a long lasting series and having great characters is that as a reader you WANT to know what's going on with every single character or at least for the story to involve the main characters more. This book centered fully around Anita and had very little to do with the characters I have come to love/hate (Richard my little drama king ugh.. where were you?).

If you are looking for a little dose of Anita, then pick up this book. If you are hoping for a lengthy in depth book about all the recent activites (the lions, the 3sum haha, her growing powers) you and I will have to wait for Bullet to be released.

You can visit my Amazon store with links to ALL the books at 1000 + Books to Read Store "Books I've Read"

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton

This series has a total of 18 books.. including the latest edition "Flirt" which I have not had a chance yet to read.

I first attempted this series shortly after reading the Twilight series and found it REALLY hard to get into. I mean.. I went from a love story to a kick ass Vampire hunter.. WHAT?! I sadly couldn't get past the first few pages before I lost interest.

Now fast forward six months, after I reread Twilight (yes I know, it's sad really). After I read the Sookie Stackhouse series.. I picked up the first book and tried again. I have no idea why it was so hard to read the first time around but the second time around I was hooked! Another series of book crack!

I don't know if it was because it was a longer series than the prior books I've read but I really connected which each of the characters. I was angry at some, hopeful for others, sad.. so many emotions.

The author is fantastic. Able to write and make you feel a part of the story. This was a series that I could not put down.

I am extremely anxious to read Flirt and hope that there are many more books to come!

If you haven't read this series you should! Be prepared for Vampire killing, Zombie raising, Love crazy, Shape shifting mysteries and fun.

You can visit my Amazon store with links to ALL the books at 1000 + Books to read Store under "Books I've Read"