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I thoroughly enjoy a good supernatural themed book, so I finally decided to take the plunge and have now read the first three Anita Blake novels from Laurell K. Hamilton.I've heard a lot of mixed things about her books that were what put me off till now, but I was in need of something new to read and I love when I have a whole series lying out in front of me (there are 17 Anita Blake books to read!).
My verdict about the series? I'm still undecided!
I know that's not a very good review, but this is how my reading went:
Book 1 (Guilty Pleasures): A little boring at times, but that could be because it was written in 1991 and (I'm guessing) was one of the first books made for this genre...almost twenty years later having grown up on Buffy and Kelley Armstrong, none of this seems new to me. I was feeling really blah about it until the end, where I got sucked in and wanted to know what happened next.
Book 2 (The Laughing corpse): Best book so far. Really creepy. Went to creepy levels that shocked me because the books I read usually don't go that far, but it was very effective and kept me in suspense. Great ending, I had to read the next book.
Book 3 (Circus of the Damned): I really didn't enjoy this book. Sometimes Anita feels too remote for me to relate to and her situation seems so implausible. I like supernatural books where everything makes sense for the world in which they live. I was about to give up on the series (at least for awhile) when the ending of the story started to pick up and things started to fall into place. Things were more believable and also got so much more interesting.
Were they worth the read?
Yes. Anita's life does seem like it could span out over seventeen books (unlike Claire's life in the Outlander series). I heard it starts to get pretty ridiculous at some point, but I don't think I'm there yet so I'll keep enjoying the books while I can!
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