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I think I found this the best one so far. I love the Richard/Jean Claude/Anita relationship and I adore the idea of Anita being more one of the monsters each book, as opposed to the beginning where she sort of indiscriminatedly hatem them all.

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

On re-read, this installment had a lot more visceral on page rape than I ever remember being in the series. Urban fantasy in general has that as a theme but this was a lot. There's a bunch of meta things going on in this installment and we have a definite shift to focusing more on that than the monster of the week stuff, and a lot of important future players get introduced in this one. But ultimately it was so fast paced and things moved so quickly while not that much in the overall scheme of things happened, so I didn't enjoy it quite as much as previous installments.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Reread: In this installment of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series we see the fallout of the love triangle imploding, but them still tied together through magic. Then add in there being forced together by the vampire council arrival. Now it needs to be stated this book has quite a bit of sexual assult, violence, torture, and abuse present in the story. The vampire council presence extends into the police investigation in this installment, it was done very well in this book. Add in that we meet Nathaniel in this installment and how rocky his relationship starts off. The book was really enjoyable, but the fallout of the love triangle was frustrating given how the romantic relationships evolve in the series.

I love early Anita Blake with the mystery/cop interaction and work, plus early vampire councile interaction and all the wereanimal groups uniting together. I don't like Anita, Richard, and Jean-Claude interactions, the cruel, nasty,spitful, hatrid is understanding but an annoancy none the less. Then there Anita fightin what the star of her being poly, which again understanding but still alittle stupid given future books. Then there Nathaniel and I love him even in the earlier books, but I hate Anita treatment of him. But the mix of sex and emotional stuff compared to action and magic is perfect. So while there are certain parts of this book I'm not crazy about overall I love the tone of the book, esspecially given the later book over focus on sex and relationship drama.

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3.5

Content Warnings: Blood/gore, body horror, rape, torture, death, gun violence, homophobia, fire injury, murder, sexual assault, sexism, and sexual situations.

When I originally read this I was more interested in all the police work than the interpersonal info/dramas but this read I'm more invested in all the interpersonal stuff lol

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

*Reread oct 2022*

I enjoyed this reread far more than every other time ive read it! I decided not to change any ratings on this reread but i think i didnt give this book nearly enough credit before. It actually deserves the 4 and the 5s. . .most of them would be 3.5-3.75 for me so far.

I loved the philosophical discussions and the basement scene was goddamn terrifying. 2 of my fave characters are introduced. Its just good

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