A review by lakecake
Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton

5.0

OK, so this was really the turning point of the series...I haven't read any further books, but you can just tell. The messiness of Anita's life has just exploded into full force, and this book really just opened up whole new worlds for where this is going to go. Frankly, the tension between Anita, Richard and Jean-Claude was starting to get a little old, so having new players put in there is great. Anita's finally starting to accept who she is, both with the vampires and the pack/pard (hopefully still both, it would be annoying to lose the wolves just cos Richard kind of sucks)--her growing powers are great. And Micah...is just a character in a book, I have to keep remembering that. :-) As for the ardeur, which seems to have everyone up in arms, I personally think it was a really natural way to amp up the tension. I'm not sure why so many people are complaining about it, it adds so much to the storyline and the characters. I mean, was everyone else really content to just have Nathaniel be this super young, super pretty blob? I'm glad to see him have a role to play. Can't wait for the next one!