Blood Noir by Laurell K Hamilton

Most of the Anita Blakes fall into a standard formula-not that’s there anything wrong with that-but Blood Noir does not fit the normal pattern. Oh there is sex galore, Blood Noir starts off with Anita having sex with two of her Sweeties before we get to any kind of plot or story at all. But then, Anita Blake, US Marshall, Vampire Executioner, Human Servant to Jean Claude The Master Vampire of St. Louis-and holder of countless other titles, has never been a subtle character. I like that about her. Blood Noir is another book, like Micah, that fills more like…

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Anita Blake The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton

All of the Anita Blake books have a set pattern to them, a formula if you like. We start off with Anita doing some business, either raising a zombie, which is her night job, or serving a warrant to Execute a Vampire, which is her day job. She then has trouble with her boyfriends, has to have sex with at least one stranger she may or may not ever see again, has to have sex with one or more of her many boyfriends, and along the way kills a few bad guys, until at the end of the book, that…

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