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A review by melindavan
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures vol 1 by Stacie Ritchie, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jessica Ruffner, Brett Booth
4.0
I've heard about Laurell K. Hamilton, of course...good and bad things. I take it so many loved this series that when it changed somewhere along the way it really pissed them off. Since this is the first book I've read of hers I can't really comment on that...yet. But what I can say is I really enjoyed this first book of the series, which is saying something. Vampires aren't really my thing. I didn't read vampire stories at all until Charlaine Harris and let's face it, that ain't your typical vampire series either. This one is much more like what I would expect of a vampire story with one exception: it's set in our modern world (or modern being the 90s probably, since Anita still uses a beeper). There's the typical gore and dark places and scary characters that you'd expect of a vampire story, without the gothic elements.
I loved the main character, Anita Blake. I love the voice she has, how she tells the story. It's like she's speaking to you, rather than narrating. I have to admit when I first started reading I was put off a bit by the cadence of the writing but after awhile it so fit the character that I can't imagine it any other way. She's abrupt, you get that from the very sentence structure. She kills vampires on the side, but raises the dead for a living. You have to love a log line like that!
I won't go too in depth on the plot other than to say it's a mystery with all the prerequisite red herrings and clue chasing. I found it entertaining, and tried to guess all along the way who did it. I guessed wrong twice...so kudos to Hamilton!
All in all, if you like vampire stories, and don't mind them mixing in our modern society and not in the feel good Sookie Stackhouse kind of way, then try this one. I'm betting you'll like it!
I loved the main character, Anita Blake. I love the voice she has, how she tells the story. It's like she's speaking to you, rather than narrating. I have to admit when I first started reading I was put off a bit by the cadence of the writing but after awhile it so fit the character that I can't imagine it any other way. She's abrupt, you get that from the very sentence structure. She kills vampires on the side, but raises the dead for a living. You have to love a log line like that!
I won't go too in depth on the plot other than to say it's a mystery with all the prerequisite red herrings and clue chasing. I found it entertaining, and tried to guess all along the way who did it. I guessed wrong twice...so kudos to Hamilton!
All in all, if you like vampire stories, and don't mind them mixing in our modern society and not in the feel good Sookie Stackhouse kind of way, then try this one. I'm betting you'll like it!