About this title: I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I've dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed - but not won - by Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire of the City. And now a darkly dangerous vampire named Alejandro has hit town. He too wants me for his human servant. A war of the undead has begun. Over me. I would be flattered ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkely Publishing Co
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780515134483ISBN:0515134481
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Romance Paranormal Synopsis: Editions vary. 329 pages. In Circus of the Damned-now in hardcover for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780515134483ISBN:0515134481
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Description: Good. 0515134481 Mass Market Paperback with moderate shelf-wear, rubbing, fraying, tears, fading, chipping, and bumping to the cover, edges, corners, and spine. The spine is creased from the book being read. Inside pages are free from underlining, note taking, and/or highlighting. Book is in stock and ready to ship same or next business day. ELIGIBLE FOR FREE STANDARD SHIPPING! Select Expedited shipping and receive your book within 3-5 business days for a small fee. Buy with confidence! Please ... read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine has numerous creases and slight tilting Cover show bumping and faint shelf wear Edges are gently worn Text is CLEAN and tight A SMOKE FREE book. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. Cover is not the one depicted read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780515134483ISBN:0515134481
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Ace Books, NY
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780441001972ISBN:0441001971
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Paperback Edgewear, tiny tear to top hinge, very small yellow spot to first page, otherwise, there are no other markings, creases, rips, tears or writing to book. "An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel. Romantic thrills, erotic chills and the sexiest vampire in the business. " read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avenel Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780441001972ISBN:0441001971
Description: Good. Book has creases in spine, spine has slight tilt, no other marks or creases on book a very nice clean copy. this is the 7th printing, and has a picture of a vampire and a man and woman embracing. bookseller inventory # 2419. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780515134483ISBN:0515134481
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780515134483ISBN:0515134481
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780515134483ISBN:0515134481
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Poor, poor Anita. She can never seem to get a break. She's called on again by Dolph and the police to help look at some more "unusual" murders in St. Louis. Anita suspects a rogue master vampire after seeing the victim and bite marks on him from a number of different vamps. The only way to find out if a master vampire is on the loose is to go ask Jean-Claude, which she really doesn't want to do.
At her meeting she meets an ally master vamp of Jean-Claude's named Yasmeen. Beautiful but deadly, she challenges Anita while trying to seduce her at the same time. It seems Anita's refusal to fully accept and become Jean-Claude's human servant is causing him some political tension. Apparently many are questioning his power because of Anita and her stubborn ways. But frankly, there's no way in hell she's gonna be anyone's servant. And that includes this new vampire, Alejandro, who has been around since the Aztec's time. He wants Anita too and he won't go about it as gently and subtly as Jean-Claude has.
Everyone seems to want to know who the Master of the City is and where the Master rests. She's confronted left and right from people that want to kill him and vampires that want to challenge him. She can't betray Jean-Claude...or can she? She sure doesn't want the two vampire marks he gave her, but can she actually give him up to die...
If that isn't enough for Anita, she has to train a new animator, Larry Kirkland. Barely out of college, Larry is entirely too enthusiastic about his job and he wants to be a vampire hunter. Anita feels he's too young and innocent for the job but Larry is persistant. She also has to deal with a prospective love interest after meeting Richard Zeeman at the Circus of the Damned. Richard, a junior high school science teacher, is somehow involved with the paranormal mess that is always around her. So she definitely has a feeling that he's got a secret that he's just not sharing...But he's human so why not date him?
The third installment of this series was GREAT! There was paranormal activity all over the place and characters being introduced like crazy, but not once did I get confused. I was totally wrapped up in the story. I also really like how the first three novels have been named after a place in Anita's world. I think it's so cool. I can't wait for to read The Lunatic Cafe. If you haven't started the series, hop to it!!"
"My main gripe with this book is that it could have been pretty good, but it wasn't.
First of all, Mr. Oliver fails as the ultimate scary vampire. He is mildly manipulative, but doesn't come across as all that powerful. The most powerful act he does is stand next to sunlight. Not particularly frightening. He doesn't even have control on his underlings. He is the most powerful vampire on earth and he's forced to live as a nomad? He's too vulnerable at the end and is easily staked with Anita's "Ha! Ha! I tricked you!" move. It isn't until later books that we learn how really powerful he is. It doesn't have the same effect that way.
Second, if any of the band of vampires had their own novel, it might be decent. (In fact, novels 10-14 really could have used them.) I liked Alejandro and the child vampire is creepy - especially when acting as a decoy. But I felt as if Anita was being pulled from one to another with none of them being developed. The whole plot came across as slightly scattered.
The werewolf thing was a little obvious. "Hi, I'm hanging out with a master vampire as a random, normal human." No, really?
The rookie biting it? Oh, please tell me she didn't write that.
Otherwise, the action scenes were interesting and made for good brain-candy. I just felt as if they were barely strung together."
"For a first book, I am plenty happy to give leeway, give the author to settle in, get more practice, etc. But I do expect there to be some improvement over the the course of a series.
The thing is that by book three I'm fed up with all the annoying little quirks and if the story doesn't make up for it, I am ready to give up on the series.
This book almost did me in. Its sloppy. The story is fine, but not exciting or engaging enough for me to forgive all the sloppy forgetting important plot points, and yet copy and pasting descriptions of things. I swear some of them I have memorized by now they crop up so often.
I might try the next one, but only because a friend gave me the whole series."
"This is the third book into the series and it had quite a bunch of vampires in it which was nice. I was beginning to wonder where they all went. I also liked the fact that we got to see more of Edward in this book as his character is probably the most interesting. I have to admit that Anita's character is beginning to worry me a bit. I don't think it is necessary to describe what color the swoosh is on her Nikes every time she gets dressed. I get it - she has a pair to go with whatever outfit she's wearing.
Jean Claude's character could be a bit more "vampirish". He just doesn't come off as this amazingly powerful, old creature.
There are a lot of books left in this series. I'll be curious to see how far I make it."
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