About this title: The #2 "New York Times" bestseller is now in paperback. Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Master Vampire Jean Claude and leopard shapeshifter Micah. When a centuries-old vampire hits St. Louis, Anita finds herself needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136814ISBN:0515136816
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. 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
Description: Very Good. 0515136816 This mass market paperback book is in REAL GOOD SHAPE! ! FIRST EDITION! Full number line is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! Some creasing of the spine and minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major! SMOKE FREE HOME! Has store stamp on inside. Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a book that looks a wrinkle or two away from near new! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780515136814ISBN:0515136816
Description: Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Good Mass Market Paperback w/average shelfwear, some shelf smudges. Some edge/spine wear/chips. Text free of notes, binding good. Spine rolled, leans a bit and has reader creases. Confirmation on all Domestic Orders! read more
Edition: 1st thus 09/2004
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN-13:9780515136814ISBN:0515136816
Description: Has no reading creases or markin. Mass Market Paperback: Jove: 13681: 1st thus 09/2004: Has no reading creases or markings. Looks unread. : Cover Artist: Lagerman, Judith. read more
Description: Very Good. 0515136816 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Audio Book
Publisher: Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781423362272ISBN:1423362276
Description: New. New in the shrink wrap! Factory sealed. Publisher remainder mark over the barcode under the shrink wrap. NEW audio book on 5 CDs. Enjoy this abridged audio performance! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136814ISBN:0515136816
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: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136814ISBN:0515136816
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136814ISBN:0515136816
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed
Date Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-13:9781590862018ISBN:1590862015
Description: Very Good. ELEVEN FINE UNABRIDGED AUDIO CASSETTES IN X/LIBRARY CLAMSHELL CASE. SIXTEEN HOURS OF LISTENING TIME, NARRATED BY CYNTHIA HOLLOWAY. DAILY SHIPPING. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed
Date Published: 4/1/2003
ISBN-13:9781590862018ISBN:1590862015
Description: Very Good. UNABRIDGED EX/LIBRARY ED. SET OF 11 EXCELLENT SOUNDING AUDIO CASSETTES IN LIKE NEW CASE. 16 HOURS LISTENING TIME, READ BY CYNTHIA HOLLOWAY. FEW LIBRARY MARKINGS. VERY NICE COPY. read more
Edition: Audio Book
Binding: Audiobook Cassette
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, Grand Haven, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781590862018ISBN:1590862015
Description: Fair. 1590862015 Audiobook Unabridged audiobook on 11 cassette tapes, read by Cynthia Holloway. Ex-library with typical markings, packaging is very worn. read more
"I looked at him, and he was pale alabaster with that black, black hair, those blue eyes. The folds and hollows of his body exposed to the overhead lights were as beautiful and familiar to me as a favorite path that I could walk forever and never tire of. I stared at Jean-Claude, and it wasn't the beauty of him that made me love him, it was just-him. It was a love made up of a thousand touches, a million conversations, a trillion shared looks. A love made up of danger shared, enemies conquered, a determination to keep the people that depended on us safe at almost any cost, and a certain knowledge that neither of us would change the other, even if we could. I loved Jean-Claude, all of him, because if I took away the Machiavellian plottings, the labyrinth of his mind, it would lessen him, make him someone else. I sat on the edge of the tub with my jeans and jogging shoes soaking in the water, looking at him laugh, watching his eyes bleed back to human, and I wanted him, not for sex, though that was in there, but for everything. -Cerulean Sins, page 143-"
"Laurell K. Hamilton, Cerulean Sins (Berkley, 2003)
Wait, what? We're ten books into this series and Hamilton stops with the bar-name theme in her book titles? Yes, it's true, for the first time, she's named her book after something other than a bar, perhaps because the only one that features in the book is Circus of the Damned (which was, of course, already used). It could also be because, while she does get back into Anita's actual day job in this one (which begins with an appointment for a raising, and then a different actual raising), this is an even more soap-opera entry in the series than was Narcissus in Chains.
Anita is still working, of course, and as I mentioned the book starts out with her having an appointment with an unsavory character (she thinks he may be a hitman) who wants to raise one of his ancestors to get some information about the family line. She then immediately heads out for another raising, to determine whether the deceased committed suicide for an insurance company. All of this is a mask, however, because it doesn't really get brought up again until the final few chapters. The bulk of the book concerns Musette's visit from France (and from Belle Morte); while it was set up in the previous book, Musette has broken with convention and arrived in town three months early. What's a girl and her vampire pals to do with someone who's obviously trying to unsettle them?
I can only say pretty much what I said about the previous book in the series; it's still Laurell K. Hamilton, decently enough written to keep you turning the pages and, since you're already invested in the characters by this point, that should be enough to get you to read it. But for those who are interested more in the mystery angle of the series rather than the romance angle, this one will likely be a disappointment. And one other thing; why is it that detractors of the direction the series went during this period call it softcore? I've read less explicit porn. ***"
"This book was interesting. Unfortunately I started the series with this book. I'm pretty confused as to what everything means since there isn't a lexicon in the book. Aside from that, the author does a good job at trying to relay what happened in the previous books without rewriting it in the current book you're reading. She also does a great job at writing just enough of the sex into the book with out making you feel like a voyeur and gives you the ultimate power of imagination. I do wish there was a little less description of clothing though. Let my brain decide what the outfit looks like by using a few choice descriptive words to guide me. Otherwise, well done and Ill be reading more from this author. The cover art is also very sexy."
"I'm not sure exactly why I didn't like this book as much as the others, but it could have been any number of things. The sex stuff didn't bother me nearly as much as the sheer length of the book did. It seemed like it was 2 books jammed into one. At one point I thought that I lost my magic reading speed, but then I looked up how many pages the book was and felt a little better about myself. Anita's character is still confusing and confused, but I find myself really liking her (what that says about me, I don't know). I like Richard less and less, and I've even found myself liking Jean-Claude less and less. Micah is still a big question mark and Nathaniel is just... meh. I think, oddly enough, I like Jason most of all, as far as possible guy interests go.
I looked up the info on the next book and it looks to be the same length. Here's hoping it is a little better chopped up or something. Or has Edward in it. Or... something. Because this book kind of dragged, although it moved things forward a bit (at a painfully slow pace, but still...)"
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