Brittney T. (brittney024) reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This is by FAR the best in the series for me to date!!! In this book we find out if Anita is as true to her celibacy as she likes to think she is... we all know that she has stuggled with her own demons...will she break, and if she does with whom will she be with, Richard or Jean-Claude?!?!
I believe I was right in assuming that the books only get better! In the begining it really didnt interest me as much. So if you are like me, PLEASE keep reading!! Push through the beginging stages and you will come to this, which for me was an AMAZING book! Also, if you have liked the previous ones, Im sure you will LOVE this one!!
Anita finds herself being more intuned with a new power with the help of Jean-Claude and Richard. Anita also finds out, yet again, someone is trying to kill her. Only this time they went professional and hired a hit man. Who has put this hit out on Anita, and who will survive in the end?!?!
I believe I was right in assuming that the books only get better! In the begining it really didnt interest me as much. So if you are like me, PLEASE keep reading!! Push through the beginging stages and you will come to this, which for me was an AMAZING book! Also, if you have liked the previous ones, Im sure you will LOVE this one!!
Anita finds herself being more intuned with a new power with the help of Jean-Claude and Richard. Anita also finds out, yet again, someone is trying to kill her. Only this time they went professional and hired a hit man. Who has put this hit out on Anita, and who will survive in the end?!?!
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Helpful Score: 3
This is definitely a series for fans of gothic fantasy. I found this book to be excellent with it's story as well as the realistic emotions the characters face. It's sexy, funny, horrific and entertaining. The author does a great job of keeping you glued to the book (unless your tastes run to the mild--if so, this book is NOT for you!--It's a bit graphic regarding sex and violence). I love the variety of vampires, lycanthropes and various magical creatures that show up in the writing. There's so much that this series can do that I'm really impressed. It's a great "monster"-type story that will make you fall in love (or hate) with the characters and eager to read the next book!
Nymphadora T. (nymphadora) reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 95 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is the beginning of a much more interesting life for Ms. Blake...
A good book overall, but LKH is starting to repeat the same sentences over and over again.
A good book overall, but LKH is starting to repeat the same sentences over and over again.
Helpful Score: 2
I like Laurell K. Hamilton, but I prefer the first books in this series. I like romance but this is starting to get into porn almost.
Ginette B. (Niteowl7) reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 242 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Marcus and Raina run the local wolfpack. Richard, one of Anita's boyfriends, has twice beaten Marcus in a fight. But in order to take over the wolfpack, the challenger would have to kill the leader, something that Richard has been unwilling to do. Then Richard does end up fighting Marcus again and the way he kills Marcus starts Anita's breakup with him.
The subplot going on with this is Raina's and Gabriel's foray into making pornographic films. Both are sociopathic, torturing and abusing their actors and even using them to make snuff films. This films are then sold on the internet. Of the two "film makers", Raina is as evil as they come. She tries to make a snuff film with Anita as the victim but, as usual, Anita gets out of the situation just in time.
I kept wondering throughout the book about Anita's fascination with guns. I had no idea what she was talking about as she vaguely described each gun she owned and used for killing. It was as if she was having a love affair, appreciating the differences, with her guns. Could this be the author' way of symbolizing the male anatomy? (Not sure if I'm allowed to actually write the word).
Anita is quite an interesting character. She has two lovers she doesn't sleep with; sleeps with at least one of her guns and another one near her bed; hugs and sleeps with a penguin when she needs comfort; knows how to raise the dead; and, has just about every freak and sociopath after her at one time or another. In this book, she doesn't let us down. The is the pre-Danse Macabre Anita and she's so much more likeable here. At one point, she even cries!
The subplot going on with this is Raina's and Gabriel's foray into making pornographic films. Both are sociopathic, torturing and abusing their actors and even using them to make snuff films. This films are then sold on the internet. Of the two "film makers", Raina is as evil as they come. She tries to make a snuff film with Anita as the victim but, as usual, Anita gets out of the situation just in time.
I kept wondering throughout the book about Anita's fascination with guns. I had no idea what she was talking about as she vaguely described each gun she owned and used for killing. It was as if she was having a love affair, appreciating the differences, with her guns. Could this be the author' way of symbolizing the male anatomy? (Not sure if I'm allowed to actually write the word).
Anita is quite an interesting character. She has two lovers she doesn't sleep with; sleeps with at least one of her guns and another one near her bed; hugs and sleeps with a penguin when she needs comfort; knows how to raise the dead; and, has just about every freak and sociopath after her at one time or another. In this book, she doesn't let us down. The is the pre-Danse Macabre Anita and she's so much more likeable here. At one point, she even cries!
