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Book Review of The Watcher (Anna Strong Chronicles, Bk 3)

The Watcher (Anna Strong Chronicles, Bk 3)
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Third in the series about new vampire and bounty hunter Anna Strong. I like this series; it's fast-paced with a lot of action, I'm familiar with the San Diego/border area so I can easily visualize the scenery, and I think the characters have a lot of potential. What I'd like to see is Anna learning from her mistakes. This seems to be a trend in the urban fantasy genre these days - we have all these great kick-ass strong female protagonists but they all walk around with an eternal chip on their shoulder, just waiting for a fight, and never willing to take advice from anyone. I get why this can be appealing...many of us women are too accommodating to our detriment, so we have these characters that act out how we feel. For me, though, it's getting tiresome; I'd like to see her interact with someone normally and not fight all the time. I will definitely read the next one, but if Anna doesn't grow I expect I'll stop before too many more books.