Shannon (mssupermoto7) - reviewed on 9/13/2013 + 28 more book reviews

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2.5 STARS, but I'm rounding up because there was an actual plot buried under the nonsense.

The first 1/4 of the book was pretty interesting if you ignore all the descriptions referencing hair style, eye color, height, build, musculature, masculinity, femininity, etc. I know some of those could be the same thing, could they not? Apparently, not enough for Hamilton because they are used redundantly! Nonetheless, ignoring all that there was indeed a STORY! STORY? Yes, it was there. I didn't expect it to be there, but alas it was. I admit it was buried and tricky to remember at times. Still, that was an important improvement over the last Anita Blake novel.

Perhaps, it was at the 1/2 way point...shortly after search for the missing hikers that the plot devolves into sex. Kinky sex and some readers will be horrified. I just felt like screaming at Anita and her men to "Move it the fu*k along! There are Zombies, Flesh-eaters, Vampires, Terrified Town Residents, Antsy Police Officers...REMEMBER? For the love of dsflkjdflkodjf can we keep the sex from overshadowing all else? I don't care what or who you do, just make it FASTER! Less pages of it would help too, thank you!"

And, the final 1/4 or whatever of the ginormous book the pages part, the sun seems to shine down and the plot once again emerges from the dank sweaty sex soaked pages (or perhaps I'm feeling overly dramatic), but the reading was once again freaking enjoyable. Things burns, everyone fights, some cry, others die, Anita Raises the DEAD, and evil is once again extinguished. It was bloody & lovely (keep in my I am a horror reader).

My final verdict: Enjoyable; IF you skim over the redundancy and the sex doesn't want to make hurl, LOL! :)

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