“You can’t save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can’t save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help.” You have to love the first book in a series, at least to some extent, because it’s what opens you up to the world your characters live in. Gives you that initial glimpse into how things work, into how exciting they may be. And oh boy, is Anita’s world quite something.
The protagonist of this book is Anita Blake. Local zombie raiser, works with the regional cops occasionally, and oh, is also known as The Executioner of the vampire kind.
A couple years previous to the start of this book, vampires became legal citizens. This world isn’t like your old school Dracula. Humans always knew vampires and shapeshifters existed. And they killed them. Now days, that’s a bit more difficult, since they’re now considered “alive” and all.
But that’s why Anita is known as the Executioner. When bad little vampires decide to no longer be law abiding citizens, they send Anita after them to end them before things get worse. She’s worked hard for her title and to establish herself, and has plenty of scars to prove it.
But when vampires are being killed around town, no one knows who could possibly be doing it. Who is stronger and faster than a vampire? Not only does the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team, known as RPIT (rip it), ask for her expertise, but so do the local vampires. And they’re not willing to ask so nicely….or take no for an answer.
This book is great. Not only is the main character wonderful to get to know, but the whole book is packed with richly written characters that just make the book pop as if it were something alive and brightly colored instead of just words on pages. It sucks you in (no pun intended) and keeps you guessing what the hell, after everything, will happen next. Needless to say, the author doesn’t take it easy on her main character, and Anita goes through quite a lot throughout this book.
This is one of those books that it’s hard to truly describe. There are just so many characters or events that I would love to mention…..but then this would be a very, very long review. As for the writing, I can honestly say it is new and refreshing; that I could pick up one of her books without looking, and know it was hers just by her writing style, it’s that distinguishable. Also, the snarky, sarcastic humor that the protagonist has is just wonderful to read. There’s so many great one liners and thoughts that run through Anita’s head (and often out her mouth as well, much to the chagrin of some the other characters), that it’s just a nice blend of everything needed for a story like this.
I definitely recommend this book. If you like vampires or shapeshifters, or just a kick-ass female lead, than you’ll probably like this book. It’s a nice spin on the whole vampire/paranormal thing that makes it interesting and fresh. And I believe it’ll be well worth it to check out the rest of this series to see just what else Anita will have to endure, snarky humor included.
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UPDATE: The seller did message me apologized and then gave me a refund. I started at one star but I’mupping it to three just because the seller made it right.The Anita Blake series gets 5 stars! It is one of my favorites and I needed the first book to complete my set (I loaned mine out and never got it back) I’ve read this before so I know the story is great. The book though... the seller should be ashamed of themselves. I knew I was buying a used book but it said it was in good condition. This one looks like someone dropped it in their dinner, ran it over and then they let the dog chew on it.
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Cute story. I never felt sympathy for main character. Unpredictable but not surprising.
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paranormal, violent and romantic in one fantastic book
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