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| Original Title: | Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #9) ISBN13 9780515134506 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #9 |
| Characters: | Anita Blake, Jean-Claude (Anita Blake series), Richard Zeeman, Edward "Ted" Forrester, Olaf Gundersson, Bernardo Spotted-Horse, Bradley Bradford |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Laurell K. Hamilton
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 585 pages Rating: 4.09 | 58400 Users | 1467 Reviews
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| Title | : | Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #9) |
| Author | : | Laurell K. Hamilton |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 585 pages |
| Published | : | September 24th 2002 by Berkley Books (first published January 1st 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Vampires |
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This was the last Anita Blake novel worth reading, primarily because of Edward. The rest of the series has been garbage (including Edwards' return. Seriously, what was his body count in the Harlequin, one? Maybe?). I don't have a problem with the sex, but Hamilton has sacrificed that literary device thingy called 'plot' in order to pack the pages with smut. Something happens, they have sex for five hundred pages, then the Ardeur snaps it's fingers and kills the badguy.In terms of characters it's obvious that Richard is Hamilton's personal dumping ground from everything she's ever felt about her ex-husband, turning the interesting power dynamic present in the first few books into something sad. Also, despite the legions of evil creatures (including the oldest and strongest vampires on the planet) that attack her at every turn, nobody close to Anita ever dies. Hamilton has stated that she loves her characters and will never kill them off, and that childish petulance combined with the almighty Ardeur robs her books of any sense of danger.
Now Blood Noir is out, and though I will reserve judgment until I hear something more specific about it I'm not holding my breath expecting Hamilton to grow up again.
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Obsidian Butterfly is different than all of the other Anita Blake books that led up to strictly because it separates Anita from her power base (or boyfriends, depending on how you look at it). When an old friend calls in a favor, Anita knows she can't refuse. She did kill his last back up, so... New Mexico, here she comes!Upon arrival, Anita is immediately thrust into a gruesome murder investigation. Gruesome meaning the victims are skinned but somehow still alive.. at least some. Others areFirst read: June 2006Initial rating: 5/5 stars *favourite*Re-read: October 2017New rating: 5/5 stars *favourite*I have one strong memory of reading Obsidian Butterfly the first time around and that is that the book was just so good I couldn't put it down. Any second I had to read, I picked it up and devoured it. I ended up reading the 600 odd page book in a little over a day.In contrast, my re-read was incredibly slow; almost two months from start to finish, but I found it just as enjoyable as
Review posted here: http://offbeatvagabond.blogspot.com/2010/10/laurell-k-hamilton-obsidian-butterfly.html Let me start off by saying, I am a huge Anita Blake fan. There wouldn't be True Blood if not for Anita. Hell, as much as it pains me to say this, there wouldn't be Twilight if. It for Anita. She is the original badass. Now I am aware of how people feel about the series now. But this does not mean I am going to stop reading the series though. This book is definitely different from the last
Anita killed one of Edwards backups which means she owes him a favour and he has finally called to collect. Or his alter ego has reassuring Anita that what he wants in New Mexico is nice and legal. And a holiday away from her love life is probably not a bad idea.Little did she imagine shed be plunged into Edwards and that the cold, lethal assassin has a fiancée and she has 2 children all of which have no idea about the man shes going to marry.And while the job may be legal its brutal. Dozens
Well, this book was a whole lot of things. I hope Edward gets what he wants. He asked Anita for a favor on a case that was seriously messed up! I dont know I get why Edward wanted a little normal but I fear he is only putting Donna and her children in more trouble being with someone like him. It would be one thing if he was a different kind of sort but he deals with vamps on a regular basis and it just feels wrong because what is the one thing they will do to get him to go after what he loves.
This is the book where Laurell K. Hamilton lost me as a reader. I love the early Anita Blake books, because they are police procedurals set in a fantasy world. But somewhere along the way, the menage a trois between the three main characters (a necromancer, a vampire, and a werewolf) overspread the pages like a nasty rash of suspicious nature. In the books after Obsidian Butterfly, Anita is having sex with every were creature available, the detective elements have gone out the window, and I
Obsidian Butterfly: A Review in Two PartsAnita Blake returns home to a phone call from Edward. He's calling in a favor and needs her to come to Albuquerque, NM to assist him in a job. She goes to find that there have been several gruesome murders, the victims left horribly maimed. Who is performing these crimes and how far will Anita go to stop them?NOTE: I have VERY DIVISIVE feelings about this book. Therefore, I have split this review into two parts. One part will probably appeal to those who
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