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An exclusive sexy outtake chapter from the new novel in Laurell K. Hamilton's Sunday Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, series. You'd think I'd get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me. With a vampire like Jean-Claude around, it's far too easy for me, Anita Blake, to doubt my own appearance — and the hold it has on those who love me. But one hot tub and two incredibly sexy men — Jean-Claude and Asher — will make me feel like the most lusted-after woman alive...or undead. Not bad for a mere human...
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First published May 8, 2012
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422 books25.7k followersLaurell K. Hamilton is one of the leading writers of paranormal fiction. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Hamilton writes the popular Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels and the Meredith Gentry series. She is also the creator of a bestselling comic book series based on her Anita Blake novels and published by Marvel Comics. Hamilton is a full-time writer and lives in the suburbs of St. Louis with her family.
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May 13, 2012
Yes, this is long. My issues with Beauty run deep and wide. Yes, I could just stop reading LKH's books if they bother me so much. I keep hearing that this book and that book are a "return to form" and I keep hoping against hope that this will one day be true. I love the pre-NiC books, I really do. And I would love to see that Anita, and those characters come back again. So I'll probably continue reading, no matter how bad things get. Because that's how I roll.
I love reading outtakes, especially ones that give me sexy times, especially ones with multiple partners. Throw in vampires and people topping each other, and it's an awesome combination of several of my kinks, all in one. So while I had some reservations (because let's face it, LKH hasn't exactly had luck writing good sex scenes lately), I really wanted to like this.
First, the non-writing related issues: This is not worth $3, not even with the sample chapter. This is 7 pages of publisher info/title pages, 25 Kindle pages of story (which take approximately 20 minutes to read, if that), 14 pages of the sample chapter, and another 4 pages of publisher/book info. This scene was cut out of the book for reasons, and there was nothing that warranted making this into a money grab. LKH would have done herself much better if she'd offered it on her website as a giveaway to whet our appetites, so to speak.
And then I actually read it, starting with the intro. Remember the good old days when Anita actually did animator work and helped the police on cases? Yeah, me neither, not anymore. But OK, let's give her that. She now has people to come home to, which is nice. Although if you need a *schedule to manage your love life, I think you're doing something wrong. I'm all for people being with more than one person. But let's not kid ourselves and call what Anita has polyamory, because that would require that Anita actually care about her partners, rather than them only caring for her. And I can't help but think that with however many men Anita has tied to her, she might be getting stretched a little thin, especially given her own previous emotional and intimacy issues. But OK, whatever, maybe it works for the men of Anita's harem.
And then we get into Anita's rant about the "jealous whiner babies" who give her shit for being petite (drink!) attractive (drink!) woman (drink!) who sleeps with a lot of men (drink!). I'm all for princesses rescuing themselves. I'm all for princesses rescuing the princes, too. But for crying out loud, why is this part of the paragraph even there? What does this have to do with Anita coming home to the men she's with? And don't get me started on the fact that the fact the men love Anita for being a "sexually-aggressive woman" and encourage that. The last time Anita was sexually aggressive, she slept with a kid. The time before that, she raped a guy and broke his mind. So, uh, you know, maybe a little less encouragement of that would be good. I get that this isn't what's actually being said, but given Anita's history with aggression and sex, maybe a slightly different word choice would have been more appropriate.
Then we get three paragraphs about gun safety (yay, responsible use of weapons!) and the fact that Anita is OK being naked, but not OK being unarmed. I actually like this characterization detail, but why do we need three paragraphs to say what could have been said just as well in 2-3 sentences?
The big black marble bathtub is weird, because later on, it's hard to tell how deep it is, and with the author's insistence on bringing up height differences and how bodies fit together, it gets a little disorienting. The big black marble bathtub also looks like something off a porno set. I know that it's supposed to be opulent, and demonstrate that Jean-Claude's a man of taste and wealth, but... I don't know, it falls flat for me. And, you know, we've seen the bathtub described multiple times, so why do this? If it was a full-length book, OK, fine, describe it for new readers. But in an outtake? Why? Who's going to start reading a series from a book numbered in the 20s, let alone a short outtake?
The same goes for the description of Jean-Claude. If it was written differently, less clinical observation and more through the eye of a lover waxing poetically about her man's body, I'd maybe be willing to let it slide. As it is, though, it reads about as passionate as a suspect description on a police report. The (blue) description of his (blue) eyes is (blue) very (blue) long and rambling, but perhaps Anita's finally getting into the spirit and waxing poetic about things.
And then at last, we have actual character interaction! There's love in people's eyes! Smoldering looks are exchanged! Anita gets excited! BUT WAIT! First we need to detour to Anita's issues yet again, because when sexy bathtub times are imminent, that's totally the best time to dwell yet again on how nobody thinks Anita's pretty and they're all going to get tired of her and then she'll be forever alone. Just... no. I'm sorry, but this is bullshit. I understand that Anita may have some intimacy issues, and that they come up at inopportune moments. But why not simply let Beauty be what it was promised to be, a steamy sex scene between Anita and her men, and leave the angst for another time? I'm pretty certain none of the positive reviews gushing about how "hot" this scene focus on the intricate interplay of the negative emotions hovering close to the surface and threatening to break through, upsetting the delicate balance of Anita's intimate life.
If there was some sort of exploration of Anita's feelings on her use of the ardeur and binding men to her, and a demonstration of her awareness that perhaps "magical mind whammy" =/= true love, then perhaps these repeated ramblings would have a place in the novels. But as it is, with Anita seemingly not even aware that what she's doing is problematic (remember Flirt, after the rape of Nicky?), what is the point to this, other than to them have the men falling over themselves to reassure Anita that no, she's the specialest, most beautiful snowflake of them all?
Then we finally get to the sex, and it... I don't know what it is. I don't understand, this thing is full of kinks I enjoy reading, but it does nothing for me. Something about the way it's written is so off-putting that I can't get past it. The strange insistence on bringing up the height differences again! I'm pretty sure that if a woman's legs are wrapped around the waist of a man, no matter how tall he is, their "naughty bits" (ugh) aren't going to be that far apart. But her, it seems like JC has some sort of freakishly elongated waist, because while Anita's humping his ribcage, he's still somewhere far below her.
And thenLittle Boy Blue Asher arrives, and rather than the scene seamlessly continuing and turning up the heat, we're subjected to a detailed (why?) description of Asher's powder blue tailcoat (for pity's sake, why?) without any explanation for why he's dressed like that. I assume it was because he was on stage upstairs at the Circus, but I don't know, maybe (blue) Asher (blue) just (blue) likes to (blue) walk (blue) around (blue) in blue satin. You get the (blue) idea. I guess he just really likes blue?
And then, once again, rather than just get straight to the good stuff, we get the eleventieth rehash of Jean-Claude and Asher's painful history, because of reasons. I got nothing.
We don't need this rehash, it brings nothing to the scene, and it just looks like wordcount padding. But then, eye candy! Asher recreates Mr. Darcy's fall into the pond for us, and we're treated to an impromptu wet t-shirt contest. Anita takes some time to ogle Asher, which I applaud her for. Two hot guys in a tub with her, a girl is entitled to a little staring.
And then, FINALLY, we get to the sex. The actual sex part is about 2,200 words long, and is packed with several kinks readers of the Anita Blake books probably enjoy. It takes a special skill to take a sexy threesome between loving partners, combine it with basically bulletproof kinks that the target audience enjoys, and turn out something that falls completely flat, but Beauty manages. Everything is so by-the numbers and analytical that any appeal is stripped out. The relentless in-and-out of the sex, the mindless screaming (either there's something wrong with her nervous system that makes her scream with pleasure as soon as the actual intercourse starts, or it's bad writing), combined with the clinically dry, completely sensuality-free language of the scene just falls flat and leaves me longing for something else.
I suppose it could be worse, they could be using soap for lube.
I love reading outtakes, especially ones that give me sexy times, especially ones with multiple partners. Throw in vampires and people topping each other, and it's an awesome combination of several of my kinks, all in one. So while I had some reservations (because let's face it, LKH hasn't exactly had luck writing good sex scenes lately), I really wanted to like this.
First, the non-writing related issues: This is not worth $3, not even with the sample chapter. This is 7 pages of publisher info/title pages, 25 Kindle pages of story (which take approximately 20 minutes to read, if that), 14 pages of the sample chapter, and another 4 pages of publisher/book info. This scene was cut out of the book for reasons, and there was nothing that warranted making this into a money grab. LKH would have done herself much better if she'd offered it on her website as a giveaway to whet our appetites, so to speak.
And then I actually read it, starting with the intro. Remember the good old days when Anita actually did animator work and helped the police on cases? Yeah, me neither, not anymore. But OK, let's give her that. She now has people to come home to, which is nice. Although if you need a *schedule to manage your love life, I think you're doing something wrong. I'm all for people being with more than one person. But let's not kid ourselves and call what Anita has polyamory, because that would require that Anita actually care about her partners, rather than them only caring for her. And I can't help but think that with however many men Anita has tied to her, she might be getting stretched a little thin, especially given her own previous emotional and intimacy issues. But OK, whatever, maybe it works for the men of Anita's harem.
And then we get into Anita's rant about the "jealous whiner babies" who give her shit for being petite (drink!) attractive (drink!) woman (drink!) who sleeps with a lot of men (drink!). I'm all for princesses rescuing themselves. I'm all for princesses rescuing the princes, too. But for crying out loud, why is this part of the paragraph even there? What does this have to do with Anita coming home to the men she's with? And don't get me started on the fact that the fact the men love Anita for being a "sexually-aggressive woman" and encourage that. The last time Anita was sexually aggressive, she slept with a kid. The time before that, she raped a guy and broke his mind. So, uh, you know, maybe a little less encouragement of that would be good. I get that this isn't what's actually being said, but given Anita's history with aggression and sex, maybe a slightly different word choice would have been more appropriate.
Then we get three paragraphs about gun safety (yay, responsible use of weapons!) and the fact that Anita is OK being naked, but not OK being unarmed. I actually like this characterization detail, but why do we need three paragraphs to say what could have been said just as well in 2-3 sentences?
The big black marble bathtub is weird, because later on, it's hard to tell how deep it is, and with the author's insistence on bringing up height differences and how bodies fit together, it gets a little disorienting. The big black marble bathtub also looks like something off a porno set. I know that it's supposed to be opulent, and demonstrate that Jean-Claude's a man of taste and wealth, but... I don't know, it falls flat for me. And, you know, we've seen the bathtub described multiple times, so why do this? If it was a full-length book, OK, fine, describe it for new readers. But in an outtake? Why? Who's going to start reading a series from a book numbered in the 20s, let alone a short outtake?
The same goes for the description of Jean-Claude. If it was written differently, less clinical observation and more through the eye of a lover waxing poetically about her man's body, I'd maybe be willing to let it slide. As it is, though, it reads about as passionate as a suspect description on a police report. The (blue) description of his (blue) eyes is (blue) very (blue) long and rambling, but perhaps Anita's finally getting into the spirit and waxing poetic about things.
And then at last, we have actual character interaction! There's love in people's eyes! Smoldering looks are exchanged! Anita gets excited! BUT WAIT! First we need to detour to Anita's issues yet again, because when sexy bathtub times are imminent, that's totally the best time to dwell yet again on how nobody thinks Anita's pretty and they're all going to get tired of her and then she'll be forever alone. Just... no. I'm sorry, but this is bullshit. I understand that Anita may have some intimacy issues, and that they come up at inopportune moments. But why not simply let Beauty be what it was promised to be, a steamy sex scene between Anita and her men, and leave the angst for another time? I'm pretty certain none of the positive reviews gushing about how "hot" this scene focus on the intricate interplay of the negative emotions hovering close to the surface and threatening to break through, upsetting the delicate balance of Anita's intimate life.
If there was some sort of exploration of Anita's feelings on her use of the ardeur and binding men to her, and a demonstration of her awareness that perhaps "magical mind whammy" =/= true love, then perhaps these repeated ramblings would have a place in the novels. But as it is, with Anita seemingly not even aware that what she's doing is problematic (remember Flirt, after the rape of Nicky?), what is the point to this, other than to them have the men falling over themselves to reassure Anita that no, she's the specialest, most beautiful snowflake of them all?
Then we finally get to the sex, and it... I don't know what it is. I don't understand, this thing is full of kinks I enjoy reading, but it does nothing for me. Something about the way it's written is so off-putting that I can't get past it. The strange insistence on bringing up the height differences again! I'm pretty sure that if a woman's legs are wrapped around the waist of a man, no matter how tall he is, their "naughty bits" (ugh) aren't going to be that far apart. But her, it seems like JC has some sort of freakishly elongated waist, because while Anita's humping his ribcage, he's still somewhere far below her.
And then
And then, once again, rather than just get straight to the good stuff, we get the eleventieth rehash of Jean-Claude and Asher's painful history, because of reasons. I got nothing.
We don't need this rehash, it brings nothing to the scene, and it just looks like wordcount padding. But then, eye candy! Asher recreates Mr. Darcy's fall into the pond for us, and we're treated to an impromptu wet t-shirt contest. Anita takes some time to ogle Asher, which I applaud her for. Two hot guys in a tub with her, a girl is entitled to a little staring.
And then, FINALLY, we get to the sex. The actual sex part is about 2,200 words long, and is packed with several kinks readers of the Anita Blake books probably enjoy. It takes a special skill to take a sexy threesome between loving partners, combine it with basically bulletproof kinks that the target audience enjoys, and turn out something that falls completely flat, but Beauty manages. Everything is so by-the numbers and analytical that any appeal is stripped out. The relentless in-and-out of the sex, the mindless screaming (either there's something wrong with her nervous system that makes her scream with pleasure as soon as the actual intercourse starts, or it's bad writing), combined with the clinically dry, completely sensuality-free language of the scene just falls flat and leaves me longing for something else.
I suppose it could be worse, they could be using soap for lube.
November 23, 2019
I am very much like the other dissatisfied customers. I cannot believe that I have paid 2.99 for 15 minutes of reading-something any other author would have had on their website for free.
If you want to read a menage scene with many of the BDSM elements and you are afraid of going to a new author, then this will be right up your alley.
SPOILER------>SPOILERS------------>THE STORY ITSELF IN A NUTSHELL.
At first, when we start with this nitty-gritty sex scene (and that is all it is), Jean-Claude and Asher decide that they together will be topping Anita. Still, naturally, Jean-Claude and his stronger personality win out. He becomes the top to both Anita and Asher---they bring Anita to several screaming (and I mean screaming orgasms)-- the men reverse positions---Anita has multiple screaming orgasms---the end.
I would like to know just where the heck did they ever find a tub where it seems that the water is deep enough to come to the men's genitals (or was it their waist)? Perhaps I miss-read something. Hard to do in an excerpt this size.
If you want to read a menage scene with many of the BDSM elements and you are afraid of going to a new author, then this will be right up your alley.
SPOILER------>SPOILERS------------>THE STORY ITSELF IN A NUTSHELL.
At first, when we start with this nitty-gritty sex scene (and that is all it is), Jean-Claude and Asher decide that they together will be topping Anita. Still, naturally, Jean-Claude and his stronger personality win out. He becomes the top to both Anita and Asher---they bring Anita to several screaming (and I mean screaming orgasms)-- the men reverse positions---Anita has multiple screaming orgasms---the end.
I would like to know just where the heck did they ever find a tub where it seems that the water is deep enough to come to the men's genitals (or was it their waist)? Perhaps I miss-read something. Hard to do in an excerpt this size.
May 13, 2012
1st off, DON'T PAY FOR THIS.
Technically, it's 2 stars. It was OK, not a complete - 'didn't like' - but it gets one star b'c this should be free, end of.
LKH should be ashamed of trying to milk her loyal fans out of $2.99 for 20 or so pages of what this is & that is...a sex scene which made the cutting room floor. What? Her editor finally grew a set & decided to do her job & then b'c LKH hates anybody knowing better then her, decided to charge her fans for this redundant sex scene which didn't make the grade?
Pshaw.
Here's what we get;
- We hear about the blue, blue, blue of JC's eyes.
- All the marble in the bathroom & water levels.
- Asher's blue, blue, blue outfit.
- Anita still doubting how beautiful she is & that someone as beautiful as these 2 vamps can find her beautiful.
- How she prefers to suck a flaccid penis.
- How she's still a screamer.
- That LKH still has an aversion to writing the word "come" so instead, everyone says they're "going" or "about to go" which just sounds to me like someone's about to take a dump rather than having an orgasm.
- Oh & yes...and predictably we gets the usual jab in there about all the "whiner babies" (a.k.a. readers who have turned their back on this series) who are judgmental over Anita appearing to be a raging whore with a harem of men b'c in Anita's eyes, they're all jelly.
Um, er...she is a raging whore but you know what would be better than her always blaming others for perceiving her this way? Just accepting that she is one! Who cares? Bitch has the Ardeur & a harem of gorgeous, willing men all raring to hitch a ride on the Anita Gravy Train. So what already?
If that was my wish fulfillment fantasy I'd be a hooker too but you could bet, I wouldn't be agitated about how the fake people in my fantasy world perceived me! Oh no. I'd be doing it six degree Kevin Bacon style without a second thought. The only one who whines is Anita. Shut the F up already.
And let me just touch on the rudimentary writing. In most paragraph's, LKH was repeating the same word about 4-5 times. That's something I tend to find in Fanfic.
For example;
I knew that Jean-Claude had killed the person who did it, just like I’d killed the people who branded me with my own cross-shaped burn scar on my arm. Mine was a brand, not a holy object reacting to vampire skin, but they looked the same. The vampire wannabes that branded me had thought it was funny to mark me up like a vampire; they’d thought it was funny right up until they died. So who was I to throw stones that Jean-Claude had killed the person who branded him? Fair is fair.
or
They always looked blue, but they were so dark. Midnight blue with their double edge of black eyelashes like dark lace to frame the deepest blue I’d ever seen in anyone’s eyes. His eyes were a blue like deep ocean water,
Yet....yes I said yet....Anita sounded the most approachable she has in years. She actually had a slight sense of humor & there was talk of love, joy & laughter. It still didn't change the fundamentals of this little chestnut overall but hey...I expected hella' worse to be honest.
I can only guess Hamiltons' sales have been doing the downward spiral so badly that she aimed to get the Jean Claude devotees (me being one of them) back into the fold by trying to entice them with a teaser of him before the next novel released.
That's the only reason I can see for her not giving this to her fans freely. Shame on you LKH. Really. Why don't you just try writing a book worthy of all the years, money & time your fans have invested into you, your characters & their world you created?
Instead we get this pot shot.
Give us a break already.
Technically, it's 2 stars. It was OK, not a complete - 'didn't like' - but it gets one star b'c this should be free, end of.
LKH should be ashamed of trying to milk her loyal fans out of $2.99 for 20 or so pages of what this is & that is...a sex scene which made the cutting room floor. What? Her editor finally grew a set & decided to do her job & then b'c LKH hates anybody knowing better then her, decided to charge her fans for this redundant sex scene which didn't make the grade?
Pshaw.
Here's what we get;
- We hear about the blue, blue, blue of JC's eyes.
- All the marble in the bathroom & water levels.
- Asher's blue, blue, blue outfit.
- Anita still doubting how beautiful she is & that someone as beautiful as these 2 vamps can find her beautiful.
- How she prefers to suck a flaccid penis.
- How she's still a screamer.
- That LKH still has an aversion to writing the word "come" so instead, everyone says they're "going" or "about to go" which just sounds to me like someone's about to take a dump rather than having an orgasm.
- Oh & yes...and predictably we gets the usual jab in there about all the "whiner babies" (a.k.a. readers who have turned their back on this series) who are judgmental over Anita appearing to be a raging whore with a harem of men b'c in Anita's eyes, they're all jelly.
Um, er...she is a raging whore but you know what would be better than her always blaming others for perceiving her this way? Just accepting that she is one! Who cares? Bitch has the Ardeur & a harem of gorgeous, willing men all raring to hitch a ride on the Anita Gravy Train. So what already?
If that was my wish fulfillment fantasy I'd be a hooker too but you could bet, I wouldn't be agitated about how the fake people in my fantasy world perceived me! Oh no. I'd be doing it six degree Kevin Bacon style without a second thought. The only one who whines is Anita. Shut the F up already.
And let me just touch on the rudimentary writing. In most paragraph's, LKH was repeating the same word about 4-5 times. That's something I tend to find in Fanfic.
For example;
I knew that Jean-Claude had killed the person who did it, just like I’d killed the people who branded me with my own cross-shaped burn scar on my arm. Mine was a brand, not a holy object reacting to vampire skin, but they looked the same. The vampire wannabes that branded me had thought it was funny to mark me up like a vampire; they’d thought it was funny right up until they died. So who was I to throw stones that Jean-Claude had killed the person who branded him? Fair is fair.
or
They always looked blue, but they were so dark. Midnight blue with their double edge of black eyelashes like dark lace to frame the deepest blue I’d ever seen in anyone’s eyes. His eyes were a blue like deep ocean water,
Yet....yes I said yet....Anita sounded the most approachable she has in years. She actually had a slight sense of humor & there was talk of love, joy & laughter. It still didn't change the fundamentals of this little chestnut overall but hey...I expected hella' worse to be honest.
I can only guess Hamiltons' sales have been doing the downward spiral so badly that she aimed to get the Jean Claude devotees (me being one of them) back into the fold by trying to entice them with a teaser of him before the next novel released.
That's the only reason I can see for her not giving this to her fans freely. Shame on you LKH. Really. Why don't you just try writing a book worthy of all the years, money & time your fans have invested into you, your characters & their world you created?
Instead we get this pot shot.
Give us a break already.
May 20, 2012
It's a single hot-tub scene with Jean-Claude, Anita, and Asher doing the sex we've all seen before and enjoy seeing again. It's got all the heat we'd expect from our favorites. There is not really any new ground covered here except to say that it's nice to see Anita no longer torn over her sexuality. That was becoming extremely onerous and tiresome and it's refreshing to see her just enjoy that part of herself now without needing to grieve herself and everyone else over it.
There is also a scene that is a sneak peek at the next book, Kiss the Dead (#21 in the series).
I agree with the general consensus that at 2.99 the piece is exorbitantly over priced. That said, I rate based on the content not the price, particularly since I have no way of knowing if the price was set by the author or the publisher and it doesn't really have anything to do with the story.
This is a 4 star sex scene but I'm so used to seeing that quality of sex scene in the Anita Blake series that it's not special.
There is also a scene that is a sneak peek at the next book, Kiss the Dead (#21 in the series).
I agree with the general consensus that at 2.99 the piece is exorbitantly over priced. That said, I rate based on the content not the price, particularly since I have no way of knowing if the price was set by the author or the publisher and it doesn't really have anything to do with the story.
This is a 4 star sex scene but I'm so used to seeing that quality of sex scene in the Anita Blake series that it's not special.
May 10, 2012
To be fair, we were all told that this would be an outtake from Kiss the Dead- a steamy outtake, to be precise. Something so inconsequential and irrelevant that it got cut from the novel... yet is still being put up for sale anyway. Gotta admit, that takes some balls.
And as the saying goes, it's not like you didn't know what to expect- nothing! An extended scene of nothing to do with nothing- which is why it got dropped. More whining from Anita about tall/blonde/skinny women-I'm not pretty enough-yes you are ma petite-no, I'm not-scream my orgasm into his mouth... wait- now everyone's a bunch of jealous, whiny bitches? Someone's been reading the Amazon threads, haven't they? But the fact that this got cut in itself is a glimmer of hope- that means Hamilton's no longer allowed to run completely amok and maybe, just maybe, there'll be an actual story in Kiss the Dead.
As to the preview chapter from KtD, it's actually kinda interesting in an Old Home Week kind of way. Dolph and Zerbowski make an appearance, RPIT is actually mentioned by name and even Animators Inc. is given a casual wave. But alas, Hamilton can't resist trying to inject zexxinezz into the most unzexxy situations- like trying to subdue a vampire at a police precinct- so Anita has to inadvertently flash her co-workers in the midst of a tussle. *sigh*
So why the low rating? Because Hamilton is (over)charging for both a throwaway scene (literally garbage, if you want to look at it that way) and a bare bones add-on that she used to give out for free to try to justify it all. Didn't work.
And as the saying goes, it's not like you didn't know what to expect- nothing! An extended scene of nothing to do with nothing- which is why it got dropped. More whining from Anita about tall/blonde/skinny women-I'm not pretty enough-yes you are ma petite-no, I'm not-scream my orgasm into his mouth... wait- now everyone's a bunch of jealous, whiny bitches? Someone's been reading the Amazon threads, haven't they? But the fact that this got cut in itself is a glimmer of hope- that means Hamilton's no longer allowed to run completely amok and maybe, just maybe, there'll be an actual story in Kiss the Dead.
As to the preview chapter from KtD, it's actually kinda interesting in an Old Home Week kind of way. Dolph and Zerbowski make an appearance, RPIT is actually mentioned by name and even Animators Inc. is given a casual wave. But alas, Hamilton can't resist trying to inject zexxinezz into the most unzexxy situations- like trying to subdue a vampire at a police precinct- so Anita has to inadvertently flash her co-workers in the midst of a tussle. *sigh*
So why the low rating? Because Hamilton is (over)charging for both a throwaway scene (literally garbage, if you want to look at it that way) and a bare bones add-on that she used to give out for free to try to justify it all. Didn't work.
April 1, 2015
Absolutely pointless.
I like this series, but this did nothing to advance the plot and was sooo short I can't believe I paid for it!
I like this series, but this did nothing to advance the plot and was sooo short I can't believe I paid for it!
May 21, 2012
Sigh…16 days until Kiss the Dead is released, so I finally decided I could crack open Beauty to get my fill until then.
As this was a short read, I wanted to keep my review short, but after I went to post my review I had to make some revisions:
1. I loved reading this; simply for the fact that I don’t think there are a better 33 pages of an Anita novel that depicts her growth in her sexuality, it keeps me excited! While I honestly fell in love with Anita prior to her venture into the “erotic” realm, I can’t say that I haven’t started to enjoy it.
2. *Blogger rant moment* For those of you who are upset about the content, price, thought process behind publishing this, etc. Well, I’m pretty sure that the Synopsis that I read on both GoodReads and Barnes & Noble accurately explains that this was nothing more than a delete scene. So, yea, the whole part where it says, “The steamy outtake that takes readers even further into Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling novel, Kiss the Dead”, pretty much outlines what you’re getting. If I hear “steamy outtake” my mind goes directly to “hot moment between Anita and Jean Claude” but maybe that was just me. So, if you were expecting something different, I’m not sure why.
I do apologize for my rant moment, but it is extremely difficult to see an author and publisher get such negative feedback on this when they clearly outlined what it was. Laurell K. Hamilton, as well as, Penguin Group have done nothing more than provide Hamilton’s readers with an entertaining moment prior to the release of the next book.
Overall, Thank you Laurell K. Hamilton for providing me with just enough Anita to satisfy my fix until the release of Kiss the Dead!
Review by Sliced Open Reviews
Source: Purchased
As this was a short read, I wanted to keep my review short, but after I went to post my review I had to make some revisions:
1. I loved reading this; simply for the fact that I don’t think there are a better 33 pages of an Anita novel that depicts her growth in her sexuality, it keeps me excited! While I honestly fell in love with Anita prior to her venture into the “erotic” realm, I can’t say that I haven’t started to enjoy it.
2. *Blogger rant moment* For those of you who are upset about the content, price, thought process behind publishing this, etc. Well, I’m pretty sure that the Synopsis that I read on both GoodReads and Barnes & Noble accurately explains that this was nothing more than a delete scene. So, yea, the whole part where it says, “The steamy outtake that takes readers even further into Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling novel, Kiss the Dead”, pretty much outlines what you’re getting. If I hear “steamy outtake” my mind goes directly to “hot moment between Anita and Jean Claude” but maybe that was just me. So, if you were expecting something different, I’m not sure why.
I do apologize for my rant moment, but it is extremely difficult to see an author and publisher get such negative feedback on this when they clearly outlined what it was. Laurell K. Hamilton, as well as, Penguin Group have done nothing more than provide Hamilton’s readers with an entertaining moment prior to the release of the next book.
Overall, Thank you Laurell K. Hamilton for providing me with just enough Anita to satisfy my fix until the release of Kiss the Dead!
Review by Sliced Open Reviews
Source: Purchased
May 11, 2012
Original Post THE UGLY SIDE OF BEAUTY on FANGS, WANDS AND FAIRY DUST 5-11-2012
BEAUTY
an eSpecial
Laurell K. Hamilton
Penguin
May 8, 2012
173 KB 33 pages
$2.99
If I didn't know that authors don't set the prices on books; have nothing to do with it in fact, I would say, "Ego, much?" I've read warnings on prescription bottles longer than this "out take". The excerpt from KISS THE DEAD (which should be free, right?) is as long as the story.
A lot of BEAUTY is Anita re-hashing her insecurities over having a Latina heritage and her massive inferiority conflict from her stepmother and her emotionally distant father. And, then there's the bit about being so lucky Jean Claude and Asher want her and how she loves to perform oral sex on an un-erect male. We've read it all before; maybe not the blow-job in so much detail. There's nothing new here except for a gun safe they installed because someone has a toddler.
Sadly, it's all LKH's really well-done prose, so the only fault I can find besides the rehash of Anita's inferiority complex is the cost. Most writers have longer works than this up online for nothing or .99 to thank their readers for their patience and loyalty. Charlaine Harris, even more well read than Hamilton, puts several free exceprts up before each book comes out. It's very gracious of her or her publishers. Charging $2.99 for this is NOT gracious.
The truth is that this is a rip-off. I don't think it was worth $2.99 and that if you have read any of the books from after Anita Blake finally making love with Jean-Claude you have already read this. Just go back and pick five or six pages and re-read them.
BEAUTY
an eSpecial
Laurell K. Hamilton
Penguin
May 8, 2012
173 KB 33 pages
$2.99
You’d think I’d get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me.
With a vampire like Jean Claude around, it’s far too easy for Anita Blake to doubt her own appearance—and the hold it has on those who love her. But one hot tub and two incredibly sexy men—Jean Claude and Asher—will make her feel like the most lusted-after woman alive…or undead. Not bad for a mere human…
“Hamilton remains one of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
Includes an excerpt of Kiss the Dead, the new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel.
Beauty on Amazon.Com
If I didn't know that authors don't set the prices on books; have nothing to do with it in fact, I would say, "Ego, much?" I've read warnings on prescription bottles longer than this "out take". The excerpt from KISS THE DEAD (which should be free, right?) is as long as the story.
A lot of BEAUTY is Anita re-hashing her insecurities over having a Latina heritage and her massive inferiority conflict from her stepmother and her emotionally distant father. And, then there's the bit about being so lucky Jean Claude and Asher want her and how she loves to perform oral sex on an un-erect male. We've read it all before; maybe not the blow-job in so much detail. There's nothing new here except for a gun safe they installed because someone has a toddler.
Sadly, it's all LKH's really well-done prose, so the only fault I can find besides the rehash of Anita's inferiority complex is the cost. Most writers have longer works than this up online for nothing or .99 to thank their readers for their patience and loyalty. Charlaine Harris, even more well read than Hamilton, puts several free exceprts up before each book comes out. It's very gracious of her or her publishers. Charging $2.99 for this is NOT gracious.
The truth is that this is a rip-off. I don't think it was worth $2.99 and that if you have read any of the books from after Anita Blake finally making love with Jean-Claude you have already read this. Just go back and pick five or six pages and re-read them.
May 11, 2012
Not again! Honestly, I keep swearing this woman will get no more of my money and then she shows a little hope and I fork out again for the next book. Never again. Terrible. Hideous. Seven orgasms of tediousness.
**Spoiler**
Anita checks her roster of sex partners and goes to see Jean-Claude.
Anita: I'm not pretty!
Jean Cluade: I love you!
Asher: I'm not pretty
7 orgasms later (yes 7 of them) the scene ends.
I think it works out to 50 words per orgasm.
Avoid at all costs. I don't know what happened to her, the first 9 books were so clever, and then this... B grade porn happens.
**Spoiler**
Anita checks her roster of sex partners and goes to see Jean-Claude.
Anita: I'm not pretty!
Jean Cluade: I love you!
Asher: I'm not pretty
7 orgasms later (yes 7 of them) the scene ends.
I think it works out to 50 words per orgasm.
Avoid at all costs. I don't know what happened to her, the first 9 books were so clever, and then this... B grade porn happens.
February 11, 2018
Is this some kind of joke?
The only reason this was published is that during the books, Anita and J-C are never together. It's always the "furry" guys with Anita. So, this was supposed to give something to the Team-J-C? Like "See they're still really together!"
Well, then show it in a book, not in a lousy deleted scene you want money for. I'm getting really angry with the series. I guess that I'll pick it up again when I get sick again.
The only reason this was published is that during the books, Anita and J-C are never together. It's always the "furry" guys with Anita. So, this was supposed to give something to the Team-J-C? Like "See they're still really together!"
Well, then show it in a book, not in a lousy deleted scene you want money for. I'm getting really angry with the series. I guess that I'll pick it up again when I get sick again.
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May 8, 2012I really can't rate this "e-special". It's a deleted sex scene from an Anita Blake novel (the next I think). For how much I like the Anitaverse I find absurd that Ms Hamilton's editor convinced her to sell this few deleted pages as a short.
Writing is not commerce, but you can't really live in a bubble either. Most writers offer deleted scenes on their website, a few even offers free entire novellas or short stories. I don't expect the latter, but I do expect that if I pay for content, that's what I get.
So, how can I rate a sex scene? It's a ménage, in the famous tub, with JC, Asher and Anita. It's not kinky, it's still hot enough, and it still has Anita and her problems. (Fans know what I'm talking about.) If you have kept reading up the 20th book, you'll like this too.
I did, too, but the experience was a bit married by the fact I finished reading this before I did my morning coffee. I was left with the mug in my hand and nothing else to read :D
Writing is not commerce, but you can't really live in a bubble either. Most writers offer deleted scenes on their website, a few even offers free entire novellas or short stories. I don't expect the latter, but I do expect that if I pay for content, that's what I get.
So, how can I rate a sex scene? It's a ménage, in the famous tub, with JC, Asher and Anita. It's not kinky, it's still hot enough, and it still has Anita and her problems. (Fans know what I'm talking about.) If you have kept reading up the 20th book, you'll like this too.
I did, too, but the experience was a bit married by the fact I finished reading this before I did my morning coffee. I was left with the mug in my hand and nothing else to read :D
May 17, 2012
I agree with the other readers. Very disappointed. I love Anita and crew but Laurell's books now just bank on smut (and I'm not averse to smut) but there is no story. This outtake epitomizes the fall of the Anitaverse. I am about done with Laurell and, especially for the prices, can find better reads elsewhere.
May 13, 2012
Asher / Jean Claude ve Anita'yı seviyorum. Bullet'ta tam anlamıyla çift olan üçlünün nasıl mutlu olduklarına dair yazılmış kısacık bir sahneydi.
Anita'nın da dediği gibi '' İt is a pleasure to read ''
Anita'nın da dediği gibi '' İt is a pleasure to read ''
May 15, 2012
I realize this was just a deleted scene, and we really shouldn't expect much (like a plot) but as a publishing experiment this was a fail. This is the type of thing you have to offer for free or, at the most $.99. A deleted scene like this should be a bonus for fans, not a rip off. It certainly shouldn't be called #20.5.
If you want to charge your fans more than what most short stories go for, it should really BE a short story. Seriously, respect your fans, don't gouge them.
Also, the interaction between Jean Claude, Anita and Asher was tired. Same phrases LKH uses in every book, same descriptions. The only time in the series where it seems like Anita is happy and comfortable anymore is with Nathaniel and Micah... and I have a hard time picturing her being that content with each pairing of her lovers, even if she's been with JC for so long now. She LIVES with the other two, for goodness sake. I guess that got switched up a little though in one of the last books. I dunno.
Bottom line, charging fans for deleted scenes is rude. The scene should have been epic.
If you want to charge your fans more than what most short stories go for, it should really BE a short story. Seriously, respect your fans, don't gouge them.
Also, the interaction between Jean Claude, Anita and Asher was tired. Same phrases LKH uses in every book, same descriptions. The only time in the series where it seems like Anita is happy and comfortable anymore is with Nathaniel and Micah... and I have a hard time picturing her being that content with each pairing of her lovers, even if she's been with JC for so long now. She LIVES with the other two, for goodness sake. I guess that got switched up a little though in one of the last books. I dunno.
Bottom line, charging fans for deleted scenes is rude. The scene should have been epic.
May 17, 2012
ok, I hesitate to even put this in my read shelf, because it's not a book really. It's just a deleted scene from another book and to be honest, it's just like every other love scene that LKH writes these days. And it's annoying that in a 2 chapter scene that we have to get all the background about Asher's scars, how much he and Jean Claude loved Julianna and the description of JC's bathroom again. Trust me, if the readers are still reading the books at this point in the series we know all this already!! It was WAY too predictable and probably why it was cut from whatever book... My suggestion is just to skip this one and wait for the book, there will probably be another scene just like this one in it anyway!
May 11, 2012
Yes, ok, I know I'm a sucker...but you know how starved I am for Jean-Claude!!! When LKH posted on her blog something that sounded like there was once again going to be a dearth of J-C thanks to this scene being cut, you know I had to scramble for whatever crumbs I was thrown! Unfortunately, this was pretty much the same 'ol same 'ol and was teeny tiny, so it was literally a crumb (of stale bread, at that.) sigh...I miss the old days of reluctance and seduction...it's just too wham-bam-thank you ma'am these days. I think I just need to go back and read Laughing Corpse...or Lunatic Cafe...I can't remember now, but one where they eat dinner and talk...how awesome would that be????
May 9, 2012
They expect me to pay for a sex scene? This series is getting to be a joke. Unless it's free im not going to read it
May 13, 2012
I glazed over half the pages.. Read any one of teh last ..5 or 7 books and you'll get the same damn thing and save your 3 bucks.
July 31, 2022
I am rereading the entire Anita Blake series. This short story is one I had not read before and wish I hadn’t spent the time to read now. Rather than being anything remotely approaching a classic Anita Blake story wherein are heroine has to stop a bad guy from doing something horrible, this is the story of Anita having sex with two of her lovers—after once again spending page after page worrying about her many emotional issues. This story represents all the things I don’t like about the modern Anita Blake series. It’s a complete betrayal of the first nine books. Learning that this was a chapter cut from the novel Kiss the Dead makes it even worse. There’s a reason the chapter was cut, why was it foisted on fans as a short story?
May 8, 2012
Beauty was a hot little short. Nice, smexy scene between Anita, Jean Claude and Asher.
Please note that the entire short is 33 pages including the excerpt from Kiss the Dead which was soooo damn good. Can't wait to read it. My only complaint (which had no impact on my rating) is having to pay $3 for less than 20 pages but that's just me. I am spoiled and used to authors posting stuff like this free on their websites. Was the smexy scene worth $3? Not really but it was hot, I love Anita and it was enough to hold me over til the next book's released.
Please note that the entire short is 33 pages including the excerpt from Kiss the Dead which was soooo damn good. Can't wait to read it. My only complaint (which had no impact on my rating) is having to pay $3 for less than 20 pages but that's just me. I am spoiled and used to authors posting stuff like this free on their websites. Was the smexy scene worth $3? Not really but it was hot, I love Anita and it was enough to hold me over til the next book's released.
April 23, 2013
I seriously haven't read this series in years and only picked this up because of Jean-Claude. Was there absolutely no movement in their relationship this whole time? Because the dynamics and background story provided nothing new at all. Though not the worst I've read, the writing could have been tighter. She repeats words too much. Still not my fave scene of them, and I prefer when it's just the two of them (Anita and JC that is). It seems like the only way I can read about them is when Asher's in the picture.
May 9, 2012
On my Kobo - 31 pages of a bathroom sex scene with Anita, Jean-Claude, and Asher. I didn't really read the Anita series for the sex factor - I read it for the kick ass heroine and the STORY. While I DO understand that she is a succubus of sorts now, I find nothing wrong with saying she had lunch and is now on the lookout for dinner, just my opinion though.
May 8, 2012
A brief snippet of the smut that usually occurs and a first chapter teaser. Why did I eagerly anticipate this AND pay 2.99 for it? I'm not a prude, but I was hoping for an actual short story, not interchangeable sex.
May 10, 2012
Just two chapters but it's worth the price for some Jean Claude, Asher and Anita.
May 16, 2012
Kısa bir Asher/ Anita/ Jean Claude sahnesiydi. Ama hala bu kadın nasıl kızarabiliyor onu düşünüyorum 21. kitaba geldik nerdeyse hala blush blush :D
September 7, 2013
So not worth it. 30ish pages of standardness between Anita, Jean Claude, and Asher. As if there isn't enough of this in the books . . .
April 28, 2015
Before you buy "Beauty," please consider: this is not a novella by Laurell K. Hamilton. It is not even a short story, since that implies some kind of self-contained story.
It is a single sex scene that the editor deemed too pointless to leave in her next novel.
In other words, if "Micah" caused you to explode into a flaming fury over having to pay for a padded-out short story, "Beauty" will have roughly the same effect. It's a plotless, pointless little chunk of prose that is basically devoted to Anita whining about her tough, tough life, and then having sex with two of her boytoys. It's as if you distilled the entire series into two chapters.
In the first chapter, Anita comes home from a zombie-raising job... or something. She wangsts about how she's half-Mexican, meaning she's not tall, bony and blonde like every other white person in the entire world. JC assures her that she's dazzlingly gorgeous, and their makeout session is interrupted by Asher, who wanders randomly into the bathroom to ALSO assure her that she's dazzlingly gorgeous. Then she assures Asher that he's also dazzlingly gorgeous. Boring.
In the second chapter, Anita has sex with them. It's the same stuff we're used to.
Yes, that is the entire story. I'm not kidding. The backstory of "Beauty" is that originally it was a part of Hamilton's forthcoming novel "Kiss The Dead," but her editor excised it because it was boring, pointless and repetitive. So Hamilton scooped up the scene that WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR A PUBLISHER TO PAY FOR, and sold it on the Internet as an e-book.
So there's no story, no plot and no connection to "Kiss the Dead." It's just sex and whining.
Even worse, it's sex and whining that seem to have been recycled from half a dozen earlier LKH works. Anita makes the exact same complaints as always -- she's not tall and blonde, people think she's a monster/slut, she's not worthy of JC and Asher -- just so her boytoys can assure her that she's the sexiest woman who's ever lived. Then they have yaoi-fangirl sex. Finito.
As if the recycled content wasn't bad enough, Hamilton's writing just makes Anita seem like a whiny brat. At one point she declares that the people who dare to criticize her are "just jealous whiner babies." Classy. Mature. And her sexy dialogue is so awkwardly bad you'd think it came out of "50 Shades of Grey" ("I knew I would have Anita waiting for me, why would I want to feed on anyone else?").
"Beauty" is not beautiful. It's basically a big of discarded fluff that has no real relevance to anything, like a dust bunny being peddled as potting soil. For the same content, reread a few paragraphs from any late-period Hamilton novel.
It is a single sex scene that the editor deemed too pointless to leave in her next novel.
In other words, if "Micah" caused you to explode into a flaming fury over having to pay for a padded-out short story, "Beauty" will have roughly the same effect. It's a plotless, pointless little chunk of prose that is basically devoted to Anita whining about her tough, tough life, and then having sex with two of her boytoys. It's as if you distilled the entire series into two chapters.
In the first chapter, Anita comes home from a zombie-raising job... or something. She wangsts about how she's half-Mexican, meaning she's not tall, bony and blonde like every other white person in the entire world. JC assures her that she's dazzlingly gorgeous, and their makeout session is interrupted by Asher, who wanders randomly into the bathroom to ALSO assure her that she's dazzlingly gorgeous. Then she assures Asher that he's also dazzlingly gorgeous. Boring.
In the second chapter, Anita has sex with them. It's the same stuff we're used to.
Yes, that is the entire story. I'm not kidding. The backstory of "Beauty" is that originally it was a part of Hamilton's forthcoming novel "Kiss The Dead," but her editor excised it because it was boring, pointless and repetitive. So Hamilton scooped up the scene that WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR A PUBLISHER TO PAY FOR, and sold it on the Internet as an e-book.
So there's no story, no plot and no connection to "Kiss the Dead." It's just sex and whining.
Even worse, it's sex and whining that seem to have been recycled from half a dozen earlier LKH works. Anita makes the exact same complaints as always -- she's not tall and blonde, people think she's a monster/slut, she's not worthy of JC and Asher -- just so her boytoys can assure her that she's the sexiest woman who's ever lived. Then they have yaoi-fangirl sex. Finito.
As if the recycled content wasn't bad enough, Hamilton's writing just makes Anita seem like a whiny brat. At one point she declares that the people who dare to criticize her are "just jealous whiner babies." Classy. Mature. And her sexy dialogue is so awkwardly bad you'd think it came out of "50 Shades of Grey" ("I knew I would have Anita waiting for me, why would I want to feed on anyone else?").
"Beauty" is not beautiful. It's basically a big of discarded fluff that has no real relevance to anything, like a dust bunny being peddled as potting soil. For the same content, reread a few paragraphs from any late-period Hamilton novel.
December 21, 2012
About the Book:
Anita has never felt wanted; she is always surprised that she has such beautiful boyfriends in her life. In this outtake, Jean-Claude and Asher are pleased to show her just how desirable she is.
Review:
Oh, what to say about this? I mean, there is almost nothing to review. This entire thing was only two chapters (roughly 20 or so pages total) and then a preview chapter of her upcoming book. For what it was, this special was highly overpriced (a whopping $2.99). However, in Hamilton's defence, I realise the author rarely has a say in the price. If she did though, shame on you Ms. Hamilton!
As for the actual content, it was about what I expected. In Beauty, we get a sexy threesome between Jean-Claude, Asher, and Anita in a GIANT tub along with Anita feeling self-pity. In other words, you have most of the newer Anita Blake novels, only condensed.
Now, I have heard a lot of people complain that the sex in here is not erotic at all. Personally, I didn't think it was all that bad. Hell, I think it might have been fairly sexy if I hadn't read this for what seems the hundredth time. Basically, it is the same old routine. Yawn. If you like all the sex in Anita Blake though, you will probably enjoy this scene. If not, stay away.
So overall, Beauty is what I expected: Anita whining, sex, and silly clothes (seriously, Asher's outfit was horrifying and pointless). It's mundane, and we've all read it before. Save your money.
Anita has never felt wanted; she is always surprised that she has such beautiful boyfriends in her life. In this outtake, Jean-Claude and Asher are pleased to show her just how desirable she is.
Review:
Oh, what to say about this? I mean, there is almost nothing to review. This entire thing was only two chapters (roughly 20 or so pages total) and then a preview chapter of her upcoming book. For what it was, this special was highly overpriced (a whopping $2.99). However, in Hamilton's defence, I realise the author rarely has a say in the price. If she did though, shame on you Ms. Hamilton!
As for the actual content, it was about what I expected. In Beauty, we get a sexy threesome between Jean-Claude, Asher, and Anita in a GIANT tub along with Anita feeling self-pity. In other words, you have most of the newer Anita Blake novels, only condensed.
Now, I have heard a lot of people complain that the sex in here is not erotic at all. Personally, I didn't think it was all that bad. Hell, I think it might have been fairly sexy if I hadn't read this for what seems the hundredth time. Basically, it is the same old routine. Yawn. If you like all the sex in Anita Blake though, you will probably enjoy this scene. If not, stay away.
So overall, Beauty is what I expected: Anita whining, sex, and silly clothes (seriously, Asher's outfit was horrifying and pointless). It's mundane, and we've all read it before. Save your money.
March 26, 2018
Gelecek ay çıkacak olan ve serinin 21. kitabı olan Kiss The Dead'in ön okumasıda içinde bulunduran kısa bir hikayeydi Beauty. Anita, JC ve Asher banyoda, o meşhur siyah küvette haşır neşir olurken onların hislerine, bir birlerine olan bağına ve anılarına göz atıyoruz. Karakterleri hatırlıyoruz. Gerçekten çok güzeldi. Laurell gene sahneyi öyle güzel çizmişti ki sanki bende onlarla birlikte küvetteydim. Ah keşke!
Aynalar sanki hem geçmişi hem de o anı temsil ediyordu. Anita, JC'un anılarıyla bize Asher'ı bir kez daha eskiden olduğu gibi yansıtıyordu. Bulduğum tek sorun yazar aynı şeyleri gerek kitabın içinde gerek serinin içinde çok tekrar ediyor. Bu beni seriden gerçekten çok soğutuyor. Yeni okuyuculara kolaylık sağlayabilir ama bir fan olarak gerçekten rahatsız oluyorum.
"How could small-town, middle-class me keep the interest of this man, this centuries-old vampire, who had seduced his way across Europe and at least half of America? And yet, I had"
"Nasıl küçük bir kasaba kızı olan, orta halli ben, yüzyıllar boyunca yaşamış, Avrupa'nın tamamını ve Amerika'nın yarısını baştan çıkarmış bu vampirin ilgisini kendisinde tutabilirdi ki? Garipti ama tutabilmiştim."
June 4, 2012
Sexy, lots of sex and I mean a lot of sex (7 orgasms later,yes 7 of them) But what do you expect when you put Jean Claude, Anita and Asher together in a hot tub no less. I liked this deleted scene , we were able to see how Anita has grown in her sexuality, and it's about time!!!
Story in a Nutshell:
Jean-Claude and Asher decide that they together will top Anita, but come on, we all know Jean-Claude is an Alpha male and he ends up TOPPING both Anita and Asher. After about 7( I lost count after that) orgasms the story ends lol . But aside from all the sex, we're able to see how much love Jean- Claude has for Anita and how much she trusts him.
There is also a scene that is a sneak peek at the next book, Kiss the Dead (#21 in the series).
Fav Qoute
I heard his voice in my mind, like a breath. “How can you doubt your beauty even now?”
Story in a Nutshell:
Jean-Claude and Asher decide that they together will top Anita, but come on, we all know Jean-Claude is an Alpha male and he ends up TOPPING both Anita and Asher. After about 7( I lost count after that) orgasms the story ends lol . But aside from all the sex, we're able to see how much love Jean- Claude has for Anita and how much she trusts him.
There is also a scene that is a sneak peek at the next book, Kiss the Dead (#21 in the series).
Fav Qoute
I heard his voice in my mind, like a breath. “How can you doubt your beauty even now?”
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