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Laurell K. Hamilton
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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July 19, 2007
I gave up on [buying] Laurell Hamilton some time back, as her books have devolved into cheap sex scenes apparently caused by the author's relationship going into a meltdown. The first 6 books in this series are great. From then on they seem to turn more and more into porn, starting soft and steadily progressing into hardcore, whereas they used to be a really great exploration of what a world where the paranormal mixes with the normal would be like.
So, basically, I stopped buying them but will still pick them up from the library, or if I see them at a garage sale for cheap.
That said, Micah, which is 3 books ago in the series and I hadn't read, well, I'm up to page 100 and Anita still hasn't 'f*cked someone's brains out', as Laurell so quaintly describes Anita's sexual escapades now. Maybe there's hope for Laurell yet?
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Adding to what I wrote above, while still reading the book, I have to say now that I've finished it that Laurell may have been convinced by her editors, publishers or even feedback from fans to lay off of the unnecessary and gratuitous sex scenes. Micah would have been better off as a short story (really not enough material to justify book length on this one), but I was glad to see Laurell showing a hell of a lot more restraint when it comes to sex, than in her prior books in this series.
So, basically, I stopped buying them but will still pick them up from the library, or if I see them at a garage sale for cheap.
That said, Micah, which is 3 books ago in the series and I hadn't read, well, I'm up to page 100 and Anita still hasn't 'f*cked someone's brains out', as Laurell so quaintly describes Anita's sexual escapades now. Maybe there's hope for Laurell yet?
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Adding to what I wrote above, while still reading the book, I have to say now that I've finished it that Laurell may have been convinced by her editors, publishers or even feedback from fans to lay off of the unnecessary and gratuitous sex scenes. Micah would have been better off as a short story (really not enough material to justify book length on this one), but I was glad to see Laurell showing a hell of a lot more restraint when it comes to sex, than in her prior books in this series.
January 8, 2009
I promised myself I wouldn't read past Obsidian Butterfly, but then I was given this for free and I have to see if it's as awful as I think it's going to be... signs are pointing to yes.
Page 136 edit: The sex, OMG the sex... I don't think I'll ever stop laughing...
Jesusfuck, why do I do this to myself?
Page 136 edit: The sex, OMG the sex... I don't think I'll ever stop laughing...
Jesusfuck, why do I do this to myself?
January 11, 2012
Micah is a very interesting character. As I’ve already mentioned he is one of my favorite sweeties. Micah and Nathaniel completely rock my world!
Micah was one of my refuges. His arms, his body, his smile. His quiet acceptance of me, violence and all. Now I was back to being scared. Shit.
With that said, this book must have been rushed. Either it was rushed or it took awhile to write because it was…boring. I really dislike writing negative reviews, but this is one of my least favorite books in this series. Total bummer.
When you're reading a series and one of the main characters, one of whom you adore, takes the spotlight in a book all his own ... you want a great backstory! You want a fantastic book that gives you a hello there baby feeling about a character who consumes you. That is not what happens with this book.
I adore Olaf and Nathaniel. I sincerely hope that if they receive the attention that is well deserved, it is given with brilliance and passion. I just won't take kindly if Nathaniel is explained in 200 pages ;)
The "ardeur" completely changed the direction of this series. Once, Blake was a strong-minded, arrogant and a complete prude.
Through ties to Jean-Claude I’d inherited some abilities. One of those abilities was the ardeur. It was as if sex were food, and if I didn’t eat enough I got sick.
This book takes you out-of-town. Blake needs to raise a zombie for the courts and in order to survive the ardeur, she must bring a sweetie with her or ravage some unworthy stranger.
Micah accompanies her, and although there are mild disagreements between them, it’s more or less a yawn grasping story.
I really should give this review my full attention and try to point out some interesting aspects but unfortunately, there are none.
Zombie. Sex. Death. Survival. That about sums it up.
The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.
I recommend this book to those reading this series. It can actually be skipped over and not mess with the storyline. If you’re anything like me, you’ll suffer through the book because skipping is cheating. Not to mention the OCD would just go all wacky ..
Mild sexual content, mild violence. I recommend this book to mature adults.
Happy Reading!
Micah was one of my refuges. His arms, his body, his smile. His quiet acceptance of me, violence and all. Now I was back to being scared. Shit.
With that said, this book must have been rushed. Either it was rushed or it took awhile to write because it was…boring. I really dislike writing negative reviews, but this is one of my least favorite books in this series. Total bummer.
When you're reading a series and one of the main characters, one of whom you adore, takes the spotlight in a book all his own ... you want a great backstory! You want a fantastic book that gives you a hello there baby feeling about a character who consumes you. That is not what happens with this book.
I adore Olaf and Nathaniel. I sincerely hope that if they receive the attention that is well deserved, it is given with brilliance and passion. I just won't take kindly if Nathaniel is explained in 200 pages ;)
The "ardeur" completely changed the direction of this series. Once, Blake was a strong-minded, arrogant and a complete prude.
Through ties to Jean-Claude I’d inherited some abilities. One of those abilities was the ardeur. It was as if sex were food, and if I didn’t eat enough I got sick.
This book takes you out-of-town. Blake needs to raise a zombie for the courts and in order to survive the ardeur, she must bring a sweetie with her or ravage some unworthy stranger.
Micah accompanies her, and although there are mild disagreements between them, it’s more or less a yawn grasping story.
I really should give this review my full attention and try to point out some interesting aspects but unfortunately, there are none.
Zombie. Sex. Death. Survival. That about sums it up.
The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.
I recommend this book to those reading this series. It can actually be skipped over and not mess with the storyline. If you’re anything like me, you’ll suffer through the book because skipping is cheating. Not to mention the OCD would just go all wacky ..
Mild sexual content, mild violence. I recommend this book to mature adults.
Happy Reading!
November 18, 2015
In this little short story we get to see once again that Micah is way too good for Anita. He is such a nice guy, but way too easy to steamroll. And, Anita is the definition of a steamroller. A bitchy steamroller.
run away, Micah!
So, Micah travels out of town with Anita to do a zombie-raising, and they get to spend time alone for the first time. Of course this makes Anita nervous and bitchy. He even changes their motel room for a nice hotel, on his dime, and she acts like he just cut the bitch. For some reason, him doing this romantic gesture makes her angry. Unreasonably angry. Seriously? Micah, I know a lot of women who would show some appreciation for you and your..um.. gifts.
Also, there is a scene where Micah talks about his brother, and Anita says that she didn't even know he had siblings. Really? He's been living with her for months, sleeping together, and they haven't even talked about the things I know about my grocery store deli clerk? (Hey, people are friendly in the South. If you go to the grocery store, you leave with milk, bread, and a few new friends.)
So, basically, this was just another book highlighting the selfish bitchiness of our main character. Yes, I'm almost done with the next book. And, yes, I'm out after that one.
run away, Micah!
So, Micah travels out of town with Anita to do a zombie-raising, and they get to spend time alone for the first time. Of course this makes Anita nervous and bitchy. He even changes their motel room for a nice hotel, on his dime, and she acts like he just cut the bitch. For some reason, him doing this romantic gesture makes her angry. Unreasonably angry. Seriously? Micah, I know a lot of women who would show some appreciation for you and your..um.. gifts.
Also, there is a scene where Micah talks about his brother, and Anita says that she didn't even know he had siblings. Really? He's been living with her for months, sleeping together, and they haven't even talked about the things I know about my grocery store deli clerk? (Hey, people are friendly in the South. If you go to the grocery store, you leave with milk, bread, and a few new friends.)
So, basically, this was just another book highlighting the selfish bitchiness of our main character. Yes, I'm almost done with the next book. And, yes, I'm out after that one.
May 29, 2007
What a piece of crap. I picked it up at the airport, and I should have left it on the plane.
August 24, 2008
I hate Micah and I hate novellas disguised as novels. This was a waste of time and about the point I started hating Anita. Mind you I still buy her books, but I think part of me just wishes she would get shot a spend about three books in a coma.
September 15, 2014
Anita gets a call early one morning (does this woman ever get calls during normal business hours?) - it's Larry. His pregnant wife, Tammy, is going into premature labor, and he can't fly out to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a case. Anita agrees to go, and to restrain the pesky ardeur, she brings along Micah.
If I had spent money on this audiobook, I'd be asking for a refund right about now. Unabridged, this "novel" is a mere 4 hours long. Ellen Degeneres' Seriously...I'm Kidding is the same length, and I think I may have liked that one better.
Anyway, after the atrocity that was Incubus Dreams, a largely plotless book that spent more time with Anita hopping in an out of guys' pants than any crime, I wasn't sure I'd ever return to this series. But I needed something a bit lighter than I had been reading, and I figured that the teenie-tiny "Micah" couldn't be as bad as "Dreams".
Turns out, I was right! I found this book to be a great improvement over "Dreams". Gone are the five hour long arguments over who is going to sleep with Anita when and in what position. Gone are the constant fights with authority figures. Gone are the endless meanderings of Anita about her relationships. Gone are Anita's hatred for women. This book focuses intensely on Anita and Micah and their relationship. And in that regard, this book is a winner. We actually have time to look at the two and feel their chemistry. And as long as you forget the rape-y shower scene in Narcissus in Chains, you might find yourself liking Micah quite a bit more.
But just because this book is better than "Dreams", doesn't mean it's fabulous and I'm an Anita Blake fan. I mean, dirt is better than kitty poo, after all. This book has plenty of flaws along with our favorite LKHisms:
1. I found myself being OK with Micah - right up until this exchange:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! How am I supposed to listen to that with a straight face? How did the NARRATOR read that with a straight face?
2. How big is too big?
Wow, how does Micah have sex with anyone with a schlong like that? I'd think he'd send women to the HOSPITAL with a Wang like that!
3. Just in case you thought Anita might actually start acting and talking like a feminist - no worries! She's the same sexist, misogynistic a-hole as ever! When Larry calls needing help, Anita volunteers, no questions-asked, no hard feelings. But last book, when Ronnie called up drunk, despairing over a broken relationship, Anita got upset that Ronnie made her go to a club to save her and "threaten" her delicate Wangs.
"I probably overshared. That girlness again." -> Yucky girlness! It's not like GUYS ever overshare or that women DON'T.
"It felt weak and very girl-ic and I didn't like it." -> Because doing anything remotely associate with being a woman is BAD. And "girly" is now too bleh of a word to use, so let's invent a new one!
"How many women had hurt him?" -> What about all the women he caused to bleed when he jammed his Wang into them? No, we can't possibly have compassion to them! They are just horrible because they are born with Woohoos that aren't big enough for His Bigness.
4. The ardeur (pronounced humorously as "ar DOOR") is back! Fortunately, it only appears once. Unfortunately, the sex scene is your typical squickiness we've come to know and love from LKH, filled with endless repetitions of "F- me!", "So wet, so tight", and "OMG, is it even going to fit?!"
5. Fox and later Franklin both take offense at Anita, as cops in this world are wont to do whenever she appears. Because women in the law enforcement fields in the naughties is so uncommon. Fox quickly though comes to the Light Side when Anita tells him that no, she didn't flirt with a guy from Obsidian Butterfly and everything is totes OK. The other guy makes an excellent point, which Anita steamrolls over. Because while others can't twist the laws to their wills, Anita better'd be able to, gorrammit!
6. The last 20 min of a 4 hour audiobook wrap up the book. More time is spent with Micah and Anita talking or having sex than the so-called plot.
What is sadly absent are endless pages of clothing descriptions and truly execrable writing. LKH does detail what Micah and Anita wear, but for once, it was rather brief and not that flowery. As for the writing quality, it wasn't half bad - much like the beginning books - with the exception of the items from #4.
This is definitely not the worst of the series; yes, it's not great, but at points, it wasn't half bad. And having it so short was a plus - at least we didn't have 80 repetitive sex scenes and police p!ssing contests! However, I would definitely not recommend buying this; spending full price for this extremely short book is a waste of trees and paper. Pick up a copy used (shouldn't be a problem finding one) or at the library.
If I had spent money on this audiobook, I'd be asking for a refund right about now. Unabridged, this "novel" is a mere 4 hours long. Ellen Degeneres' Seriously...I'm Kidding is the same length, and I think I may have liked that one better.
Anyway, after the atrocity that was Incubus Dreams, a largely plotless book that spent more time with Anita hopping in an out of guys' pants than any crime, I wasn't sure I'd ever return to this series. But I needed something a bit lighter than I had been reading, and I figured that the teenie-tiny "Micah" couldn't be as bad as "Dreams".
Turns out, I was right! I found this book to be a great improvement over "Dreams". Gone are the five hour long arguments over who is going to sleep with Anita when and in what position. Gone are the constant fights with authority figures. Gone are the endless meanderings of Anita about her relationships. Gone are Anita's hatred for women. This book focuses intensely on Anita and Micah and their relationship. And in that regard, this book is a winner. We actually have time to look at the two and feel their chemistry. And as long as you forget the rape-y shower scene in Narcissus in Chains, you might find yourself liking Micah quite a bit more.
But just because this book is better than "Dreams", doesn't mean it's fabulous and I'm an Anita Blake fan. I mean, dirt is better than kitty poo, after all. This book has plenty of flaws along with our favorite LKHisms:
1. I found myself being OK with Micah - right up until this exchange:
"What was the first straw?"
He looked down, and I realized he was embarrassed. "What?" I asked.
"I was too big."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! How am I supposed to listen to that with a straight face? How did the NARRATOR read that with a straight face?
2. How big is too big?
Long enough that he could touch his own belly button without using his hands. Thick enough that I couldn't get finger and thumb completely around him when he was at his thickest.
Wow, how does Micah have sex with anyone with a schlong like that? I'd think he'd send women to the HOSPITAL with a Wang like that!
3. Just in case you thought Anita might actually start acting and talking like a feminist - no worries! She's the same sexist, misogynistic a-hole as ever! When Larry calls needing help, Anita volunteers, no questions-asked, no hard feelings. But last book, when Ronnie called up drunk, despairing over a broken relationship, Anita got upset that Ronnie made her go to a club to save her and "threaten" her delicate Wangs.
"I probably overshared. That girlness again." -> Yucky girlness! It's not like GUYS ever overshare or that women DON'T.
"It felt weak and very girl-ic and I didn't like it." -> Because doing anything remotely associate with being a woman is BAD. And "girly" is now too bleh of a word to use, so let's invent a new one!
"How many women had hurt him?" -> What about all the women he caused to bleed when he jammed his Wang into them? No, we can't possibly have compassion to them! They are just horrible because they are born with Woohoos that aren't big enough for His Bigness.
4. The ardeur (pronounced humorously as "ar DOOR") is back! Fortunately, it only appears once. Unfortunately, the sex scene is your typical squickiness we've come to know and love from LKH, filled with endless repetitions of "F- me!", "So wet, so tight", and "OMG, is it even going to fit?!"
5. Fox and later Franklin both take offense at Anita, as cops in this world are wont to do whenever she appears. Because women in the law enforcement fields in the naughties is so uncommon. Fox quickly though comes to the Light Side when Anita tells him that no, she didn't flirt with a guy from Obsidian Butterfly and everything is totes OK. The other guy makes an excellent point, which Anita steamrolls over. Because while others can't twist the laws to their wills, Anita better'd be able to, gorrammit!
What is it about her? She blinks those big brown eyes and everyone just looks the other way as she breaks a dozen rules am bends the very law we're sworn to uphold?
6. The last 20 min of a 4 hour audiobook wrap up the book. More time is spent with Micah and Anita talking or having sex than the so-called plot.
What is sadly absent are endless pages of clothing descriptions and truly execrable writing. LKH does detail what Micah and Anita wear, but for once, it was rather brief and not that flowery. As for the writing quality, it wasn't half bad - much like the beginning books - with the exception of the items from #4.
This is definitely not the worst of the series; yes, it's not great, but at points, it wasn't half bad. And having it so short was a plus - at least we didn't have 80 repetitive sex scenes and police p!ssing contests! However, I would definitely not recommend buying this; spending full price for this extremely short book is a waste of trees and paper. Pick up a copy used (shouldn't be a problem finding one) or at the library.
April 9, 2023
3.5 rounded up to 4
Nice to see some focus on Micah and to see a more human side of Anita again.
Nice to see some focus on Micah and to see a more human side of Anita again.
July 9, 2018
It's funny because I remember when I first read this series, back when I was reading them as they were release, I really disliked Micah. I'm also realizing how much I actually overlooked from this series - I've become such a cynical reader now lol. Anyway... Micah.
From what I remember, this book was supposed to have been a novella but was later added as #13 in the series. Honestly, it could have been a novella as nothing major happened in terms of overlying plot. Anita gets sent out of town to raise the dead and she takes Micah because of that lovely arduer that she's plagued with. Along the way, Micah decides to share more about his past and why he is the way he is.
I've come to be ok with Micah now, I don't love him, but I get why he's there. And I was behind him for the most part when he was explaining his past to Anita. However, how can I take anyone seriously when one of the main reasons he was so hurt in the past was that his ding dong was too big for all of the women he slept with. Umm...okay. Didn't really need to know that but apparently Hamilton is obsessed with constantly talking about sizes because she spends almost an entire chapter talking about how big Micah is...even though this has been mentioned in every book he's been in since.
Another thing that was still there was Anita's self-righteousness. Her whole 'holier than thou' attitude really needs to go. Own up to your life and your freaking choices. I'm tired of hearing you complain!
What I did like was getting to know more about Micah without every one around (penis size excluded). I also like that we got to go back to the beginning in terms of Anita actually raising the dead and doing police work. I like exploring her new powers, I just wish Hamilton liked it as well and focused less on how much sex can Anita have - luckily it wasn't that much in this book.
From what I remember, this book was supposed to have been a novella but was later added as #13 in the series. Honestly, it could have been a novella as nothing major happened in terms of overlying plot. Anita gets sent out of town to raise the dead and she takes Micah because of that lovely arduer that she's plagued with. Along the way, Micah decides to share more about his past and why he is the way he is.
I've come to be ok with Micah now, I don't love him, but I get why he's there. And I was behind him for the most part when he was explaining his past to Anita. However, how can I take anyone seriously when one of the main reasons he was so hurt in the past was that his ding dong was too big for all of the women he slept with. Umm...okay. Didn't really need to know that but apparently Hamilton is obsessed with constantly talking about sizes because she spends almost an entire chapter talking about how big Micah is...even though this has been mentioned in every book he's been in since.
Another thing that was still there was Anita's self-righteousness. Her whole 'holier than thou' attitude really needs to go. Own up to your life and your freaking choices. I'm tired of hearing you complain!
What I did like was getting to know more about Micah without every one around (penis size excluded). I also like that we got to go back to the beginning in terms of Anita actually raising the dead and doing police work. I like exploring her new powers, I just wish Hamilton liked it as well and focused less on how much sex can Anita have - luckily it wasn't that much in this book.
October 1, 2015
This book had no ending. Hell, it didn't even have a beginning.
I thought I'll really like this one, expected to like it more than the others. But I guess people are right, the series is really going downhill. This story was short and pretty boring, I got used to more exciting stories.
I thought I'll really like this one, expected to like it more than the others. But I guess people are right, the series is really going downhill. This story was short and pretty boring, I got used to more exciting stories.
September 13, 2007
This is really the end of the series for me. This book is just an sexathon between two of the characters. I could have saved my money and suggest you save yours.
October 31, 2013
Firstly, a pertinent point about this book is it’s short – it’s about 100 pages long by my e-reader and a substantial part of that is a preview of Danse Macabre. This is normally where I insert my complaints about how I don’t like novellas, but I’ll pass on it this once.
But I will say if you are going to write a novella, you have little space to actually waste words – your words have to count. You can’t write an 80 page story and then waffle. Unfortunately, this book does waffle – partly with the standard over-descriptive style interspaced with an annoying amount of recapping (though, to be fair, both are far more restrained than is common in the series) and partly with it taking its time to get on with the plot.
We then have scenes that take too long, add very little and take up space: a sex scene to be exact. And there was the obligatory Agent who calls in Anita but can’t be professional enough to hide his obvious dislike (all these people who hate Anita, none of them capable of a veneer of civility) which means we have to have a longwinded rendition of Anita vs The Haterz that will only get worse from this point in the series.
We also have a lot of revisiting of Anita’s issues. Now I’m not actually against exploring Anita’s need to constantly sabotage her own relationships, being awkward for awkwardness sake and often fleeing into anger whenever she feels any kind of emotion because she’s terrified of anything that may make her slightly vulnerable. These would be interesting things to explore – but less so things to repeat ad nauseum. Exploration is not the same as repetition especially in a novella where we have limited space to actually develop things.
One thing I was eager to see was some development of Micah. By this phase in the books Micah is pretty much a short guy who is a wereleopard and has a really big penis. As one of Anita’s main men – growing ever more important – it would be nice for him to be more than the Giant Kitty Cock (there’s a mental image for you).
Of course, this being the Anita Blake Series, “development” means “big load of angst.” So we get Micah angst… about being a wereleopard (therefore a monster) and having a huge cock (and how this made dating hard).
Y’know it could be an interesting thing to examine that the much vaunted mega-penis of doom actually has a downside, that most women don’t actually want anything to do with a penis the size of their arm and that it’s very easy to be fetishized because of it. Except we had it used as another example of how Anita is better than all women because not only can she take the super ginormocock of doom but she can do it with minimal foreplay while so very very very very tight (as we were told at extreme length) because she is ANITA!
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But I will say if you are going to write a novella, you have little space to actually waste words – your words have to count. You can’t write an 80 page story and then waffle. Unfortunately, this book does waffle – partly with the standard over-descriptive style interspaced with an annoying amount of recapping (though, to be fair, both are far more restrained than is common in the series) and partly with it taking its time to get on with the plot.
We then have scenes that take too long, add very little and take up space: a sex scene to be exact. And there was the obligatory Agent who calls in Anita but can’t be professional enough to hide his obvious dislike (all these people who hate Anita, none of them capable of a veneer of civility) which means we have to have a longwinded rendition of Anita vs The Haterz that will only get worse from this point in the series.
We also have a lot of revisiting of Anita’s issues. Now I’m not actually against exploring Anita’s need to constantly sabotage her own relationships, being awkward for awkwardness sake and often fleeing into anger whenever she feels any kind of emotion because she’s terrified of anything that may make her slightly vulnerable. These would be interesting things to explore – but less so things to repeat ad nauseum. Exploration is not the same as repetition especially in a novella where we have limited space to actually develop things.
One thing I was eager to see was some development of Micah. By this phase in the books Micah is pretty much a short guy who is a wereleopard and has a really big penis. As one of Anita’s main men – growing ever more important – it would be nice for him to be more than the Giant Kitty Cock (there’s a mental image for you).
Of course, this being the Anita Blake Series, “development” means “big load of angst.” So we get Micah angst… about being a wereleopard (therefore a monster) and having a huge cock (and how this made dating hard).
Y’know it could be an interesting thing to examine that the much vaunted mega-penis of doom actually has a downside, that most women don’t actually want anything to do with a penis the size of their arm and that it’s very easy to be fetishized because of it. Except we had it used as another example of how Anita is better than all women because not only can she take the super ginormocock of doom but she can do it with minimal foreplay while so very very very very tight (as we were told at extreme length) because she is ANITA!
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November 11, 2021
Por primera vez Anita y Micah van a tener una noche solos, aunque sea porque ella fue llamada para levantar un zombie que pudiera testificar para un tribunal. Eso activa todos los miedos de Anita y enfrenta a Micah con su pasado, lo que puede llevar a desestabilizar o afianzar su relacion.
Y como las cosas con Anita nunca son lo que parecen, se ve enfrentada a un antiguo oficial del FBI con el que trabajo antes y con un cementerio que tiene demasiada energia para su gusto.
Mas que un libro es una historia corta, refrescante porque solo tenemos una sola linea de trama sencilla, despues de que los ultimos libros fueran tan enredados y engorrosos, asi que fue un placer leerlo.
Aunque me quedan todavia varias dudas sobre como la prota presenta a los otros chicos con los que esta y porque solo estos dos fueron a verla.
Y como las cosas con Anita nunca son lo que parecen, se ve enfrentada a un antiguo oficial del FBI con el que trabajo antes y con un cementerio que tiene demasiada energia para su gusto.
Mas que un libro es una historia corta, refrescante porque solo tenemos una sola linea de trama sencilla, despues de que los ultimos libros fueran tan enredados y engorrosos, asi que fue un placer leerlo.
Aunque me quedan todavia varias dudas sobre como la prota presenta a los otros chicos con los que esta y porque solo estos dos fueron a verla.
April 15, 2012
I was so pissed off when I got home and opened the book. I already knew it only a hundred pages or so but it was also double spaced! I paid like 5 bucks for something that had less content then a newspaper. The story was the usual "I'm Anita Blake. I dress like a slut because my seven boyfriends like it. Not because I am one. Well, actually, I am but it's not my fault. I have this condition called the aurdor which means I have to hump every hot guy I come across. If your not sexy enough for me then I will probably shoot you because I am so fucking bad ass and because you obviously hate women." God. I wish I could punch her in the face. That feminazi stuff gets on my last nerve. A little is okay but if she isn't screwing someone she is cussing them out. LKH's books are just like scooby doo with TONS of sex. It's always the ominous person you meet in the beginning of the book. There. I just just saved you all a lot of time and money. The first few are pretty good until Anita turns in into a psycho slut. Then it's all downhill from there. Although if you are into erotica books then you might enjoy these. LKH should probably go ahead and drop the whole story line part because this is obviously the direction she wants to take this series.
November 26, 2008
Micah by Laurell K hamilon, was a fake book. Here we have the 245 page new installment in the Antia Blake series, but it's just a filler… Remember when you were in school, and your teacher assigned you a certain number of page paper to do? But you really didn't have too much to write… So you space it out as far as you can…. That's what Hamilton did for this book. Her books are usually tiny print, words packed into the pages, and STILL long. This has the largest ever typeface, sooo spaced out, borders around each page, a whole blank page for each new chapter… She used every trick in the book to fill up her quota. The whole book is as big as one or two chapters in a normal book, and has as much information. We learn how Micah became a wereleopard, and that's it. I did like what was there, it's just there wasn't anything really there. It's like one bite of a snack. You can even skip this book in the series and never realize you did. It's nothing but a short story/chapter.
February 6, 2023
Micah...Micah...Micah...
The perfect man for Anita. Besides his being the fated.mate.to her were-leopard...
I mean...
And the one time that the two of them get to go off together and leave the kids at home.
What happens?
They have great sex.
Micah reveals his were origins to Anita.
And the zombie that Anita has been tasked with raising...
Oh yeah...
Did I forget to mention that the time away was also a business trip?
Well...
Consider it mentioned.
Anyhoo...
Said zombie goes rogue and Anita almost dies.
AGAIN!!!!
OK.
Now on to the technical stuff.
Wow!
Micah and Anita just fit. Alpha to alpha.
His quiet strength brings out the softer side of Anita. In a way that none of her other lovers can.
And she in turn brings out a protective side of him. That is a beautiful thing to behold.
Micah's back story and the blast from his past that serves to bring everything full circle. Serve to make him even more relatable.
If such a thing is possible.
Making both the reader and Anita love him all the more.
Heres hoping that he remains a mainstay in both the series and Anita's life.
The perfect man for Anita. Besides his being the fated.mate.to her were-leopard...
I mean...
And the one time that the two of them get to go off together and leave the kids at home.
What happens?
They have great sex.
Micah reveals his were origins to Anita.
And the zombie that Anita has been tasked with raising...
Oh yeah...
Did I forget to mention that the time away was also a business trip?
Well...
Consider it mentioned.
Anyhoo...
Said zombie goes rogue and Anita almost dies.
AGAIN!!!!
OK.
Now on to the technical stuff.
Wow!
Micah and Anita just fit. Alpha to alpha.
His quiet strength brings out the softer side of Anita. In a way that none of her other lovers can.
And she in turn brings out a protective side of him. That is a beautiful thing to behold.
Micah's back story and the blast from his past that serves to bring everything full circle. Serve to make him even more relatable.
If such a thing is possible.
Making both the reader and Anita love him all the more.
Heres hoping that he remains a mainstay in both the series and Anita's life.
December 7, 2014
Anita is off to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a court case but with the ardeur being an issue, Micah insists on going with her for the trip. So for the first time, Anita is alone with Micah and that causes problems for her.
I swear I was ready to slap Anita into next week with her childish, moronic behaviour in this 'book'. Micah tries to comfort her over her fear of flying and she takes it as an insult as if he is suggesting that she is weak because she is a girl. She then gets mad at Micah for booking them into a plush hotel instead of the cheap motel that the FBI were going to supply them with. What the hell is wrong with the ungrateful cow? The guy does something nice for you because it is your first time away together on your own and you go into a sulk! She then starts frowning over the room service meal that arrives. After the meal she then starts thinking about how quickly she had sex with Micah after meeting him for the first time and how he has never asked her about all her scars and she goes into ANOTHER mood. Talk about being a whiny bitch!
Then as usual, we have the sexist cops that Anita gets to have a fight with to prove herself-very original. And as she does in every book in the series, she starts brooding over everything. I'm sick to death of hearing her endless woes and I'm not a big fan of Micah either. He's so bland and boring. This book is just a filler and adds nothing to the series. We don't even have the better characters in the series to save the book. It is just dross and you can easily just miss it out.
The only good point in the book was the fact that Anita decides to go to work and do some zombie raising but that wasn't enough to save the book.
I swear I was ready to slap Anita into next week with her childish, moronic behaviour in this 'book'. Micah tries to comfort her over her fear of flying and she takes it as an insult as if he is suggesting that she is weak because she is a girl. She then gets mad at Micah for booking them into a plush hotel instead of the cheap motel that the FBI were going to supply them with. What the hell is wrong with the ungrateful cow? The guy does something nice for you because it is your first time away together on your own and you go into a sulk! She then starts frowning over the room service meal that arrives. After the meal she then starts thinking about how quickly she had sex with Micah after meeting him for the first time and how he has never asked her about all her scars and she goes into ANOTHER mood. Talk about being a whiny bitch!
Then as usual, we have the sexist cops that Anita gets to have a fight with to prove herself-very original. And as she does in every book in the series, she starts brooding over everything. I'm sick to death of hearing her endless woes and I'm not a big fan of Micah either. He's so bland and boring. This book is just a filler and adds nothing to the series. We don't even have the better characters in the series to save the book. It is just dross and you can easily just miss it out.
The only good point in the book was the fact that Anita decides to go to work and do some zombie raising but that wasn't enough to save the book.
September 29, 2009
This is definitely the worst book in the series so far. First of all, what would normally be five chapters or so in any other book has been stretched out (with large margins, extra spacing between words and lines, and a full page for each chapter number) into twelve. Which means that Hamilton's annoying habit of chapter-long disgustingly graphic sex scenes turned into Hamilton's annoying habit of THREE-chapter-long disgustingly graphic sex scenes--only this time with the stupidest, most eye-roll inducing dialogue I've ever read. Seriously. And the plot is terribly simplistic. Anita gets asked by Larry to take one of his zombie-raising jobs at the last minute, and she takes Micah with her, you know, for the sex. They share their scar stories, there's some talk about how BIG Micah is (ahem), sex, sex, sex, more Micah is SO BIG, and then they go to the job which, of course, goes horribly wrong. This happens in the second-to-last chapter. In the last chapter, Anita wakes up in the hospital and is told that ho-hum, everything turned out fine. The end. The entire book seemed like an exercise in finding out how little work Hamilton could put into this and still make money. So BOO! I'd skip this one, folks. Really.
November 23, 2007
From a blog post I wrote in 2006:
This addition to Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series was disappointing.
I felt like it was mostly a throwaway story. The plot revolved around Anita and her King of the Wereleopards partner, Micah, going to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a trial. (That sentence really only makes sense to someone who's read some of these books, I realize.) It's their first time being alone and Anita freaks out about the intimacy (which she does in every dang book), we get Micah's backstory and find out that Anita has an even stronger connection to the dead now.
It could all have been told in a few pages of exposition in another book. There just didn't feel like enough here to justify its own tome.
This addition to Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series was disappointing.
I felt like it was mostly a throwaway story. The plot revolved around Anita and her King of the Wereleopards partner, Micah, going to Philadelphia to raise a zombie for a trial. (That sentence really only makes sense to someone who's read some of these books, I realize.) It's their first time being alone and Anita freaks out about the intimacy (which she does in every dang book), we get Micah's backstory and find out that Anita has an even stronger connection to the dead now.
It could all have been told in a few pages of exposition in another book. There just didn't feel like enough here to justify its own tome.
June 18, 2016
I've enjoyed this whole series, which is why it pains me to give this one only two stars. I noticed (before reading) that it had a low GR rating. But I thought that had to be wrong, because this is Anita Blake. Well to my total dismay....I think the GR rating is actually quite generous, because I can only give it 2 stars, (and I feel like that is being generous.)
I'm almost embarrassed to have people see that I read this. It was SO NOT MY KIND of book. I just have one question.....Where was the plot?
I'm almost embarrassed to have people see that I read this. It was SO NOT MY KIND of book. I just have one question.....Where was the plot?
April 25, 2014
Upřímně, bylo to takové rychlé, že jsem to ani moc nepobrala a už byl konec... ale ta malá ochutnávka z Dance M. Stála za to, už se moooc těším.
A tenhle díl mi opět potvrdil, že mám Micaha MNOHEM raději než toho pitomečka Richarda.
A tenhle díl mi opět potvrdil, že mám Micaha MNOHEM raději než toho pitomečka Richarda.
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May 23, 2024Spoilers: This one is a barely there sidequest with Micah. Anita subs in for Larry Kirkland for a quick animator job in Philly… obviously the raising is more than it seems. Micah and Anita have a nice moment in a fancy hotel. Nothing deep is discussed besides Micah’s shifter origin story. We learn that Anita is a shifter carrier—carrying wolf, leopard, lion, and one other kind of lycanthropy all at the same time. That’s all she wrote! It’s superrrrr short.
February 28, 2019
Poor Anita is always woken by the phone ringing. Guess that's what happens when you sleep during the day. :(
I will say one thing. Anita Blake books always have great sex scenes.
Anita's ability to heal will always amaze me. I wish I had healing ability like that.
I liked learning about how Micah became a wereleopard. It was sad but interesting.
I will say one thing. Anita Blake books always have great sex scenes.
Anita's ability to heal will always amaze me. I wish I had healing ability like that.
I liked learning about how Micah became a wereleopard. It was sad but interesting.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 11, 2009
Anita fills in as a reanimator for a friend, and has to fly to Philadelphia. Because she’s still getting her ardeur under control, she brings Micah along with her. He tries to set up a little romantic getaway for them because they’ve never really had any long length of time together, and Anita wigs out because she can’t figure out what it means, how she’s supposed to feel, and because she’s stupid like that and can’t appreciate a good thing. Yeah. So they get there and Anita clashes with the Feds, then she clashes with the judge and one of the lawyers who are involved in the case, then she nearly gets killed by the zombie who wants revenge on the man he feels ended his life. And all of this in just 245 pages? Yeah.
Well, the good news is that it’s a fast read. The bad news is that there’s very little plot, there’s the predictable sex – it’s kinky and wild and Hamilton must be running out of things to say or Anita’s become the type who just repeats “do me do me do me” over and over again (replace with appropriate expletive). And that was just…annoying after awhile.
It’s kind of tiring to watch her go through the same things over and over again – just attaining new scars, but not really becoming more comfortable with the men/vampires/werethings she’s involved with romantically. It’s not as though I’d want to see her settle down…I just like a little more, oh, I dunno, plot, action to go along with my steamy scenes. She doesn’t seem to be growing much emotionally. She’s still a tough cookie and I’d like to see her DO some things and not just have these one scene wonders where everything blows up in her face and she barely escapes with her life. And then that surrounded by 400 pages of her getting it on with her peeps and worrying incessantly about how that’s going. Bah.
Well, the good news is that it’s a fast read. The bad news is that there’s very little plot, there’s the predictable sex – it’s kinky and wild and Hamilton must be running out of things to say or Anita’s become the type who just repeats “do me do me do me” over and over again (replace with appropriate expletive). And that was just…annoying after awhile.
It’s kind of tiring to watch her go through the same things over and over again – just attaining new scars, but not really becoming more comfortable with the men/vampires/werethings she’s involved with romantically. It’s not as though I’d want to see her settle down…I just like a little more, oh, I dunno, plot, action to go along with my steamy scenes. She doesn’t seem to be growing much emotionally. She’s still a tough cookie and I’d like to see her DO some things and not just have these one scene wonders where everything blows up in her face and she barely escapes with her life. And then that surrounded by 400 pages of her getting it on with her peeps and worrying incessantly about how that’s going. Bah.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 19, 2010
I was never really interested in Micah character nor thought that the addition of said character was necessary. Of all of Anita's men, Micah is how should I say this - flat? Not likable? Unnecessary?
Whatever that word might be, the meaning is still the same. Why did Hamilton wrote this book? I don't know really but it didn't do any justice to the series. It's just sad how the avid readers of the series seems to be slipping away because of how the story progress from being awesome to this. No word can really describe it. What the reason why I still read the series? I'll give you three. One, I'm an avid fan and will always be. Two, I never abandon a series however the story went. I still enjoy reading the series with all the action but still hoping that the sex part would be lessen. And lastly, I am still praying that Hamilton will turn this series around. I am loyal and I do think that the downhill spiral will change, I just don't know with what book.
To sum it up, do I still recommend the series? Hell yes.
Do I love it as much as I love the first half of the series, no.
Will I still continue reading it? Yes.
Should you read it? Well that depends. As I always say, every reader has their own opinion and flavor in book selection but fair warning to those who doesn't like sex scenes to much, this book is not for you. :)
Laurell K. Hamilton
Whatever that word might be, the meaning is still the same. Why did Hamilton wrote this book? I don't know really but it didn't do any justice to the series. It's just sad how the avid readers of the series seems to be slipping away because of how the story progress from being awesome to this. No word can really describe it. What the reason why I still read the series? I'll give you three. One, I'm an avid fan and will always be. Two, I never abandon a series however the story went. I still enjoy reading the series with all the action but still hoping that the sex part would be lessen. And lastly, I am still praying that Hamilton will turn this series around. I am loyal and I do think that the downhill spiral will change, I just don't know with what book.
To sum it up, do I still recommend the series? Hell yes.
Do I love it as much as I love the first half of the series, no.
Will I still continue reading it? Yes.
Should you read it? Well that depends. As I always say, every reader has their own opinion and flavor in book selection but fair warning to those who doesn't like sex scenes to much, this book is not for you. :)
Laurell K. Hamilton
February 20, 2011
Micah is the first novella in the Anita Blake series. It allows Anita to spend some alone time with Micah and also gets her a bit back to the zombie raising that seems to fade into the background in many of the recent books.
Anita is a lot to handle, in life, and especially in this book. Her fear of commitment comes to a head while away with Micah, forcing her to voice all her crazy "why would anyone love me?" thoughts. Somehow Anita becomes both needy and distant at the same time. Micah finally starts to show a bit of what he's been thinking this whole time and the insight into his character goes a long way in explaining his calm demeanor.
Anita and Micah are in Philadelphia on this trip, but just about nothing of the city is shown. The thing that really made this novella worth the read was that we finally start getting some answers - more than just theories - about what's going on with Anita metaphysically. The news Anita gets will do much to shape future books in the series.
Micah is a very quick read, which is refreshing after the long winded Incubus Dreams. The last chapter really makes the entire book and fans of the series will not want to miss it.
Anita is a lot to handle, in life, and especially in this book. Her fear of commitment comes to a head while away with Micah, forcing her to voice all her crazy "why would anyone love me?" thoughts. Somehow Anita becomes both needy and distant at the same time. Micah finally starts to show a bit of what he's been thinking this whole time and the insight into his character goes a long way in explaining his calm demeanor.
Anita and Micah are in Philadelphia on this trip, but just about nothing of the city is shown. The thing that really made this novella worth the read was that we finally start getting some answers - more than just theories - about what's going on with Anita metaphysically. The news Anita gets will do much to shape future books in the series.
Micah is a very quick read, which is refreshing after the long winded Incubus Dreams. The last chapter really makes the entire book and fans of the series will not want to miss it.
June 25, 2010
I think that this was originally meant to be a short story and ran too long for it so she turned it to a short book if you will. The book before this one was ridiculous with all the emergency sex. Don't get me wrong I enjoy a good sex scene a lot but in the previous book, Incubus Dreams, it was OUT OF CONTROL!! I think in ONE night, Anita had sex like FIVE TIMES!!!! All but one of those 5 scenes had another character either taking part in some way, or watching while laying in bed with Anita and "fill in blank" In this book there was only one sex scene and it was not a group activity so that was much better. I like Micah. I read a few reviews and a lot of the opinions lie with not liking him. While he isn't my type physically he has an awesome personality and I think is the perfect match to Anita. This book did not hold much action, or suspense, and I do agree with one persons description of it being more a fluff piece, but nevertheless, I enjoyed it and liked getting a little bit of insight into Micah. Very short read by the way. I am a slow reader and I read it in about 4 hours total.
July 21, 2009
OMG this was a terrible book. The whole series up till this one was kinda interesting if oversexed. Then this piece of trash came out. I can sum up the whole story very quickly for you. OMG my boyfriends thing is SO huge, omg I might be pregnant, omg my boyfriends thing is SO huge, omg I am SO weird about relationships, omg my boyfriends thing is SO huge, omg I am SO weird about relationships, omg my boyfriends thing is SO huge, I killed something, omg my boyfriends thing is SO huge and I am so weird about relationships. The end. I don't know if she had a car wreck and was on painkillers for a while or what, but man this was not worth reading.
November 4, 2008
This was the book that convinced me to not read the Anita Blake series any further. It started going downhill after Obsidian Butterfly, but this got patently ridiculous. At least the Merry Gentry series has always been all about the smut with bits of plot instead of pretending to be a detective series.
May 8, 2019
I loved that Micah and Anita had some one on one time together. Sucks for the reason but I loved that he kind of pulls a fast one and goes all out. I just loved getting more of their connection and how it works.
Again the narrator is good other than her We’re ANIMAL miss pronunciation!!
Rey was great!
Again the narrator is good other than her We’re ANIMAL miss pronunciation!!
Rey was great!
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