Obsidian Butterfly

We all know that I love vampire books, right? At least, vampire books that aren't full of stupid, overly friendly, too nice vampires (don't get me started...it's a soapbox I wrote a paper on once).

Anyway, Laurell K. Hamilton writes the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. It started out Anita hunting vampires, at some point turned into that and her crazy love life, and went on and on like that. Just when it's getting too much about her love live, there's a great one like this.

In this, Anita goes to help Edward (not Cullen) in Santa Fe. Edward is a sociopath (but an oddly lovable one) that is a friend of Anita's (we've met him before). He needs help finding something (some preternatural creepy-crawly), and that's Anita's speciality.

There is almost no annoying emotional crap, but lots and lots of violence. Lots and lots and lots. Shooting and killing and bloody crime scenes.

Let me warn you-- don't read these books if you don't like the following: vampires, werewolves, sex, blood, violence, guns, magic...okay, you really have to be an odd duck to read these. But given the fact they're being bought (and read), means that there are a lot of odd ducks out there.

But what can I say. Of all the Anita Blake books, this is one of my favorites.

The Laughing Corpse

Okay, so I know I have posted in a while. It's not because I wasn't reading, I swear! I was reading, I was just reading stuff I've already read.

I also started another book, but it wasn't holding my attention really well, so I switched.

Anyway, I just finished The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton. It's the second book in her Anita Blake series.

I forgot how crazy this book is. Anita almost dies at least twice (which shouldn't surprise me at all), has a big fight with Jean-Claude (again, unsurprising), has to make the decision on who to save, on who lives and who dies.

Okay, so I have to admit, it's really good. Before the books get all emotional with which of the boys to choose (Richard or Jean-Claude, in The Killing Dance, book 6 of the 24 book series), they are really good. Of course, you have to like supernatural stuff and mass amounts of violence to consider them "good," but when I'm in the mood for violence and witty repartee, Anita Blake is my drug of choice.

Of course, I miss Edward. No, not Twilight's Edward Cullen. Edward "Ted" Forrester (at least, I think that's his last name...it is in his legal bounty hunter persona). He's a sociopath who has needs. Vampires call him Death, whereas Anita is just The Executioner.

Hmm... he's got a starring role in Obsidian Butterfly, and Anita doesn't even see the boys in that one. Maybe I'll read it next...