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When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who
is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she
is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love,
and she knows everything there is to know about loss. But what she
also knows, though Tony Bennington seems unwilling to be convinced,
is that the thing she can do as a necromancer isn't the miracle he
thinks he needs. The creature that Anita could coerce to step out
of the late Mrs. Bennington's grave would not be the lovely Mrs.
Bennington. Not really. And not for long.
DissapointingReviewed by Jessica L. Hornby, 2010-03-09
Wow where did Anita go and when was she replaced with the co-dependent person after 17 awsome books this just feals like its turning into a soap i want action and passion and awsome bad guys iv bought the last 10 as they have come out but i think i might wait till paperback for the next one tear i miss my fav books by my fav author
Another messReviewed by Tosca, 2010-03-09
Just another pathetic excuse for an Anita Blake book. Glad I only borrowed it from the library.
Déjà vuReviewed by Ella, 2010-03-09
Another in the Anita Blake series, although you might be forgiven for thinking Ms Hamilton cut and paste large sections of previous works to create this flimsy work. The first 50 pages are the same as the last few books. And the main character is still going over the same old personal territory without any discernible growth. It's just gotten beyond tedious. If you like character driven plots with sharp dialogue and intriguing situations, this is not the book for you... LKH seems to have lost that around book 6 or 7 of this series and is unashamedly churning out book after book without anything new. And I must admit the childish "point for him" scoring that the main character does is demeaning and childish. But maybe, disappointingly, that's the eventual legacy of this series; immature characters dressed in late eighties outfits and hairdos (lovingly described) playing with sex and violence. Sadly this series started with great originality and appeal, even if it was always poorly written, but now, it's just poorly written.
An Involuntary RaisingReviewed by Arthur W. Jordin, 2010-03-09
Flirt (2010) is the eighteenth Fantasy novel in the Anita Blake
series, following Skin Trade. In the previous volume, Vittorio
overwhelmed ten other vampires and set up a trap for Anita. Edward
broke up that plan and Anita convinced the Governor to commute the
sentence of the other vampires.
Vittorio fed off the ardeur of Anita and then went off to take Max
and Bibiani captive. Anita walked into the trap and played
Vittorio's game. Rocco spoke an Arabic phrase and Anita zapped
Vittorio with her ardeur.
In this novel, Anita Blake is a US Marshal in the Preternatural
Branch. The vampires call her the Executioner. She is also a
necromancer at Animators Inc. as well as the human servant of the
vampire Master of the City of Saint Louis.
Nathaniel Graison is a wereleopard and Anita's lover.
Jason Schuyler is a werewolf and a friend of Anita. He is also
Nathaniel's best friend.
Micah Callahan is the Nimir-Raj the local wereleopards and Anita's
lover.
In this story, Tony Bennington asks Anita to raise his wife from
the dead. She asks his purpose in doing so and he avoids the
question. After a while, Anita understands that he wants her to
raise Ilse permanently.
Anita knows that such animation is not possible and tries to talk
him out of the idea. He keeps trying to persuade her. Finally, she
just tells him no and escorts him out of her office.
Then Anita goes to lunch with Jason, Nathaniel and Micah. Jason
starts flirting with the waiter and Anita tries the same moves. The
waiter loses control of his speech at first and then hangs around
the table providing small services.
Later Anita has a client who wants to animate her husband just so
she can chop him to pieces with an axe. Every time Anita says no,
the woman just raises the offer. Finally, Anita gets her out of the
office.
Then Anita goes back to the same restaurant by herself. The waiter
remembers her and tries a come on. Anita smiles back and he gives
her the best service possible.
When she is waiting for the check, a werelion comes to her table.
She draws her Browning and points it under the table at his nether
regions. Then the waiter comes back with the check and another
werelion follows him with a drawn gun.
Anita manages to get the waiter away from the table, but the
scenario is still too deadly for the other people in the
restaurant. She lets the pair take her out to the car, where they
frisk her.
Anita's lioness is aroused by the smell of werelions. During the
frisk, the power of the lioness makes the searcher miss the big
knife on her back. Both werelions are aroused by her power and it
continues to bother them while they drive her to their
client.
The werelions make clear that they are threatening Micah, Jason and
Nathaniel. So Anita keeps her cool as much as she can to protect
her loved ones. It also makes her more dangerous to the werelions,
but they don't know that.
This tale not only brings out the werelion within Anita, but it
also arouses the blood thirst and the ardeur. The werelions are
tormented by her powers. They become thoroughly sorry that they
took on the job.
The story includes an Introduction where the author promises to
inform the reader about the origin of the story. After the story
itself, she does explain how the story sunk its claws into her
psyche and stole time from another story. At the very end of the
book, she includes comic strips that show another side of the
original incident.
This novel is one of the shortest in the Anita Blake series. It is
also a rather linear storyline. It is short and to the point.
This story is a digression from the schedule. The next installment
in this series is Bullet. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Hamilton fans and for anyone else who enjoys
tales of were creatures, arrogant and ignorant humans, and a
determined woman with preternatural powers. If anyone has not
previously read this series, the initial volume is Guilty
Pleasures.
-Arthur W. Jordin
LaughableReviewed by D. Hatley, 2010-03-08
Waited to read for free from library. So bad it was at least good for a laugh. Read some of it out loud to friends who don't know anything about her and they found the plot to be absolutely STUPID.
