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Even vampires get ill. In the sixth outing of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, The Killing Dance, Anita's occasional boyfriend Jean-Claude, vampire Master of St. Louis, is asked to help another Master who is rotting where he stands. Anita's necromantic powers may be enough to help Sabin, in conjunction with those of Jean-Claude and of Richard, the werewolf whom she is thinking of marrying. Anita, though, has problems of her own--there is a contract out on her life and the politics of the city's were-beings are even more complicated than those of its vampires. Richard has refused to take leadership of the city's werewolf pack, because he refuses to kill its current Alpha; just by existing and having defeated them in combat, he is a threat to the authority of Max and Raina, the wolves' current rulers. And it makes things worse that he is trusted by the wererats, say, and the various independent were-creatures.
Laurell K Hamilton's background in animal ethnology adds a lot to the mix in this book; Anita has to do some long hard thinking about what it means to be in love with a man who changes to wolf. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Andre Norton
'I was enthralled by a departure from the usual type of vampire tale...'
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"She is the 'Executioner' and has more vampire kills than any other human. She is a necromancer of such power that clients travel halfway around the world to consult her. She is my human servant, without a mark to hold her to me. She dates me without vampire glamour." So speaks Jean Claude, Master Vampire of St. Louis, as he describes the love of his very long life, Anita Blake, to a perspective client - one of the undead. And Anita is back, in Book 6 of Laurell Hamilton's "Anita Blake Vampire Hunter" novels, as feisty, savvy, and talented as ever!
Anita's preternatural powers are increasing, and in "The Killing Dance" the lines begin to blur between her humanity and the supernatural. Always an uncompromising and tough lady, she's is developing a hardness, a detachment, that makes her fearful. An assassin has been hired to murder Anita. There's a $500,000 price on her head...and she's only a human! No one knows who, or what, is responsible for contracting the killer. Anita's friend, of dubious nature, bounty hunter Edward, alias Ted Forrester, has volunteered his services as detective and bodyguard. Her two love interests, Alpha werewolf and wannabe "leader of the pack," Richard Zeeman, and the aforementioned Jean Claude, are the ones most capable of protecting her. They attempt to put rivalry and jealousy on hold until the emergency is over.
Meanwhile, the brutal werewolf king Marcus and his sadistic lupa Rania, are determined to fight Richard and Anita to the death. An extremely powerful, unpredictable new vampire enters the picture. Centuries-old Sabin is dying of an illness lethal to vampires and needs Anita's skill to help cure him. Dominic Dumare, Sabine's human servant and necromancer extraordinaire, accompanies his master to St. Louis. The pair have a malevolent air about them. Could their intentions be equally so?
There are major pluses in "The Killing Dance, and a few minuses also. The best of the best: Anita is inducted as a lukoi, (pack member) and Richard's mate; she also sees Richard "change, an event which alters their relationship significantly; a triumvirate of power is formed with unlikely members; a gala opening of "Dance Macabre," Jean Claude's newest enterprise, is held and the costumes are even wilder than the guests. On the downside, after five episodes of struggling through relationship crises with Ms. Blake, I think the resolution here is a bit facile. And there is a major and surprising denouement in "The Killing Dance" which may disappoint readers.
Ms. Blake is an excellent writer who mixes fantasy with mystery, romance and dark humor. Her take on this derivative genre is a most unusual one. The humor, as always, adds much to the novel....and there are plenty of laughs to counteract the violence. Ms. Hamilton's descriptive prose is outstanding, whether depicting room decor, landscapes, unlikely beings and characters, or the results of Jean Claude's outrageous penchant for designing clothes. These novels are addictive and will rivet the reader. I suggest reading them in order for maximum reading pleasure.
JANA
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"There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was."
Anita Blake, aka The Executioner, with over 20 vampire kills to her name (and those are just the legal ones), now finds that she is the hunted. There's a $500,000 contract out on her, dead. Edward must find out who ordered the hit. To make matters more complicated, Richard and Marcus must bloodily resolve who will be leader of the pack. On top of all this, Anita's complicated ménage gets distinctly steamy, and very à trois. Although with alpha werewolf Richard becoming less human as he fights for the pack, and Master vampire Jean-Claude becoming seemingly more human as he fights for Anita, it's difficult for her to decide who to choose. The sex scenes again are very explicit and can detract from the main plot.
It's fascinating to watch Anita's progress through the series. She has stayed as uncompromising and tough as ever, but she's getting a hardness that frightens even herself. And by the end of this book, because she's a much more powerful Necromancer, possibly even becoming one of the 'monsters', she finds herself paying a price and in a situation she would never even have considered in the first book.
Anita Blake, aka The Executioner, with over 20 vampire kills to her name (and those are just the legal ones), now finds that she is the hunted. There's a $500,000 contract out on her, dead. Edward must find out who ordered the hit. To make matters more complicated, Richard and Marcus must bloodily resolve who will be leader of the pack. On top of all this, Anita's complicated ménage gets distinctly steamy, and very à trois. Although with alpha werewolf Richard becoming less human as he fights for the pack, and Master vampire Jean-Claude becoming seemingly more human as he fights for Anita, it's difficult for her to decide who to choose. The sex scenes again are very explicit and can detract from the main plot.
It's fascinating to watch Anita's progress through the series. She has stayed as uncompromising and tough as ever, but she's getting a hardness that frightens even herself. And by the end of this book, because she's a much more powerful Necromancer, possibly even becoming one of the 'monsters', she finds herself paying a price and in a situation she would never even have considered in the first book.
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I am a woman. I am the most womanliest woman ever, and am leading the way for women's rights. I am so woman, I out-men all the men. That's how woman I am. I am also the most powerful Necromancer ever. The others don't count because they're men. I'm the best but I don't like bragging because I'm just an ordinary Catholic girl (even though I'm not Catholic anymore). I work for Animators Inc, but really I could go freelance because I'm the best. It's because I hunt vampires. The rest of the employees are men. That has nothing to do with it. I also work for the police. They always beg me for help but I don't. Lately, they just get in the way of solving cases. But that's not their fault either. They're all men too.
I am a lone woman living in a man's world. Other women don't count.
A vampire's asking for my help. He has a tragic love story and is literally falling apart at the seams. But I'm not going to help because he's a vampire so that makes him evil. Also, he has powers that I don't and that's just not right, but I'll listen to him because I'm professional like that. Wait, he's not talking about me. Shut up. Jean-Claude is also here. I like looking at him, even though he's a vampire. But he's not evil because he's hot. I turn down the evil tragic vampire for no discernable reason. There is no way this can come back to bite me.
Now Edward's here. The sociopathic assassin who is in love with me, but doesn't realise because I haven't told him yet. He's as dishy as the rest of my emasculated, male, leather-fetish harem.
Apparently there are assassins after me. I'll just have to put on my black shirt, and my black jeans and my black Nike trainers with the blue swoosh and strap on my firestar and my knives and then ignore the problem.
The first assassin shot my front door. I liked that door. So I killed him.
The second tried to steal my handbag. I didn't really like that handbag, but no woman should ever get one over on me. So I killed her.
Turns out Richard's alpha wanted me dead because I'm too awesome. I made my boyfriend throw away all his morals and human values and kill his boss. And eat him. That wasn't very human, so I went home, had a bath and shagged a French corpse. I mean Jean-Claude. Turns out my boyfriend didn't really like that, I don't know why.
So that vampire I refused to heal got desperate and kidnapped my slaves. I mean love interests. I should have expected that. I have to go save the men because they're all useless. And men. And a bunch of guys want to rape me because I'm a woman. This is real life. I bind myself to my love-slaves in a ritualistic orgy of power and then proceed to shun them both because no man can tie me down.
Digested, digested read: Only real women act like men or my name isn't Laurell K- I mean Anita Blake.
I am a lone woman living in a man's world. Other women don't count.
A vampire's asking for my help. He has a tragic love story and is literally falling apart at the seams. But I'm not going to help because he's a vampire so that makes him evil. Also, he has powers that I don't and that's just not right, but I'll listen to him because I'm professional like that. Wait, he's not talking about me. Shut up. Jean-Claude is also here. I like looking at him, even though he's a vampire. But he's not evil because he's hot. I turn down the evil tragic vampire for no discernable reason. There is no way this can come back to bite me.
Now Edward's here. The sociopathic assassin who is in love with me, but doesn't realise because I haven't told him yet. He's as dishy as the rest of my emasculated, male, leather-fetish harem.
Apparently there are assassins after me. I'll just have to put on my black shirt, and my black jeans and my black Nike trainers with the blue swoosh and strap on my firestar and my knives and then ignore the problem.
The first assassin shot my front door. I liked that door. So I killed him.
The second tried to steal my handbag. I didn't really like that handbag, but no woman should ever get one over on me. So I killed her.
Turns out Richard's alpha wanted me dead because I'm too awesome. I made my boyfriend throw away all his morals and human values and kill his boss. And eat him. That wasn't very human, so I went home, had a bath and shagged a French corpse. I mean Jean-Claude. Turns out my boyfriend didn't really like that, I don't know why.
So that vampire I refused to heal got desperate and kidnapped my slaves. I mean love interests. I should have expected that. I have to go save the men because they're all useless. And men. And a bunch of guys want to rape me because I'm a woman. This is real life. I bind myself to my love-slaves in a ritualistic orgy of power and then proceed to shun them both because no man can tie me down.
Digested, digested read: Only real women act like men or my name isn't Laurell K- I mean Anita Blake.
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Powerful, addictive and terrifying
I wrote a review of the first book and what I'd experienced of the series prior to this book and was most impressed. Having read this book and started the next I am even more so. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tali
Great Read
I am addicted to reading about Anita Blake and her complicated life. Really enjoyed this book, it had some great twists. You must read them in order... Read more
Published 6 months ago by kinkfellows
Anita becomes an alpha female "wolf"..not
In this book Anita realises that Richard may be a wolf and an alpha, but he doesn't act like it.He refuses to kell the packs current Alpha even though he and his mate are forcing... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Cheryl M-M
I would rate this book as one of my favourite in the series so far.
The Killing Dance is the sixth book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Books That Spark
Anita gets deeper and deeper on the preternatural life!
Anita is getting herself so tied up with the preternatural side of her life that she finds it really difficult to take decisions regarding her love life. Read more
Published 14 months ago by T. Segurado
"Anita Blake Vampire Hunter" series book 6
In LH's 6th visit to Anita Blake's dark world, expect the usual high levels of action, violence and death found in previous books. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Book Addict
The Killing Dance
The Killing Dance is the sixth book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K Hamilton. This is my favourite book in the series so far. Read more
Published 20 months ago by AngelGoneMad
The Killing Dance sees Anita racing to discover who put a hit out on...
The sixth entry in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series - set in an alternative world in which vampires, werewolves, and other preternatural creatures have been... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rebecca
Anita Blake - vampire "enchantress"
The best book in the series so far. The plot is fantastic and read it in a couple of days.
It is fun, exciting and there is always the element of the unexpected. Read more
It is fun, exciting and there is always the element of the unexpected. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2010 by M. Patsalides
Another excellent Anita Blake outing
If you are already a fan of the practical yet magical Anita Blake then all you need to know is that this is another well-penned mystery with lashings of blood and gore, oodles of... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2009 by Mrs. J. A. Dervish
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