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by Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 405 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group (April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0425188361
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425188361
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 742,238 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Laurell K Hamilton's legions of eager fans will be pleased to see Cerulean Sins), the eleventh novel in her Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series set on an alternate Earth where magic works and vampires and werewolves are real. When a sinister stranger tries to hire the magically potent Anita Blake to raise the dead, she finds herself embroiled in the search for a vicious, supernatural serial killer, and also in the clandestine international politics of the vampires. And as she becomes more deeply enmeshed in cruel plots and counterplots, her tangled personal life only becomes more demanding, more wrenching and more erotically fraught.

There are 10 previous books in the Anita Blake series and Cerulean Sins is not the place to start. Though author Hamilton artfully reveals the backstory in small doses, the numerous returning characters and the complex history will overwhelm most newcomers (and even the most devoted fans may find that the backfilling slows the pace). Also, the characters frequently stand around talking and psychoanalysing one another which makes for static stretches unlikely to hold a new reader's attention. Newcomers should start with the first book, Guilty Pleasures. --Cynthia Ward, Amazon.com


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars cerulean sins, 6 May 2003
Having just read the latest Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novel, ‘Cerulean sins’ I was at a loss to explain where the plot line mentioned on the back had disappeared to. Having last read a Blake novel when the tenth in the series was published I found the constant back tracking useful if not a little over used for those of us who have started at the beginning of the series, though understandable for those who have not. I also found it almost disappointing, sure there were the reasons I my self read the books for, the wit of Anita, the werewolves/vampires/witches relationships that seem to get even more complicated as the series develops. Theres also the varied characters, murders and plot lines that usually rarely fail to enthrall me. however, I’m beginning to wonder if Hamilton forgot about the plot in the writing of this latest book, and focused more on the many [many] relationships that Blake is building around herself. Even though the first few books of the series seemed to test our own inhibitions and ideas of morality on the subject of sex and sexuality, this time it seems to go on for too long and strangely enough, it gets a little boring. Also, the main storyline in Cerulean sins seems to be that of vampire politics, again, and Asher’s mourning over the side of his face he will never get back whilst Blake tries over, and over, to convince him that she doesn’t see him as ugly, just as she did in the last book. Moreover, the murders and mystery side of the plot that always mixed so well with the world of vampires and werewolves that Anita has to deal with, seems to take second place to anything else that happens in the book. The ending was almost an after thought and the intrigue and ‘secret to an ancient crime’ mentioned on the back of the book wasn’t alluded to once. Most disappointing however, was the loss of personality of most of the characters, I couldn’t begin to describe Micah as a character, and Blake herself seems to be loosing the wit and sarcasm she had at the beginning of the series that kept me reading on. Overall, I would recommend that any die-hard fans really shouldn’t miss another glimpse of the world that Hamilton has created. I would still go on to read it having read this review as should anyone else, however I hope that in the next one, Hamilton develops the plot line and that the book actually lives up to the preface!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Cerulean sins, 13 May 2003
I am an avid reader of the Anita Blake books and have enjoyed them throughly, though i must say the 11th in the series is a bit of a let down. The plots seems to be more focused on anita's complicated love-life and the triumviate then with any actual story-line. The few plot lines we do have are drawn togther in an unsatisfactory ending which leaves many unanswered questions. I'm sure in the next book Laurell will be back on form and i will be waiting eagerly for it, until then i will find solice in her earlier books when the charcters personal life was not so complicated.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Sickly Cerulean, 16 Jan 2006
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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With "Narcissus in Chains," Laurell K. Hamilton switched her format from blood'n'suspense to sex, blood and endless superpowers for her self-insert, Anita Blake.

And sadly "Cerulean Sins" only continues that tradition, couching a meager plot in endless supernatural sex and increasingly purple prose. But even that might be tolerable if Hamilton's idtastic heroine did not waft through the book, expecting all males to put up with her mood-swings, molestation and manipulation. Think the worst fanfiction Mary Sue ever written by a twelve-year-old Hot Topic shopper.

Anita has just finished a zombie raising when Asher arrives with a message: Belle Morte's emissary Musette has arrived unexpectedly. It turns out that she's come there to toy with Jean-Claude and torment Asher -- and even worse, she intends to use the scarred vampire for her sadistic pleasure. If he isn't the sex partner of a more powerful person, she's free to do it.

However will Anita fix this? By stabbing Musette and hopping in the sack with Asher, of course!

While Anita deals with her deteriorating relationship with the police -- it's their fault rather than hers, of course -- she also must deal with a series of murders, and strange men following her. But the main problem is Belle Morte, who has taken a person interest in Anita -- and whose emissary is still able to cause trouble for Anita's "people." And possibly death for Asher.

Some lip service is paid to a serial killer and a gang of secret agents who, of course, want to enlist Anita's oh-so-impressive services. But that's not where Laurell K. Hamilton's interests lie -- it's pretty clear she is focusing on the endless parade of "who's on top?" vampire politics and all its courtly trappings, and in writing maybe/maybe not sex scenes.

Problem is, she's not very good at it. The supposedly courtly etiquette of the vampires is staggeringly dull, with much hilarious talk of "American sex" (your basic sex) versus "European sex" (just about any kind of physical contact). And the sex scenes require endless before-during-after talking and ridiculous angst. At least two pages are required to get Asher out of his underwear. And her attempts at compelling, intense scenes -- such as the were rescue squad or the long-distance prods of Belle Morte -- end up laughably melodramatic.

Worst of all, no sense of humor -- despite Anita's oh-so-witty barbs, the funniest line in the whole book is Asher announcing that he's known saints and priests who did not have the self-control of a nymphomaniacal narcissist. Add Hamilton's endless descriptions of anime-style flowing hair and brightly-colored eyes, and you have a recipe for tedious, slow-moving slogging.

It's pretty evident that Anita is self-absorbed and not very bright, as well as a glaring Mary Sue with contrived angst and unreal sex powers. Everyone (including the villain and the government) wants her, because she's so tough and special, and despite the fact that she's utterly abrasive and a raging narcissist. Hamilton tries to cover this with protestations that she "loves" all the guys around her, but it's never convincing.

But over the course of "Cerulean Sins" she becomes truly loathsome: emotionally manipulating the vulnerable, endlessly sniping at Richard, and refusing to let Asher leave unless he has sex with her. And while she admits that it's massively hypocritical to insist that Jean-Claude be faithful to her alone while she has sex with anything that will hold still, she insists on it anyway.

Poor Asher. He gets put through the wringer in this one. After being stabbed by an old flame, he has to deal with Anita lying and manipulating him so he'll have "European sex" with her, and apparently not caring how distraught it makes him. The poor guy deserves better.

"Cerulean Sins" is a long, tedious slog of painfully boring sex, painfully boring dialogue, and painfully boring vampire politics that exists just to be talked about. A ghastly experience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic!!!
Ms Hamilton does it again!I couldn't put it down,like the others in the series its fast paced and leaves you wanting more. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Laurell keeps going strong.
Yet another great book from Laurell about Anita. However, this isn't one of the strongest in the series and Anita's job takes a very back seat compared to some of the others and... Read more
Published on 20 May 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Cerulean Sins
Having just read the latest Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novel, �Cerulean sins� I was at a loss to explain where the plot line mentioned on the back had... Read more
Published on 6 May 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars A book desperately in search of a sequel
Although I did enjoy this latest Anita Blake book, it left me feeling slightly frustrated. The central core of the book deals with the usual vampiric machinations and introduces a... Read more
Published on 28 April 2003 by Mad Gav

5.0 out of 5 stars Sins Indeed...............
The latest installment in the Anita Blake saga is well worth the wait. The scene is set with the arrival in St Louis of Musette, Belle Morte's second in command. Read more
Published on 21 April 2003 by Jilana

4.0 out of 5 stars Cerulean Sins, it's finally here!
I have been eagerly waiting this book for a long time and devoured it in 5 hours flat! I found the storyline a little more jumbled than the rest of the Anita books and while the... Read more
Published on 16 April 2003 by Katherine Oosterman

5.0 out of 5 stars Can this series get any better?
Excellent! This book is one for the fans of Anita Blake and Laurell K hamilton. I was one of those fans who kept track of the ever decreasing days left for the latest... Read more
Published on 12 April 2003 by tda_1983

4.0 out of 5 stars Anita's life doesn't get any less complicated
Strange vampires are in town, and Anita has managed to pick up two more men. The ardeur is still a problem and problems that first arose in Obsidian Butterfly have come back to... Read more
Published on 12 April 2003

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