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imyourmausoleum 's review for:
Slay
by Laurell K. Hamilton
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Slay is the 30th book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. THIRTY BOOKS. I have seen comments that the events of this book could have been included in the previous book, Smolder, but I have no problem with it being two books. I have to admit that I loved this series until about the halfway mark and really started to dislike it. I kept reading because I had committed to it, and I kept hoping that it would improve. I honestly feel like the last four books have gotten better, however my complaints about the series remain mostly the same...
1.This book did not have the endless back and forth about some issue in a romantic relationship, which is then explained over and over to the next fifty people that walk into the room, THANKFULLY. That is so tedious and is one of the things that have turned me off in the latter half of the series. Anita does spend an extraordinary amount of time arguing with people though, and I think she has about a million things going on besides arguing for the sake of arguing.
2.I really liked the fact that this book focused on something other than sex. I don't mind the books having sex scenes in them, but I liked this series for the plot. There is always a crime or someone up to shenanagins that requires fighting and that has been lacking a lot in some of these later books and has been replaced by constant sex. I am glad that this book had some type of villain that required being dealt with, despite the fact that he was a terribly annoying villain.
3. I should rate it four stars simply for what happened to a character I HATE in this book, but I will refrain.
4. I wish we had more of Edward and Anita being partners. It was nice to have him back.
5. If we are going to do this wedding, can we do it already?? I get that the time frame has not been that long in the story's universe, but in my universe it has been like 10 books now and I am kind of ready to move on from all this wedding talk.
6. I absolutely hate Anita's family. I hated them from the word go, but I really hated them in this book.
At any rate, I thought this book was a great improvement and I feel like (for me) this series is on a bit of an upswing, which makes me happy. There were some really weird parts in it that could have not happened, but over all...much better than what I was expecting. I am looking forward to the next one.
1.This book did not have the endless back and forth about some issue in a romantic relationship, which is then explained over and over to the next fifty people that walk into the room, THANKFULLY. That is so tedious and is one of the things that have turned me off in the latter half of the series. Anita does spend an extraordinary amount of time arguing with people though, and I think she has about a million things going on besides arguing for the sake of arguing.
2.I really liked the fact that this book focused on something other than sex. I don't mind the books having sex scenes in them, but I liked this series for the plot. There is always a crime or someone up to shenanagins that requires fighting and that has been lacking a lot in some of these later books and has been replaced by constant sex. I am glad that this book had some type of villain that required being dealt with, despite the fact that he was a terribly annoying villain.
3. I should rate it four stars simply for what happened to a character I HATE in this book, but I will refrain.
4. I wish we had more of Edward and Anita being partners. It was nice to have him back.
5. If we are going to do this wedding, can we do it already?? I get that the time frame has not been that long in the story's universe, but in my universe it has been like 10 books now and I am kind of ready to move on from all this wedding talk.
6. I absolutely hate Anita's family. I hated them from the word go, but I really hated them in this book.
At any rate, I thought this book was a great improvement and I feel like (for me) this series is on a bit of an upswing, which makes me happy. There were some really weird parts in it that could have not happened, but over all...much better than what I was expecting. I am looking forward to the next one.