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Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425197547
ISBN: 0425197549
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: August 03, 2004
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Release Date: August 03, 2004
Studio: Berkley Trade
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Editorial Review:
Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty. Now someone's killing innocent vampires and Anita agrees--with a bit of vampiric arm-twisting--to help figure out who and why.
Trust is a luxury Anita can't afford when her allies aren't human. The city's most powerful vampire, Nikolaos, is 1,000 years old and looks like a 10-year-old girl. The second most powerful vampire, Jean-Claude, is interested in more than just Anita's professional talents, but the feisty necromancer isn't playing along--yet. This popular series has a wild energy and humor, and some very appealing characters--both dead and alive.
Published over ten years ago by Ace, Guilty Pleasures marked the debut of a series that was destined to grow from cult favorite to a major New York Times bestseller. Now, for long-time Anita Blake junkies and newfound fans, Guilty Pleasures makes its trade paperback debut. Readers will learn how Anita Blake started raising the dead-and killing the undead. And how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover...
Published almost ten years ago, Guilty Pleasures marked the debut of a writer who was destined to grow from cult favorite to a major bestselling author. Now, for long-time Anita Blake aficionados and newfound fans, Guilty Pleasures makes its hardcover debut. Readers will learn how Anita Blake started raising the dead--and killing the undead. And how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Pretty good, but probably won't be picking up the next book.
One thing I really enjoyed about this book was that Anita Blake was a really capable character. She could take her of herself and wasn't afraid to get seriously hurt on the job. Her body was also not overly described, and certainly not in a sexual way, and this I cherished more than anything. Too often we read books about women's breasts this, women's hips that... as if women are obligated to be sexual objects. But no, none of this was done with Anita. She was described to as much extent as a man ... Read More
Rating: - OK, I'll bite
While I (impatiently) awaited the arrival of a new Dresden Files novel, I decided to take a look at some of the other series that Dresden fans have recommended, including Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. I must say I was a bit skeptical going in to this series. I never really understood the whole Buffy phenomenon, and I was worried that the Anita Blake series would be a thinly veiled romance series instead of the supernatural horror series I was craving. Still, when I ran across ... Read More
Rating: - Satisfied my curiosity
I've heard so much about the Anita Blake books, and now I've satisfied my curiosity by reading the first of the series. Tersely written, tightly paced, it's fairly entertaining horror action, though nothing spectacular. Might be too graphic for some people, and I can't say I'm interested enough to continue the series, but Anita certainly takes no prisoners in this first installment. Don't be fooled into thinking this is a romance. That might end up happening later, but this first book is all about ... Read More
Rating: - Great series - hard to put down
I'm currently up to book 6 in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. I know, this is supposed to be a review for only Guilty Pleasures, but it is difficult to review one without the others.
I was recommended the series by a shop assistant while on holidays, and I haven't stopped reading them since. I think the series is excellent because I'm currently 21 and too old for the young adult section and too young for the adult section. The Anita Blake series fits me perfectly.
Main ... Read More
Rating:  - Well named, this is the first of a fascinating series
The first time I read this book, I was fascinated and scandalized and I could feel my literary horizons opening further with every page. It was fresh, it was innovative. It was naughty and nice all at the same time. Almost fifteen years and lots of knock-off and me-too series later, Laurell K. Hamilton is still the queen of the supernatural for me. Nobody writes those scary, erotic beasties like she does. Sexy vampires, powerful werewolves, compelling shapeshifters, and, my favorite character, one ... Read More
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