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| Blood Noir (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter) |  | Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Creator: Cynthia Holloway
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  277 reviews
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
ISBN: 1597378933
EAN: 9781597378932
ASIN: 1597378933
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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Product Description
Jason Schuyler is a werewolf. He’s also one of Anita Blake’s best friends, and sometimes her lover. And right now he needs her – not to be a vampire hunter, or a federal marshal, or a necromancer, or even for her rank in the werewolf pack, but because his father is dying. He needs Anita because she’s a pretty woman who loves him, who can make him look like an everyday guy, who agrees to go home with him and help him say good-bye to the abusive father he never loved. The fact that Jason is about as much an everyday guy as Anita is a pretty woman is something they figure they can keep under wraps for a couple of days in a small town. How hard can that be?
Really, by now, Anita Blake should know better.
Marmee Noir, ancient mother of all vampires, picks this weekend to make a move. Somehow she has cut the connection that binds Anita and Jean-Claude, leaving Jean-Claude unable to sense what is happening. Dangerous even as she sleeps, buried in darkness for a thousand years somewhere beneath the old country of Europe, Marmee Noir reaches out toward power. She has attacked Anita before, but never like this. In Anita she senses what she needs to make her enemies tremble…
“What The Da Vinci Code did for the religious thriller, the Anita Blake series has done for the vampire novel.” – USA Today
“[A] wildly popular paranormal series.” – Entertainment Weekly
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 Not a 1 because it is a step in the right direction August 31, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Basic plot is that Anita goes with Jason to meet his family because his father is dying of cancer. She is playing his girlfriend because one of her boyfriends talked her into it. OK, well that really isn't the plot, the real plot is her just having sex with Jason and whoever else pops in - and annoying everyone she comes into contact with.
I have to say this was a step (albeit a baby step) closer to what the series used to be. Most of the time you watch characters grow in a series, however in this one they all seem to be regressing to high school... or at least high school in some twisted porn. Anyway, on the off chance that the series ever does rebound, there is some info you may want. However, I would by no means recommend buying. You are by far better off if you just check it out from the library.
 Shorter and less complex, like Mica August 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book focused on one plot line, rather than the usual 3. I had to practically skip the whole first disk of the book. It was more like the fairy series in that regard. I am not a romance novel person. I like the plot to move and lots of character development. I felt like she was thinking about something else when she wrote this, but had a deadline to meet. Not up to the usual par for Anita, still entertaining.
 I wished it was abridged August 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
One of the worst books that I have read in a long time. I was a big fan of her early books and gave up on the series a few books ago. Lacking anything better to read I picked this one up and found it to be the worst one yet. Marmee wasn't scary because all she did was give Anita an excuse to screw more men and the other bad guys didn't enter the story until nearly the end. In other words very little action.
I have never read this series for the sex, I enjoyed the action. It was nice to see a strong female character. Anita is no longer strong, just sex starved.
3 Stars!! August 23, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm surprised that I am giving this book 3 stars because there are so many 1 starred reviews. But there are parts of this book that I enjoyed.
I think the most enjoyable part for me was the fact that one of my favorite and one of the earlier characters of the series, Jason was present throughout the book. I for one have gotten tired of all the new men. I can't even remember their species or their names anymore. I thought the chapters with Richard were pretty good. I am not a fan who is pro Richard or pro Jean Claude. I like them both and I like Micah too. I really enjoy the interaction between Anita and Richard in this book. Also a quip Richard made,(bottom of page 239) was for me very funny.
What didn't I like about the book? At the beginning of the book Jason was a little too cry babyish and that they jumped right into a sex scene that I thought a little raunchy. I was uncomfortable with what happened during Anita's 2 day blackout. Also I do not like all the affects to Anita and friends from Belle Mort and now Marmee Noir that have been happening in the books since Narcissus. With the ARDEUR there is no reason for the author not to try any erotic idea that she finds in her "adult closet".
As has become my habit since I.D. I borrowed this book and will continue to do so. Why keep reading them? Because I do love and wish to keep up with the characters from books 1 - 10. And I'm hoping that LKH will stop writing erotica. One can always hope!
Only the last chapter is worthy August 22, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I gave it 2 stars for the last 75 or so pages where Ms. Blake had to rely on her brains. The previous hundreds of pages were tedious beyond belief. Enough with the relationship rehashing and coddling the egos of the men in her life. It's like listening to break-up story over and over again.
One word: PLOT. Always go with plot. Otherwise, it's beginning to read like a bad Dr. Phil episode.
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