Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Author: Laurell K. HamiltonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-02
ISBN: 0425201392
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: What Lurks In Dark Caverns? Another Anita Blake Hit!
Summary: 5 Stars
Superior horror novel to the fourth book, Lunatic Café (which I read first, oops).
I've seen critics complain that there is not enough romance and I must disagree. This is a horror book and it has horror, blood and gore enough to satisfy even Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans.
Dead bodies strewn the lawns of this town, thanks to a group of rogue vampires. The police are clueless and so they call in Anita as part of their "preternatural crimes" unit. Anita is not a cop and at times she wishes she were, as she gets pushed around by the police and feels she knows better. I am wondering if she will actually get a cop license.
New creatures and activities abound: We learn of a Lamia, a snake shapeshifter that can kill with the gobs of poison dripping from its fangs. We meet Oliver, a million year old vampire who wants to become master of the city and defeat current laws that let vampires open businesses and saloons.
One of these businesses is of course Jean Claude's Circus of the Damned, a place that people go to to get frightened out of their wits safely (they hope). Unfortunately the place becomes a fight to the finish between Oliver and Jean Claude.
We learn more about Edward, bounty hunter, who wants to kill as many vamps and other monsters as she can.
Anita meets Richard and begins to fall for him, until she finds out what he really is (which is further developed in Lunatic Café).
My favorite scenes include training Larry, a new animator, in the fine points of zombie-raising, where he taxes himself beyond his powers and creates a zombie that could potentially kill his own family!
Or Anita being trapped in a dark cave, with the vampire Alejandro, who has seen the Aztecs rise and fall, and wants her for his own. She stumbles and screams but gets her licks in with a Browning automatic filled with silver bullets!
Gore and blood without being overly fascinated with it, Laurell Hamilton really pounds out the story that is easy to read, fun to imagine and exciting as any Buffy story has a right to be.
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Summary of Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
First time in trade paperback: the third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city, wants her for his own-but his enemies have other plans. And to make matters worse, Anita takes a hit to the heart when she meets a stunningly handsome junior high science teacher named Richard Zeeman. They're two humans caught in the crossfire-or so Anita thinks.
In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the city, wants her for his own-but his enemies have other plans. And to make matters worse, Anita takes a hit to the heart when she meets a stunningly handsome junior high science teacher named Richard Zeeman. They're two humans caught in the crossfire-or so Anita thinks.
The third novel of Hamilton's Anita Blake series has the petite necromancer fighting a giant cobra and a rogue vampire, Alejandro, who wants her for his human servant. Anita is still resisting the advances of Jean-Claude, St. Louis's master vampire, but she does need him on her side, if not in her bed. Anita's reluctant involvement in the odd goings-on at the supernatural Circus of the Damned introduces her to Richard, the werewolf of her dreams, and Larry, her powerful but nervous partner in zombie-raising.
Mystery fans will love the tightly plotted, Paretsky-esque action, and horror fans will love just about everything in this unusual series.
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