Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 12)
by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Author: Laurell K. HamiltonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-27
ISBN: 0515139750
Number of pages: 752
Publisher: Jove
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- ISBN13: 9780515139754
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Book Reviews of Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 12)
Book Review: Don't Start Here - Read The Series From The Start
Summary: 5 Stars
Is there sex here? Yes. It's PLOT-DRIVEN sex. If you pick this book up without understanding what's been going on with these characters through all the previous books, yes, it's gonna look like a pointless sex-fest. Which has a charm all it's own....
***SPOILER WARNING***SPOILER WARNING***SPOILER WARNING***
Hamilton's made this a book of focus and consummation. She's gone back over the "rules" of the many mystical facets of her universe. She's let them do some growing and changing and takes the time to mull them over that as the action occurs.
She's made an interesting move in rounding up some of her minor characters and moving them forward. A bit-player cop whom we haven't seen in several books moves up the ladder. A psychic resurfaces whom we left hanging by a thread very early on. The twins' father actually appears.
It's not all about the previous characters, though. There are lots of interesting new vamps and weres that you're gonna love to love and love to hate. And the plot (Yes, Virginia, there is a plot!) revolves strongly around Anita's blending of her executioner role, her vampire authority and abilities, and her relationships with the local cops. Sticky stuff, there.
The absolute best part of this book, though, is the consummating Hamilton writes for the key characters in Anita's life. Damian gets some well-deserved time. Micah is much more finely drawn (and the subject of the next book,apparently). Nathaniel comes into his own with Anita, addressing emotional issues you've probably had running through the back of your mind since you've met him. Very satisfying. Wonder of all wonders, Richard takes a refreshing step or two toward healing. And there's an affirmation scene for Anita and Jean-Claude that'll make you feel like a heel for ever doubting him.
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In short, don't let the nay-sayers get ya down, kids. I may stand alone, but I'm standing up yelling, "GIVE ME MORE!"
Summary of Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 12)
Vampire hunter Anita Blake finds her life is more complicated than ever, caught as she is between her obligations to the living-and the undead.
As Incubus Dreams opens, Anita Blake may be America's most powerful vampire hunter and necromancer. So it's no surprise that the Regional Preternatural Crime Investigation Team seeks her assistance when a St. Louis stripper is murdered and the evidence points to unusual serial killers: a group of seven vampires. It appears a master vampire has gone rogue--and may prove too powerful for Anita Blake, even if she can gain help from not only her vampire consort, Master of the City Jean-Claude, but from the wereleopard king Micah, her other lover, and the alpha werewolf Richard, her bitter ex-lover.
It would be an exaggeration to say that Laurell K. Hamilton's Incubus Dreams is just one sex scene after another. This twelth novel in her bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series presents a wedding, a murder, and a lot of relationship angst before getting down and dirty on page 89; and the sex scenes pause on page 377 to let the mystery plot resume. The series deftly blends elements of alternate history, horror, romance, erotica, and mystery, but anyone reading Incubus Dreams for the murder plot is going to be frustrated. However, Incubus Dreams is a considerably stronger and more interesting book than its talky predecessor, Cerulean Sins, and fans will enjoy the many new developments in Anita's complicated love life. --Cynthia Ward
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