He shows a little more backbone to Anita here than he has in previous books and actually gets mad at her. Any guy who regularly dresses in ruffled shirts doesn’t seem all that manly or masterful to me. Thanks to a convenient law, Anita is now a federal marshal and can investigate any preternatural crime. Anita’s latest addition to her powers is not magical – it’s federal. Her involvement in the murder case adds another layer of action while giving readers yet another subplot to keep track of. That plot point comes full circle and reappears at the end of the book. One thing new for this book that we haven’t seen in a while is a client for Anita. In fact, she goes a little farther.Īnita is the most powerful she’s ever been, and accepts herself more than in the past. However I liked the action in that book, and yes, I enjoyed Anita being less uptight about her sexuality. I definitely hated the direction of Richard’s character and the arrival of Micah (I can’t describe my feelings for him better than Jen S. Legions of fans hated Narcissus in Chains. Lord knows I wish I could because I’ve read some excellent analyses of this book. I don’t read with the type of detail recall that leads to intense analysis about what’s changed in the Anitaverse. Musette not only represents Belle, but at times embodies her, and when she tries to force Asher to return with her, Anita must decide if she can truly be intimate with Asher to save him.įair warning here.

Belle holds a grudge because Jean-Claude and Asher left her and didn’t return to the fold and because Anita managed to offend her (imagine that!) in an earlier book.

In Cerulean Sins, Musette – representing Belle Morte, the head of Jean-Claude’s line of vamps – is in town with her coven for clearly nefarious reasons. She’d also picked up a new, bland, boring, and effeminate-looking boyfriend in Micah. When we last saw Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, she was still hooked up with Master Vampire Jean-Claude but had left old boyfriend Richard behind for good. My first thought when I closed the book was, “Thank God I’m done with that – now I can read something I enjoy!” Get ready for more Anita, many men, more new magic, and more gore. The great news is that there’s barely any Micah at all, which had me jumping for joy. The good news is that there’s a plot and it’s better than Narcissus in Chains. Well, there’s good news, great news, and unfortunatly some bad news to accompany Laurell K Hamilton’s latest release.

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