Laurell K. Hamilton
Jove
Not that you'd know it from how infrequently I've been updating this blog, but I've actually been reading quite a bit lately. You might even say that I've been on a bender. In the last few weeks, I've managed to crank through nine Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels. At an average of about 300 pages per read, well, that's a lot of blood.
I'm not so sure what it is about these novels that keep drawing me in. In some ways, they are similar to the Kelley Armstrong books that I read over Christmas -- each series is classified as paranormal/horror and each deals with a world where vampires, werecreatures, witches, warlocks, faeries and other "magical" ilk live alongside you and me. The writing certainly isn't fabulous -- she's repeats text verbatim across the series and the storylines really aren't all that inventive. Part of my interest, I think, is the Scarecrow and Mrs. King effect. Remember that show? You so wanted the two main characters to hook up and they never quite got it right. Anita has that kind of relationship with a few gentlemen, uh, creatures in the series, so maybe that's the draw. In any event, I will probably keep reading for awhile yet. Hamilton started the series in the mid-90s, so I've got at least ten more books to go.
Two sociopaths out of five.
