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Guilty Pleasures

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 1

By Laurell K. Hamilton

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| Paperback | 9780515134490

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Published over ten years ago by Ace, Guilty Pleasures marked the debut of a series that was destined to grow from cult favorite to a major New York Times bestseller. Now, for long-time Anita Blake junkies and newfound fans, Guilty Pleasures makes its trade paperback debut. Readers willContinue

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Guilty Pleasures

Some writers know they've got a series long before they start. That was evidently the case with Laurell K. Hamilton whose Anita Blake novels have just released their seventh installment. The aptly named 'Guilty Pleasures' is where it all starts. Hami ... (read full critics)

bookotron published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

Guilty Pleasures

Desert Isle Keeper Review Guilty Pleasures Anita works for Animators, Inc., a business that charges money for bringing people back from the dead - the longer the person has been dead, the higher the fee. Anita, however, is also known as The Execution ... (read full critics)

likesbooks published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

8 Reviews

...or multiple displeasures for me...

What can I say about this book other that I hated every single page of it? I read the damn boring thing because I promised someone I'd do it, but I'm seriously done with all these unoriginal and laughable erotic urban fantasy books.

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Nae'blis said on Sep 21, 2011 | Add your feedback

I read this book in a bunch of hours, mainly for comparison purposes. I wanted to see how it read after attempting to read Brigg’s book and not making it through the whole thing.
Hamilton’s books aren’t my cup of tea, but they certainly do their job and for someone who likes this kind of stories I t ... (continue)

I read this book in a bunch of hours, mainly for comparison purposes. I wanted to see how it read after attempting to read Brigg’s book and not making it through the whole thing.
Hamilton’s books aren’t my cup of tea, but they certainly do their job and for someone who likes this kind of stories I think they’re as good as they get. The main character’s voice is distinctive, and she comes across as not only wanting to be snarky and different from other girls, but really being that. She’s not a people person and speaks her mind, and while I don’t find this particularly endearing, it works. The author is not telling us “See, I have this character who’s not good with people”, she’s showing us that Anita really isn’t good with people. Brownie points for that (yes, I’m quoting).
The story is action packed but has a good structure in the Scene-Sequel format, so the protagonist doesn’t just run from one plot point to the other, but actually seems to give things some thought (not too much, but some). I think I’ve read the ‘excuse’ “I’m slow today/this year” one time too many for my liking, but I’ve seen characters be dumber than that without any reason at all, so it didn’t bother me that much (yes, I’m rather picky, if you were wondering).
Storywise, there’s nothing going on besides what’s going on, meaning there’s no character arc to speak of or subtext of any kind. If you’re looking for deep themes and reasoning, this is not the book for you. Otherwise the plot’s nice, and the heroine has to work to get what she wants, and take more than a beating in the process.
All in all, if you like urban fantasy as intended today, this is certainly a good book.

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Erialti said on Apr 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

VERY fast read ... and nice to finally find the FIRST book in the Anita Blake series, to catch back up to the latter one I read out of sequence, lol

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Lil Bit said on Apr 9, 2010 | Add your feedback

classic ! must read.

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hphilly said on Nov 7, 2009 | Add your feedback

part of box set of first 4 books

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db's.books said on Aug 5, 2009 | Add your feedback

I don't know if this book got over hyped for me or what, but I wasn't really crazy about it. I didn't feel like the characters were all that interesting and the writing wasn't great. It also felt like the author was just adding stuff in as she went along... now there are wererats.. now ghouls... n ... (continue)

I don't know if this book got over hyped for me or what, but I wasn't really crazy about it. I didn't feel like the characters were all that interesting and the writing wasn't great. It also felt like the author was just adding stuff in as she went along... now there are wererats.. now ghouls... now weird spell enchantment thingies to keep people alive... I'm not big into that kind of writing style. I don't see myself reading more of this series, but who knows :)

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Deanna Kyre said on May 20, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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English Books
Paperback 272 Pages
ISBN-10: 051513449X
ISBN-13: 9780515134490
Publisher: Jove
Pub date: Sep 24, 2002
Dimensions: 1097 mm x 645 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Library Binding and School & Library Binding
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