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Obsidian Butterfly

By Laurell K. Hamilton

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| eBook | 9780755370825

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An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel

‘I was covered in blood, but it wasn’t mine, so it was okay.’

Edward is a hit man. He specialises in monsters. Vampires, shape-shifters, anything and everything. There are people like me, Anita Blake, who do it legally, but Edward doesn’t sweat the legalities Continue

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Obsidian Butterfly

Desert Isle Keeper Review Obsidian Butterfly Edward, the cold-hearted sociopath killer who has worked alongside Anita a few times, calls in a favor she owes him, so Anita goes to New Mexico to solve a particularly gruesome case. Much to Anita’s (and ... (read full critics)

likesbooks published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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Obsidian Butterfly

I'm still really enjoying this series. This author really knows how to keep the tension high. However I am beginning to get really tired of the phrase(s) "...and thicker/darker things" and would appreciate some more variation in her descriptions in the future.

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Readingrat said on Dec 15, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

"Edward was a hit man. He specialized in monsters. Vampires, shape shifters, anything and everything. There were people like me who did it legal, but Edward didn't sweat the legalities or hell, the ethics. He was an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few frinds that Edward has, but it's l ... (continue)

"Edward was a hit man. He specialized in monsters. Vampires, shape shifters, anything and everything. There were people like me who did it legal, but Edward didn't sweat the legalities or hell, the ethics. He was an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few frinds that Edward has, but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you poet it's heat, but it can still eat your throat out..."
I love the Anita Blake series, and this book is no exception. I found it fascinating to be able to get a better look at Edward's character through Anita's eyes.

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Heather Landry said on Aug 28, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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ci ho messo un sacco x leggerlo (cioè un sacco x i tempi in cui di solito leggo i libri di Anita) ...il libro non mi è dispiaciuto però purtroppo ci sono delle cose che fanno sì che non sia uno dei miei preferiti. troppi personaggi, troppi casini e alcune cose x cui mi veniva davvero da vomitare! pe ... (continue)

ci ho messo un sacco x leggerlo (cioè un sacco x i tempi in cui di solito leggo i libri di Anita) ...il libro non mi è dispiaciuto però purtroppo ci sono delle cose che fanno sì che non sia uno dei miei preferiti. troppi personaggi, troppi casini e alcune cose x cui mi veniva davvero da vomitare! pensavo che la hamilton avesse dato il suo "peggio" in "resti mortali", ma qui x le cose sanguinolente è pure peggio!! e poi non c'è Richard e questa è davvero una cosa moooolllllto negativa!! ma ci sono anche cose molto positive, infatti un altro dei miei personaggi preferiti è Edward perciò mi è piaciuto moltissimo sapere qualcosa di più su di lui e vedere un lato di lui più "umano" che fino ad ora era "nascosto"...anche se Edward/La Morte super-insensibile è spettacolare! e poi adoro il rapporto tra Edward e Anita e sono contenta che la Hamilton abbia un po' approfondito questo aspetto, Edward e Anita insieme sono fantastici!!
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“Edward was a hit man. He specialized in monsters. Vampires, shapeshifters, anything and everything. There were people like me who did it legal, but Edward didn’t sweat the legalities or, hell, the ethics. […]
He was an equal opportunity killer. […]
I may be one of the few friends that Edward has, but it’s like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you pet its head, but it can still eat tour throat out.”
“Edward, whose nickname among the vamps and shapeshifters was Death, was afraid. It was a very bad sign.”
“The Greeks believed that once there were no male and female, that all souls were one. Then the souls were torn apart, male and female. The Greeks thought that when you found the other half of your soul, your soul mate, that it would be your perfect lover. But I think if you find your other half, you would be too much alike to be lovers, but you would still be soul mates.”
“If I wanted to kill you, Olaf, I would just do it. The same with Bernardo because I know that I’m better than both of you. But with Anita I’ll never be sure unless we do go up against each other for real. If I die without knowing which of us is better, I’ll regret the not knowing.”
“But honestly if you’d said the soul mate stuff and meant it like lovey-dovey, that could have scared me more. I’ve known since we met that you might kill me some day, but fall in love with me…that would be just too weird.” […] “You know if we could love each other, our lives would be less complicated.”
“I looked at Edward, and he looked at me, and I’d have given a great deal for a mirror right that second. Staring into Edward’s blank face, those empty eyes that felt nothing, I realized that I didn’t need a mirror. I already had one.”

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cla_s86 said on Jun 14, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback