Danse Macabre

This was by far the worst book in the series. It had no plot other than the ardeur, which I am tired of reading about already. This series started out with such mystery and thrills and has now disintegrated into nothing but page after page of meaningless sex and Anita being a gigantic pain in the ass because of her indecisiveness. Im surprised that I didnt DNF this one but am seriously debating on whether or not to continue this series. Im not sure what happened to Ms. Hamiltons writing but something has.

If you have gotten this far in the series you probably did so in part because you love the characters and wanted to spend more time in their world. There are interesting moments here and there but this book barely has a plot and I found myself skipping huge chunks of the novel as too much time was spend on unnecessary sex scenes. In previous novels in the series, having some overarching mystery for Anita to solve created intrigue and suspense and that elicited an emotional response. There is little to feel invested in, little to feel in general, if every scene is a sex scene or some exploration of Anita’s character via dialogue. While Anita is said to never have casual sex, the sex begins to feel casual if her attention is spread between twelve plus men. The potential for romance is diluted and there is little else going on.

This is essentially erotica. If the author wanted to take things in that direction it might be better if Anita were acting out of her own interests but the plotline about Anita becoming a succubus prevents that. Why not allow Anita to be shameless, if this is the direction the author wanted the novels to take? In theory there should be nothing wrong with her behavior. It simply isn’t interesting to read about in my opinion.

For the first time in this series, Anita faces the human factor in her (gift? curse?) of being a human succubus: possible pregnancy. However, because it’s mostly Anita, Richard, and Nathaniel, it’s also mostly Anita and Richard fighting, and Nathaniel stepping in. Micah is too good to be true, and for the first time (for me, anyway) it’s really annoying. I prefer the books when Anita has a case.

I am reading all the books again. I have not bought the last three in the series because I read the reviews to see if she decided to actually write a story or just fill it with stupid endless conversation about sex or having sex. This book started the decline. It is so obvious that Hamilton just wrote this for herself because there was no story it was endless pages of drama upon drama. I swear junior high kids are more mature than the characters she is now writing.
This had no plot no adventure it was just a plain disappointment all around.

New powers are coming on line for all Anita’s friends and buddies. As the Ardour becomes more powerful Anita has to find more compatible personages to feed from. She lives through a pregnancy scare and through her body trying to change into the three different Lycanthropic that she has within her. Well-written storyline with a well-developed characterization. Adult reader due to sexual and violent content.

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