Jason

There was absolutely no plot, villain, (fighting) action, or anything to make me care about this book. Just sex and talking about sex. I gave it a 1 star because I finished it, only because it was short. Obviously the 5 star books from the beginning of this series are long gone. Don’t waste your money. I won’t be buying any more books from this author, and I have all the books from this series in my library. If the writing returns to the caliber of the first half of this series, I will once again support this authors work.

I am an Anita Blake fan. And I can safely say I really do not like this book out of all the books in this series I believe this one is the worst. And I’ve been really thinking to myself why do I feel this way why do I hate this book. And I’ve come to the conclusion the reason why I dislike this book so much is because it is a money grab. What I mean by money grab is the book Jason should not be part of the main story line. It should be a novella like dancing and wound. If it was made into a novela like it should have been it would have cost less but since they stretched it out making it longer they decided to make it a main story making everybody pay main story prices I think that is a reason why everybody including myself hates this book. If it was a novella I don’t think anybody will would truly be bothered by it. Because we will already know what to expect. A novella is not something that is really important but it gives you a little bit extra of the characters you like.

I have to say this is one of the worst books that I’ve read. I wish I didn’t read it. I thought it would be great because it’s one of my favorite characters of the books but… It’s just horrible. It is essentially just one big raunchy sex scene that isn’t even romantic or in any way enjoyable to read. If I had the ability to scrub my brain with bleach I would do so. My eyeballs hurt from just opening the book I can’t say enough just how bad this book is. I think I need therapy now. You couldn’t pay me to read this book again. Seriously I can’t believe I actually paid to read it. What was I thinking

I am not a prude. I have no problem reading sex scenes that include BDSM, orgies, and bisexuality. I do have a problem reading a story that is plotless. There was no point to this novella. It simply rehashed all of the issues Anita has, but it was written as if we havent heard her whine about the same things for the past few books. We know Anita is juggling to many men. We know shes still not completely comfortable with her poly lifestyle. We know she likes is crazy rough. We know she’s not really into women.
The sex scenes werent even hot to me, they were formulaic. With all her rotating lovers youd think it would be different every time, but the sex scenes just feel cut/paste/insert name here, to me. This story was an excuse for Anita to include women in her sexual rolodex. But I got the feeling Ms Hamilton didnt even bother to at least watch some lesbian porn before watching this. At one point the discussed women tasting like meat or fish. I couldnt help but laugh.
Im so over Anita and her crew acting like there is something wrong with anyone who doesnt want pain with sex, and who isnt into a poly lifestyle. The characters have become just as preachy and annoying as their vanilla counterparts. Its hard to take anything they say as anything other that ridiculous and condescending especially since almost all the these pain loving poly characters have suffered serious trauma, and would be better suited on a therapists couch not Jean Claude giant sex bed. Anita had the nerve to not go back to therapy with one of her lovers, but instead introduce new sex partners to them. How exactly is that going to help someone heal from their physical and mental abuse?
All that being said I will probably be conned into reading the next book when it comes out. The except from Dead Ice seemed interesting. A new foe will be introduced and there may actually be a story and some action outside of the bedroom. Ugh, Anita why cant I quit you…

This book is my least favorite Anita Blake book. It is about 300 pages of sexually conflicting characters. This book could have been written in ten pages, and should have, so we can move on to stories with actual plot lines. The last couple of books have seemed to returned to storytelling, but this one was almost like she was obligated to write a book, didn’t feel into the project, had a bottle of wine, and cranked out 300 pages of the same drivel. Hamilton missed a huge opportunity to build Jason into a serious character, which he practically begged for during the first ten books of the series. I liked the Jason character and was hoping to see him in a darkly masculine role of muscular note. Readers ought to skip this book and move on to her next “actual” Anita Blake novel. I couldn’t even finish this book, which is rare for me, as I generally read about 30-40 books a year and have loved Hamilton’s series, moving her books to the top of the pile when new ones come out. I made a third of this book and just could not stomach the sophomoric pace of this book. Bad author – go sit in the corner and take a time out.

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