The Lunatic Cafe

I enjoyed reading this addition to the series. The plot was good, and action-packed, and the author did a great job building the tension between Anita and her two love interests. The world-building was as good as usual, too. The only flaw that was serious enough (in my opinion) to affect my review is that I didn't buy into the love between Anita and Richard as much as I wish I could have. It seemed that they didn't have enough experiences together and affection for each other for the relationship to progress as deeply and as quickly as it did. Even with less page-time, I bought into Anita's love for Jean-Claude much more easily. I don't know why, but I did, and the “flatness” of Anita and Richard's relationship impacted my enjoyment of the story somewhat. Other than that, this was well worth the read and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

The fourth book in the Anita Blake series is not as fun as her first three. There were a lot of characters and I felt that too much was happening off-stage and there were too many new characters. Still going to continue the series...I'll keep you updated.

Anita won't have sex before marriage? Soooo disappointed in this new character development. Minus 3 (almost 4) stars just for that alone.