Sucker Punch

This is THE BEST Anita Blake book so far. Hamilton just has this way with words to make it so horrific yet so emotional. As I got towards the final chapters I just had this urge to finish it as quickly as I could to find out what happened to Anita and her lovers. I can't WAIT to read Blood Noir!

It was okay, I skipped sections because I don't care about all the lengthy explanations or therapy talk. The ending was a little to anti climatic.

As most of the other Anita Blake novels, Narcissus in Chains was both gripping and action-filled. Anita's character development continues to build and strengthen the reader's connection to not just the main character but also the supporting characters as well. I also loved the new addition of Micah and his pard.
I continue to enjoy the overarching theme that the monsters are not always the literal monsters and that the preternatural can hold more love and acceptance than normal circumstances would permit. Overall I greatly enjoyed this book

This book is great, it follows the same general pattern as all of Laurell K. Hamiltons books. However this book only got 3 stars because the whole series is starting to feel like its a lot more about the sex. and i personally don't like that as much.

Otherwise a great book. lots of twists and turns and excitement

It's really sad the direction this series has gone. The first few books we SO GOOD! Scary and tense with a little sexual tension, but mostly just scary and tense. Then she introduced Richard and things started to go downhill. I don't mind a little romance in my blood & gore, but this is ridiculous. If I wanted to read supernatural porn I'd read the Merry Gentry's series. Wait, I already did. So why would I want to read this crap?

It's no longer about the baddies that come out at night. It's all about her threesome with Richard and Jean Claude or lack thereof and all the ‘magic' that comes with it. It's SO BORING. They go on and on and round and round the same crap they've been circling around for the last 4 books!

And everything takes FOREVER! She knows that someone is in danger and she must save them, but before they get to where they need to be they discuss things that have no bearing on the problem at hand and then generally someone has to try to have sex with Anita. And this time, Hamilton recognizes her long-windedness but still doesn't seem to do anything about it. Apparently, she thinks it's good storytelling. IT'S NOT! It's PAINFUL.

And come on, I know I'm a bit behind on this series having started it late, but this book was written in the 2000's. Why is everyone dressing like they're going to a bad gay bar in the 80's? The descriptions of the clothes sound like horrible 80's rejects. Silver mesh shirts & pants?

And she repeats herself constantly. Twice in one chapter she writes that very powerful shapeshifts can partially shift. She's ALWAYS (I don't think there's been a book without this) says something about seeing something horrific and “my mind simply refused to understand”. And then she'll go on to explain how the mind isn't meant to see such things and tries to protect you from understanding what you're seeing. I KNOW!!!! YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THIS!!!!!!! It's so annoying!

I don't think I can read anymore of this series. I can't stand Anita and her wishy washy morals and her sociopathic attitude. She's tired and done and really, just a projection of Hamilton wanting to play out her sexual fantasies. It's not about monsters and scary things anymore. Boo.