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[katatsumuri.livejournal.com]

I just recently got into the Anita Blake books and i decided to look up reviews on it before i decided to buy the books. I can't believe how horrible people think these books are! I still want to buy them but i'm not sure if i should buy the whole series now. Should i buy just the first 4 and skip the rest or what?

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[dwg.livejournal.com]

They're pretty readable up to and including Obsidian Butterfly (book #9) - but after that, give them a miss. Bloody Bones (#5) is my favourite of the bunch, and the one I hold up as the last good one in the series. The villains are the best the series has, IMO. After that, they get soft and stupid.

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

Ditto on that.

After nine...EESH.

And I'm taking to heart too, the don't buy 'ems. No more money for you!

-Dira-

[demoncougar.livejournal.com]

LKH, at one point, declared that "if you don't like the books, don't buy them." I took it literally...and I started downloading them. :) If you want, I can send some of them to you...do you have MSN?

[sugarmaplelife.livejournal.com]

Check them out at the library. If you love a book, then go ahead and buy it.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

What everyone else said. I'd say the first...nine books are good (ranging from rock-my-world to decent-ish), then the series goes down faster than Anita a nickel whore.

This is definitely a try-before-you-buy series. I was lucky enough to have a friend (see demoncougar above! *hugs*) buy the first eight for me, in four-book increments, for various birthdays and such, but you'd best stick to borrowing from libraries and fannish friends...at $6.00+ each, getting the whole series (or even parts of it) in one go can get expensive, and possibly land you with a lot of books you dislike and find hard to give away (the AB series is getting a bad reputation, thanks to the last three books).

If you want to own, try to aim for used copies...there's a TON out there, both online and off, and they're usually pretty cheap. Plus you get the satisfaction of knowing you're not directly giving the author money. :)

[katatsumuri.livejournal.com]

thanks so much....i think i might just download them or something...i do have msn ^^ so far i like the first 3 books alot ^^ i'm gonna stay away from the last 3 books.