Narcissus in Chains

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Otherwise known as "what the hell did I just read?"

I'm late in coming to the Anita Blake series, only actually picking them up at all because I'm involved in a couple of RPs set in the world and I wanted to get to grips with the world building. I'd read Guilty Pleasures and Obsidian Butterfly at the recommendation of a friend but hadn't planned to read any of the others since I'd heard such bad things about what happened with the series after OB. However, when I started the RP I figured I'd give them a go and managed to get hold of free copies.

The first nine or so were fairly decent. Not the best writing I've ever seen and there are way too many pissing contests going on for my tastes. Most of them I could forgive since the vampires involved didn't get where they were without packing a punch and they want everyone to know they earned their spot. And most of the others involved Anita Proving Something, which I had been led to expect to occur frequently. And while the plots sometimes weren't particularly tight and seemed on the brink of getting away from her, they did always come together in the end. On the whole they were thoroughly a thoroughly enjoyable series and the end of OB looked as though it should have launched into an equally enjoyable set of books.

( You can probably guess what followed... )

Kay...rant over. I think.