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[bittybye2000.livejournal.com]

I have a question for anyone who has read Harlequin. Another person who has read the books said that Mommy Dearest was in the 'plot' of the book. How much of a role dose she have, because at this point she's the only one I'm interested in in the AB universe.

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[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Haven't read it, don't wanna, ain't gonna til I can find it used for 50 cents. But question, y'all:

Why does Marmee Noir want Anita? Seriously? Why not Jean Claude or...hell, anyone? Anybody got a silver stake? And holy water? Problem is, Anita would prolly come back from the dead...

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[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

This will be all spoilery, so I'll put it in white text and you'll have to highlight to read it:

According to the book, Marmee says JC is 'too late'; too late for what? he should have killed her immediately as she is a necromancer. Marmee says "She attracts the dead, all the dead. She called me from my sleep. Her power called to me like the first ray of sunlight after a thousand years of night. Her warmth and life called to my death. Even I cannot resist her. Do you understand now?" AB says Marmee is not under her power. Marmee replys that legend says necromancers control the dead, and that part is true. But it doesn't say that the dead give necromancers no peace, they pester the poor things because they draw the dead to them. Except with vamps and necromancers the question is who is the moth and who is the flame. Vamps may put AB in her grave.
Then she gets all pissy at the Harlequin about what they've been up to, and killing AB will not put her back to sleep. Then she starts drawing on AB's rage and anger and becoming more and more 'solid'. A spy from the 'good' side tells them then that AB is their only hope of controlling Marmee and she must shut down the power Marmee is drawing because if she kills Harlequin guy, she'll have enough power to be permanent flesh there in the USA. So JC turns on the ardooor and the rage and anger disappear, as does Marmee. The spy then gives AB a magical charm to repel Marmee from invading her dreams/life that she must wear at all times, blah, blah, whatever.

This whole thing may not even answer your question, I guess she wants AB for the power she can feed of off. But it's a double edged sword (what isn't in these stories?) as AB can control her/them, too.

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[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you, darlin. Part of that I kinda figured, but that explained a lot more. Sooper Anita is becoming Sooper Dooper Anita. I'm with Marmee. Kill the necromancer, in this case, Anita. Then the boys can have wicked sex without her.

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[longtail.livejournal.com]

...

I feel positively sick. That makes no bloody sense. It would if Anita has done anything to earn the ability, but no, it's just LKH saying, once again, that "Anita can do this because I said so."

Anita just needs to retire and hit the streets with Nathaniel, it's the only thing she can really do anymore these days and have a plausible explanation for experiance.

Otherwise Anita seems to be pretty much a Katamari for the supernatural.

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[denouement16.livejournal.com]

That was exactly what I thought when I read the book! :)