What happened to Anita Blake?

[femaleeunuch]

I mean both the books and the character. Everything seemed promising from the start: Anita was amusing and witty, though somewhat haughty at times. The world was interesting, especially the lore surrounding the supernatural characters. I really got into the books but my interest faded and I stopped reading them after having read Skin Trade. I just got fed up with the constant wash and repeat of the unexciting sex scenes, *metaphysical sex?*, I-just no, what was supposed to be interesting or appealing about that? The writing coincidentally also degraded with the appearance of these shenanigans. The ever increasing abilities and powers of Anita Blake that made her basically God of her universe. I felt like I was reading bad fanfiction. And don't even get me started on wereleopards. There were so many interesting supernaturals we could have explored, I particularly always wanted to know more about the demons of the AB universe, since we got such little but fascinating snippets about them. But instead we got wereleopards?! Why? I always groaned when I had to read about them in the books, and the frequency increased. I had no interest in their weird and disgusting customs and hierarchies, nor any other were animals for that matter. They were the least interesting supernatural creature out there. The books and the character of Anita had such potential, it makes me kinda sad and angry to see it have degraded to such degree. Did the author just get bored? I feel like with the right author, AB could have been something wonderful, and it is showcased as such by fanfiction. Does anyone else have similar thoughts?