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karenboath, November 12, 2006 (view all comments by karenboath)
In "Circus of the Damned" Laurell K. Hamilton builds on her previous novels to give a fuller and more frightening picture of an alternate earth where vampires, werewolves and other monsters are commonplace members of modern society. Whilst helping the St. Louis Police investigate a pair of human murders carried out by an unknown vampire pack, Anita Blake realizes that there is a new master vampire in the city, one that is intent on terrorizing the masses and challenging Jean-Claude as Master of the City. Anita, the animator / vampire slayer / necromancer, returns in a fast-paced, riveting thriller that does not let the reader go, not even for a second. The earlier books of the Anita Blake series are fun, somewhat your distinctive detective stories with a bloodsucking twist. They also have the advantage of a strong female lead, some bizarre sidekicks and a mild freshening up of your average dark fantasy/horror staples like vampires and weres. Compared to her previous books, I found that this one has many more humorous moments with Anita having many of the best one-liners in the book, the level of action and gore is maintained throughout whilst the sexual tension between Anita and her two men increases. This book contains many new plotlines and characters which will be continued throughout other books, so it's fairly important to read this book if you're going to appreciate the other books of the series.

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rejectangel, September 14, 2006 (view all comments by rejectangel)
The first book brought about many characters including Jean-Claude who was created for everyone to get the hots for and in this one, nothing has changed. It's just makes you want him more and who wouldn't want to be that close to Jean-Claude and that much power.

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crimson moonand vampire bites, April 21, 2006 (view all comments by crimson moonand vampire bites)
more jean-claude more!wow this was amazing the lamina was one of the best creatures. in this one you realy get a feel for the real jean-claude...if there is a real him.i almost wet my pantys when they described him to the full extent.tell me more laurell tell me more!
this is DEFINATLY a good read.if youve already read the first 2 you dont need any convincing!at all if not..read this, if you like it go back to 1 and start from there to date there are 13 books with one more on the way.its still in laurells womb being created at the moment. cant wait guys

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780515134483

Author:

Hamilton, Laurell K.

Publisher:

Jove Books

Location:

New York

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Horror fiction

Subject:

Vampires

Subject:

Fantasy - Series

Subject:

Fantasy - Contemporary

Subject:

Fantasy - Dark/Horror

Subject:

Blake, anita (fictitious character)

Subject:

Blake, Anita

Subject:

General Fiction

Copyright:

1995

Edition Number:

Jove ed.

Edition Description:

Jove Paperback

Series:

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter

Series Volume:

03

Publication Date:

September 2002

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbound

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

336

Dimensions:

678x420x91 36