I pulled out the 1st book of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series to show my husband a scene, thinking he might find something to draw from the text. But in flipping through the book to find the particular were-rat scene I was planning to show him, I remembered how this book is what made me fall in love with Anita in the first place and deserved a revisit.
In this book we meet Anita, tough as nails animator, vamp hunter, and part-time preternatural police branch consultant. Anita has been working with the police to help solve a case of vamps being murdered. The wicked master of the city, Nikolaos, a 1000 year old vamp trapped in a young girls body has forced Anita into solving the cases for her. We also meet Jean-Claude, a powerful vamp with a thing for Anita. It's his fault that Nikolaos' interest is drawn to Anita, so through some crazy events that threaten Anita's life, Jean-Claude gives her the first couple of vamp marks to begin the human servant process and save her life(as well as his). We also meet Edward, the world's deadliest assassin, who wants in on some killing-the-master-of-the-city action. There are ghouls, were-rats, zombies, vamp bite addicts, and lots o' violence. This is also way before, as my husband calls it, it becomes vampire porn.
Great book, great series. Not for the squeamish or the prudish.
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