Review by Vicky London
Here’s the cover blurb:
The music came back up and the next group of little girls, slightly older, came out. There was a lot of that in the next hour and change. I liked dance, and it was no reflection on the kids, but my will to live began to seep away on about the fifth group of sequined children…
Anita Blake is back in St. Louis and trying to live a normal life-as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner and a U. S. Marshal. There are lovers, friends and their children, school programs to attend. In the midst of all the ordinary happiness a vampire from Anita’s past reaches out. She was supposed to be dead, killed in an explosion, but the Mother of All Darkness is the first vampire, their dark creator. It’s hard to kill a god. This dark goddess has reached out to her here-in St. Louis, home of everyone Anita loves most. The Mother of All Darkness has decided she has to act now or never, to control Anita, and all the vampires in America.
The Mother of All Darkness believes that the triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude with Anita and the werewolf Richard Zeeman has enough power for her to regain a body and to immigrate to the New World. But the body she wants to possess is already taken. Anita is about to learn a whole new meaning to sharing her body, one that has nothing to do with the bedroom. And if the Mother of All Darkness can’t succeed in taking over Anita’s body for herself, she means to see that no one else has the use of it, ever again. Even Belle Morte, not always a friend to Anita, has sent word: “Run if you can…”
In Bullet, the tigers and lions take center stage. As in the previous books, the tigers are willing to ally themselves with the St. Louis triumvirate to gain power and to restore themselves to their former glory. The lions, however aren’t so smart and a major misstep by blue-haired Haven pushes Anita too far. She also receives a timely warning from the lion assassins she rolled in Flirt that a big time hit has been put out on Anita, Richard and Jean Claude. I’m interested to see where things go with the tigers including the powerful new black tiger, Jade. Of course, complicating matter further is the Harlequin. the killers feared by all vampires (aka They Who Shall Not Be Named).
Finally, finally an Anita Blake novel that I actually enjoyed! It seems like I’ve waited for so long for Anita to come back to her old self. The ardeur is waning at last and even though she’ll never be the person she was (personal growth and all that), we finally get some good story and hallelujah, Jean Claude is back in the frame. Also, in a stunning reversal, Richard Zeeman has finally decided to get with the program and stop being such a self-righteous prig. I had such hope for this series to come back to itself and it’s like all my prayers have been answered. Okay, not quite but pretty close. The sex scenes were even somewhat sexy again instead of the mostly screaming and clawing power plays they have been. Some little kids get tossed into the story for Anita to reiterate that motherhood is not for her, which we already knew. Overall I was really happy with this book. I got to see more of Jean Claude, Richard, and Anita even got to do a little U.S. Marshalling at a distance. Thank you LKH for an Anita book that I’m actually considering reading again.
Click here to read an excerpt.
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Release Date: June 1, 2010
ISBN-10: 0425234339
ISBN-13: 978-0425234334
Popularity: 3% [?]
Reader Ratings - Click On A Star to Rate This Book:
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...
August 16th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
I enjoyed reading this book a lot!!! I loved that she incorporated the love making with the relationships that the characters have with each other. It seems like a lot of their troubles were over come this book, they started to understand how Anita has grown and gave up so much for the love and protection of her people. I just started reading this series this past summer and have read the all, some two or three times! Thank you for creating a strong female who is growing and over coming so much! It is a joy to read the world created by Hamilton.