Three books later the love triangle ended in such a way that the girl began to get nervous. She was also shown the detailed inner workings of a werewolf pack and though she would have preferred another murder-mystery she somehow didn’t mind that this book focused more on monster politics. Neither of the men seemed the obvious choice for the heroine, in fact, the girl herself couldn’t even make up her mind! Not only that, but she could see no clear “winner”. In The Lunatic Café the girl realized that though she abhorred most love triangles this one was executed in such a way that she could actually tolerate it. The necromancer's mind began to open, just a little, but it was enough that the girl could see the character growth and could tell that there was more to this MC than the tough outer layer she’d been shown.įollowing this was Circus of the Damned and the girl was treated to more undead “Ma Petite” filled angst, an intriguing mystery and…the introduction of a love triangle. The girl watched this stubborn MC learn from her mistakes, adjust her behavior and her mindset as she gained more and more knowledge of the preternatural crowd into which she had been drawn. Then came book two, The Laughing Corpse, and with it the progression of Anita as a character. Who could resist such chemistry? Who could resist such an original and detailed paranormal world? With the arrival of one Jean Claude, master vampire and sex-on-legs love interest, the girl knew that she’d stick around to see where the series went. Did she like this wise-cracking hard ass? Or was her personality too strong and grating at times? Anita didn’t take shit from anyone, never compromised her beliefs because of the opinions of others and never looked to anyone else to get herself out of an impossible situation. The girl had never met such a bad ass chick. One day she stumbled upon a book titled Guilty Pleasures and though both the title and the cover seemed rather cheesy she figured she’d give it a try.Įnter one imperfect, stubborn, narrow-minded but somehow highly lovable main character named Anita Blake. She especially liked to read about books with paranormal alternate realities in them because the real world had lost its magic to things like “Reality” TV, male-dominated debates about women’s reproductive rights and vacuous celebrity worship.

Blood noir laurell k hamilton