Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 10)
The "steamy" (Booklist) Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel that took Laurell K. Hamilton to a whole new level is now in paperback.Includes a bonus excerpt from the next Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel, Cerulean Sins, coming in January 2003.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Bestseller Hamilton's Anita Blake, police consultant, executioner, necromancer, private eye and wereleopard protector, returns in her amorous 10th adventure, driven more by conflicting desires for the lovers she neglected in her last outing, Obsidian Butterfly (2000), than by the urge to solve any mystery. Once again, in a world where vampires and werecreatures are protected by law, Blake attempts to resolve her libido's constant crisis. Plunged into the netherworld of a leather D/S (dominant/submissive) bar, Narcissus in Chains, by the abduction of one of her inherited wereleopards, Blake finds herself deep into shapeshifter politics and a were creature power struggle that is all a metaphor for her own inner struggle. Whom should she choose werewolf Richard or vampire Jean-Claude? Or should she take a new lover? Who cares? Blake is eventually infected by the "ardeur" from the vampire clan and tinged with shapeshifting abilities from the were clan. As she becomes more like the fantastic creatures she protects or kills, she, alas, doesn't get any more interesting as a character. Her obsessions with lust serve mainly to overwhelm a rickety plot. Blake needs to put her clothes back on and get back to work. Too much flesh and not enough plot leads to the old but so true saying, "Less is more." (Oct. 9) Forecast: With a 15-city author tour and 100,000 first printing, this should be as successful saleswise as previous books in the series.
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From Booklist
Hamilton's vampire-hunting Anita Blake faces a plethora of foes in her tenth outing. Just returned to St. Louis after six months away, Anita is still no closer to choosing between her lovers--Jean-Claude, a vampire, and Richard, a werewolf. But she has to rely on both for help after two of the wereleopards that she has been watching are abducted at a seedy club called Narcissus in Chains. Anita and her boyfriends rescue the wereleopards from the sinister people holding them, but Anita is wounded in the fight and put at risk of becoming a wereleopard herself. Richard angrily captures the wereleopard he believes is responsible and threatens to execute him. Anita must now rescue that wereleopard from Richard and the werewolves he leads, even as she mourns the apparent end of her relationship with him. Then she realizes that those who kidnapped the first two wereleopards are targeting other lycanthropes. Maybe she will be next. With plenty of steamy sex and graphic violence, this is engaging reading for vampire cultists. Kristine Huntley
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Review
*'A superb series' Outland * 'Death & gore galore.Hamilton writes with ease & vigour.Great fun" Shivers *'I was enthralled - a departure from the usual type of vampire tale which will have a wide appeal to any reader hunting for both chills & fun' Andre Norton *'I've never read a writer with a more fertile imagination & fewer inhibitions about using it' Diana Gabaldon *'Supernatural bad guys beware, night-prowling Blake is savvy, sassy & tough' P N Elrod, author THE VAMPIRE FILES
Customer Reviews
This series started out so good but has went downhill fast...
I read the first book of this series a few weeks ago and was so thrilled with it that I bought all of them at once. Big mistake since I don't like this one at all and am now afraid the rest of the series might be equally bad. When the story focuses on Anita and her "projects", then it is great, but when the whole book is about sex then it is boring. I am almost through with this one and I am bored to death with it. She has gone into yet another vampire club to save one of the wereleopards and been bitten by him. She may become a wereleopard (I'll find out if I can make myself finish the book.) In the meantime she has let Jean Claude "marry" the marks (this was done on stage at the vampire club and had everyone all hot and bothered...except for the reader who was appalled). After the marks "marry", she starts having sex with everyone in sight and it's one sex scene after another. While she is doing all this, the wereleopard is still waiting to be rescued. 2 books back the storyline was pretty much like this, but the last book was good, but that is because Anita was in New Mexico helping out Edward. Hopefully the next book will have a plot line and more action. If you like orgies though, you will probably like this book.
applws and oranges
I understand how some of you seem to get upset about the amount of sex in these books, and well to be blunt it does not get any better. I however love all 17 that i have read so far and hope god bless her that she con finish up the last 15 in the series i want more!!!!
Stop reading the Anita Blake series before you read this one.
Up to this book, this is a pretty good series, but I've now read though all but Blood Noir and I won't read any more (I would have stopped at this one but I'd already bought the whole series). Anita has lost almost all of the qualities I liked about her by this book, her independence, strength, and self reliance. She's always needy and that always requires some type of sex with someone different. Gosh, does that get boring. Ms. Hamilton has forgotten or given up on writing a plot for these stories and just goes from one sexual situation to another. No more for me.
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