Shelf Addiction
  • Home
  • The Podcast
  • Blog
  • Monthly Read-Alongs
  • About Shelf Addiction
    • Media Kit
    • Advertising
    • Privacy Policy
  • Support Us
  • Shop
  • Tee Public Merch Store
  • Book Club Guide
  • Giveaways
Sign up for the FREE Shelf Addiction Newsletter!

Review: Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #5), by Laurell K. Hamilton (Audiobook)

1/28/2013

1 Comment

 
Picture
Publisher: Berkeley Trade / Penguin Audio
Release Date: First published October 1st 1996 / Audio unabridged edition (January 7, 2010)
Format: Audio MP3
Pages: Hardcover, 336 pages/ Audio Length: 6 hours
Source: Library Borrow via Overdrive
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Date: January 28, 2013
Rating: 3 bookmarks
Synopsis:  In Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times bestselling novels, Anita Blake, vampire hunter and animator, takes a bite out of crime-of the supernatural kind. But even someone who deals with death on a daily basis can be unnerved by its power... 

When Branson, Missouri, is hit with a death wave-four unsolved murders-it doesn't take an expert to realize that all is not well. But luckily for the locals, Anita is an expert-in just the kinds of preternatural goings-on that have everyone spooked. And she's got an "in" with just the kind of creature who can make sense of the slayings: a sexy master vampire known as Jean Claude.
This book has a change of scenery and change of Anita.   This story leaves St. Louis area and goes off to Branson where Anita and Larry go to raise a bunch of 200+ year old corpses for a paying client.  In addition to the location change, I noticed a pretty large shift in Anita's character. To me she seemed a more annoying, crabby  and even more abrasive than usual at times. The tone of this book was very different from the last four. More dark, more gory, more attitude. I didn't connect as much with Anita as I had in the last book, The Lunatic Cafe, which I loved.

Also, I felt that there were too many characters!  Yes too many characters. I never though I'd say that. But in addition to all the characters piled into this book, there were many plots going on. There were only three, but it seemed a bit much for some reason.  Maybe it was due to all the new characters.  Thankfully in the end they did all tie together, but I don't know. This wasn't my favorite installment, actually I can safely say this was my least favorite in the series so far.

If you all have been keeping up with my reviews of this series, you already know I don't like the girly vampire Jean Claude....ugh! This book was a lot of Jean Claude helping Anita with all  the scary monsters and humans doing horrible things. I keep waiting for my dislike of him to change, but it hasn't.  Oh well.

I like that we got a better feeling about Larry, he's cool for a newbie necromancer.  I think he's a great work partner and apprentice for Anita. He's still young and learning, but he brings Anita back to reality and makes her think about her own actions sometimes.  I also liked that we got to see Anita in a really weak state in a situation that had nothing to do with her relationships with Jean Claude or Richard.

I enjoyed the creativity of the story line. It wasn't like anything I ever read before.  Fairies drinking other faerie blood, cursed evil fairies, vamps drinking faerie blood, family curses, and a lot more craziness ...even Anita almost being pulled over to the "dark" side, for real.  

As the previous 4 installments, the narrator was spot on. She is the one constant and reliable thing about this series. I hope they never change the narrator!  I will continue on and listen to book 6, The Killing Dance, but I think I may take a month off from this series and get back to it in March.

What did you think of this book? Feel free to link up your review so I can check our your thoughts.

Happy Reading & Listening, 
~Tamara
Get the Kindle version here: Bloody Bones
1 Comment
Eve @ The Readers Show link
1/29/2013 11:07:32 am

I've read only the first three books in the Anita Blake series, but I couldn't go on.
Great review!

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Gain access to exclusive content!
    Picture
    Click for Shelf Addiction merch!
    Follow on Bloglovin

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Get ONE month FREE!

    ​Rating Scale: 

    Picture
    Wonderful! Loved it! Add it to your shelf!
    Picture
    ​Very good read! It's bookshelf worthy.
    Picture
    ​I liked it. Borrow it from the library or a friend.
    Picture
    I got through it...barely! If you must read it, borrow it.
    Picture
    Don't waste your time.

    Picture

    Currently Reading

    Somebody I Used to Know
    Hidden Bodies

    Follow on Bloglovin

    Read the Printed Word!
    Picture

    DISCLAIMER 
    All affiliate links used on this site are links which I will receive a small commission if you purchase using them. A percent of all monies earned goes to help pay for this website and giveaways hosted by me .
    Click here to read the 
    Privacy Policy for Shelf Addiction


    Categories

    All
    1 Bookmark
    2 Bookmarks
    3 Bookmarks
    4 Bookmarks
    5 Bookmarks
    Aa Fiction
    Armchair Bea
    Audiobook
    Author Features
    Autobiography
    Biography
    Blog Tours
    Book Conventions
    Book Haul Tuesday
    Bookish Bargains
    Bookish News
    Bookish Pod Chat
    Book To Movie Adaptations
    Book To TV Adaptations
    BookTube Weekly
    Buddy Reads
    Chick Lit
    Christian Fiction
    Contemporary Fiction
    Contemporary Romance
    Cover Reveal
    Dystopian
    Erotica
    Fantasy
    Fantasy Series
    Feature & Follow Friday
    General Fiction
    Giveaways
    Guest Posts
    Historical Fiction
    Horror
    Inspirational
    Literacy Events
    Memoir
    Movie Reviews
    Mystery
    Narrator Interviews
    New Adult
    Non Fiction
    Paranormal
    Paranormal Romance
    Pop Culture Sunday
    Read Along
    Read A Thon
    Romance
    Romantic Suspense
    RTU
    Sa-book-club
    Saturday Book Chat
    Science Fiction
    Seasonal Reading
    Shelf Byte
    Short Stories
    Steampunk
    Summer Of Indie
    Suspense
    TBR Jar
    The Book Exchange
    The Recap!
    Thriller
    Throwback Thursday
    TPCP
    Tv Show Reviews
    Urban Fantasy
    Why I Love Wednesdays
    Womens Fiction
    Ya Dystopian
    Ya Fantasy
    Ya Fiction
    Ya Historical Fantasy
    Ya Historical Fiction
    Ya Mystery
    Ya Paranormal
    Ya Retelling
    Ya Romance
    Ya Science Fiction
    Ya Steampunk
    Ya Thriller
    Ya Urban Fantasy

    Reviews Published

    Sponsor Love

    Picture
    Advertise on 
    ​Shelf Addiction!

    Picture
    Picture
    We can't do this without you!! Support this podcast! Use the referral links, leave a review on your platform of choice, donate a coffee or checkout the merch store. Even show your support on Patreon!

    Podcast Book Chats, Bookish Topics, Book Reviews, Audiobook Reviews, Author and Narrator Interviews, Online Book Club

© 2012-2023 shelfaddiction.com. All rights reserved.