Bullet

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

The Mother of All Darkness - the first vampire - wants to enter into a new human body...and the one she has in mind belongs to Anita Blake.

©2010 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2010 Penguin

loved it

amazing book to listen to while working
i love kimberly alexis and her different voices

amazing as always!

I love listening to these books. I can't always sit and read them s0 being able to listen to them and still get stuff done is amazing.

Bullet

I am so disappointed in this book. I don't mind the sex scenes but they are so long and drawn out that I actually fast forwarded through 7 chapters of this book. Not only is it that Anita is so weak it makes me a bit sick but has she really lived as Jean Claude's human servant all these years and yet she is still arguing over what she will wear, who she will have sex with, and who she will kill?

If you used to like Anita Blake and have been disappointed with some of the past few books you will be sorely ticked if you buy this one. Save your money and start reading the Dresden Files. Not only are they way better with a genunine character - the reader doesn't make you want to claw your own eyes out!

Very disappointing

For the price of this book and how short it was this was very disappointing. Laurell Hamilton is a much better writer then this, in a way im glad i bought it here instead of the book due to the fact that I love to read. I think that this is one of Hamilton's worst books that she has written. At the end I was expecting something and I kept checking to see if I missed a download cause it just ends. For some reason its more important to talk about the "deeds" they do together instead of the bad guys that are around them. I will always read/listen to her books but I have to say this was a waste of money and time. :(

For Adult Ears Only

First, I would like to say how glad I was to find that Kimberly Alexis, is once again the narrator. Her take on Jean-Claude's french accent is perfect. She makes the story much more enjoyable. She IS the voice of Anita Blake, in my opinion.

Having said that, now I would like to comment on the story. What there was of a plot, was over shadowed by the very explict sex scenes. One after another. I think it is safe to say that, "Bullet" contains the most graphic sexual content, of any of the prior "Anita Blake" books.
So, if you are not comfortable with M/M, BDSM, F/F or group sex, then you will find this book, well..... more than alittle upsetting.

WARNING: These books are addicting. There is something about the whole, OMGosh, they didn't just do that, "SHOCK FACTOR", that keeps readers, like me, buying book after book.

FYI: The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is written for adults only.

Needs more story and less sex

The story has gotten side tracked with too much of a good thing. It is like there were two writers for Anita. The writer that writes the action and one that writes the sex scenes. The writer of the action has taken a long vacation. I hope that one comes back.

Starting to dislike this series .

I really love the first several books in the series. I female detective like story with plot and paranormal activity, very interesting to read. Very likeable main characters and good crime stories. Then they turned into romance novels where Anita just whines about the men in her life. I love good sex scenes, its okay for the book to be full of sex also; but the whining about relationships gets real old real fast when that becomes the focus of the story intead of the crime plots that started the series. It seems to me that instead of coming up with actual plot that new and more perverse sex scenes are added to shock the reader--I do love the sex scenes but I read books for plot and entertainment. I love the Skin Trade book, was hoping the books would get back to that style. Not the trashy romance novel it has become. Anita was one of the first female detective characters that I have read, along with the science fiction/horror/mystery genre it created. It was a great series for awhile, I am sick and tired of Anita whining about the men in her life instead of hearing about her work as a detective/necromancer. I am actually rooting for Richard's death, along with every other man in Anita's life.

Downward slope

Hamilton used to be one of my favorite authors. I started with the Anita Blake series and fell in love with the stories...and then the sex started and seemed to open some kind of pandora's box for sex thereafter. I kept thinking every time I bought her new books for the series "Maybe this one will be different...maybe she'll have some amazing twist and get back to the main story here." Then I read it and fight not bang my head on the desk. I mean seriously, is she going to add another sex partner EVERY book?! I think Anita has plenty, enough already! And I agree with some of the reviews, the men are starting to act like Anita's male-harem.
The narrator didn't help either. She made most of the men sound like unintelligent surfer wannabes. The only saving grace was the men with french accents. I really liked how she actually gave them the accents and really brought out the character.

40 + chapters of meh

on the positive side Anita is a little less of a pain in the ass. on the downside it's 40 semi chapters repetitive description of power and clothing with a Sprinkle of sex it would be boring to even a hedonist and a story that could have been interesting except it was to brief and the ending was just washed over

Plot Lite

As others have commented, this 19th installment is particularly homoerotic, if that offends you, you're going to have a hard time with the 3 or 4 chapters of nothing but sex.

This book had more plot and character development than the last, which I understand was not intended to be a full novel, but unlike early novels in the series, I felt like I'd received a novella not a novel. There was just too little story here. I truly hope the author can put together a more compelling installment for us next time.