Blue Moon

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis

Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter backlist lights up the night. In her eighth adventure, Anita Blake can't turn her back on a former lover during the full moon. Especially since he's behind bars - and he's a werewolf.

Love in vein: listen to more tales of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.

©2002 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2010 Penguin

Loved every one of her books so far.

What did you love best about Blue Moon?

I loved everything about it. I love this whole series so far. I'm on book 9 now. I'm only bummed that there is not an audible book 10. Everyone must read that book, and then pick up listening on book 11, and with a new narrator. I havent gotten that far yet, but I hope I like the new one.

excellent

As always, Kimberly Alexis makes the book even better. she truly is the voice of Anita for me, and LKH had not lost hey touch.

astounding

She did it again! and this time in the beautiful state of Tennessee! I love her first lovemaking with Richard. it takes me back to high school the first time I read this

holy shit

Damn! Anita is a freaking hoe! lol, i was kinda rooting for Jean-Claude, but I don't know what kind of creepy s*** they got going on

slippery slope

I have been a fan of the first 7 books. Now the focus is shifting from Anita the Vampire Hunter to a Harliqun romance.

I like love making scene when they are tasteful. I am starting to get the impression that the further in the series you get the more distastefully prevalent they are becoming.

I really did enjoy the depth of interplay that was given between her and the were-leopards. It helped me understand her role as Lupa better.

Good story

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Great story! Loved the story line. Non-ending drama!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jason - even though he is a supporting character he is my favorite! He's witty & funny.

Horrible music

It has been said in other reviews and I will say it again. The book was great the music was terrible. Especially the second to last chapter.

Had to listen to this even though I have read it.

Made me want to keep listening. Enjoyed every moment of it. Listen to it while I was at work and kept me productive.

great story

Not a fan of the spa music during sex but overall great book to listen to.

Anita Blake, the Preternatural Being Humper

First, let me say that I stopped reading this series after The Harlequin (released in 2007) and to be honest? I wished I had stopped after Danse Macabre. I'd taken a long break from this series and now, with some emotional distance? I'm able to re-visit the earlier books (Guilty Pleasures through Obsidian Butterfly).

When this series first came out, I thought it was ground-breaking. I found the character of Anita to be fascinating--a necromancer who raises the dead for a living? That's never been done before (well, not to my knowledge.)

I really loved LKH's take on vampires (compared to Anne Rice's emo, philosophical, celibate vampires).
Then, in book 3, we start to see Anita starts to be the exception to various supernatural "rules".
There's a domino effect to her abilities from there and in this book (insert eye roll here) she's able to "call" the munin--the spirit of the late sadistic Lupa, Raina. Sure, some adamant Anita fans might chalk the ability up to Anita having an affinity with the dead or because of the Triumvirate. I call it "convenient".

On the upside? I liked seeing more of Jason's personality in this book. Particularly after the kitchen scene in the "third act" of this book. Anita needs more people like him around her and less syncophants.

My biggest issue with Anita is her stubborn personality, particularly in the scene with Marianne, the vargamor, who is trying to help Anita get over her prudishness with nudity and/or sex. While I understand Anita's POV regarding Nathaniel (i.e. he's so young but the abuse he'd suffered at Raina and Gabriel's hands makes him less than innocent), she needs to treat him as more like a little brother than a victim. Maybe take him under her wing and show him to not be someone's pet and instead, be more independent.

Granted, by the end of the book she admits that she needs help understanding the munin and how to use it as a tool. My biggest complaint is how much and how quickly Anita is God-Moding.

While I'm a Richard fan? I also acknowledge how badly he screwed up his chances with Anita by not shifting BEFORE the events in TKD. He basically shoved her into JC's arms with those actions, but he DOES apologize for it.

I've seen people complain about the sound effects and the music, but they don't bother me. I really like hearing the gunfire and the music because I think it adds ambience.