• Burnt Offerings

  • An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
  • By: Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis
  • Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,702 ratings)

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Burnt Offerings

By: Laurell K. Hamilton
Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis
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Publisher's summary

Anita Blake is a vampire hunter. But when someone else sets his sights on her prey, she must save them both from the inferno.
Love in vein: listen to more tales of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.
©2010 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2010 Penguin

Critic reviews

"As Burnt Offerings unfolds, Anita agrees to help track down a possible psychic firestarter. She's also policing the local werewolf pack, though she's split up with their alpha, Richard. Then Jean-Claude, the vampire Master of the City and her lover, needs her help to confront a visiting delegation of the vampires' ruling council. They wonder how he got the power to destroy a council member and believe him dangerous to the hierarchy." (Amazon.com review)

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Love this series

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

Yes, I would but it would need to be a friend who didn't mind listening to sexual scenes. Not a book for skittish friends!

Have you listened to any of Kimberly Alexis’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Ms. Alexis does a wonderful job!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes!!!

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So much drama it's delish!

Absolutely love so many of Anita's circle! Wish we were able to keep some of the casualties but glad to keep what comes along.

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meh, not bad but not good.

Not my favorite so far in the series. Good for context moving forward into the next book.

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best by far

out of all the books this is by far the best, almost non stop action, and it ended just as it should have, with Anita on top!

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Wonderful

Wonderful book fun read and the music is getting b better and more appropriate. Reader great

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Character development is magnificent

Love how the story showed the growth of each person. Looking forward to the next story and where they go.

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The good and the bad

The first few books in the series I thought were better read then listened to. Kimberly did an adequate job but nothing exceptional. Those times when she would have really shined the music and sound effects got in the way. Somewhere between the first book and this one they learned to tame the music so it was just a faint mood setter as it should be and cut back on the sound effects rather than trying to rely on them. Kimberly has also learned the characters very well and is finally allowed to show just how well she can do. Unfortunately this is where the series reached (I've read them before) a turning point for me as Ms Hamilton adds more and more torture with each book and later adds explicit sex to the point where these two elements begin replacing the plot of the story making them simply disturbing during the torture and boring during the sex. This is simply my opinion and I know others as well as the author herself would disagree with me.

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Great audio book.

Loved it! Full of emotion and excitement. Kymberly Alexis was absolutely wonderful. Can't wait for the next book.

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great book

This book had me sucked in for a 2nd time, now. simply enthralling!! The series continues to amaze me and the reader is good.

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This is where it starts getting weird

I loved the first books in the series. This is a great book but also where it starts to change from a dash of thriller/horror to a dash of smut. It has a strong storyline and interesting characters. Definitely worth a read!

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