• Obsidian Butterfly

  • An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
  • By: Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis
  • Length: 19 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,727 ratings)

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Obsidian Butterfly

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

There are a lot of monsters in Anita Blake's life. And some of them are human. One such individual is the man she calls Edward, a bounty hunter who specializes in the preternatural. He calls her to help him hunt down the greatest evil she has ever encountered - something that kills and maims and vanishes into the night. Something Anita will have to face alone.

Love in vein: listen to more tales of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.
©2002 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2010 Penguin Audio

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"[A] monstrously entertaining read." (Publishers Weekly)

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enjoyed this story many times

Great female lead have listened to this book so many times! fantastic story nothing negative to say

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I love this series!

A lot of people mentioned not liking the sound effects, I but I rather enjoyed them. The narrator (again) completely makes the book, and the characters just keep getting more interesting.

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Good book

the next few books in this series is not in audio! !! they are good books

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Great story. Narrator needs proof- reading

The verbiage and enunciation of the author is driving me nuts on some of the words. The sound effects on this book were overpowering. I soldiered on because I love the hard copies of the books but internally cringed a lot while listening.

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now complete

now that the missing chapter 58 is included this is one of the best in the series.

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my personal favorite in the series

The series starts with Guilty Pleasures, I highly reccommend that book to start. The series is VERY good from book one until book 10. In the first book I did feel like I had missed something, the characters had met some time ago and there was a history. Despite that after a couple of chapters I really got into the book. The series has ALOT of action and mystery. Book 2 is even better. The series is very dark and often gruesome. The descriptions of the crime scenes can be disturbing but the story telling is so good it is worth it! I often got chills and found the stories could even be scary. If you can handle that you should definately try this series. It is VERY different from anything I have ever read or listened to. There is a little romance and sexual tension that starts in book one and builds over time. After book 10 it takes quite a big turn and there is TONS of very discriptive sex. This book Obsidaian Butterfly is one of the best. It tells more about Edward, one of Anita's friends and there is non stop action. Again, very violent, sometimes I can't believe "it went there", but that is why it is sooo good. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, NEVER PREDICTABLE! At some point they change who narrates the books, some of them even have sound effects, growling etc. I still really enjoyed it.

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Lots of Edward, very little fluff

I loved this book! it was exciting and there was a crime to solve. It felt like the old Anita again. plus you get to see lots of Edward which was exciting. The narrator, Kimberly Alexis was great.

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this was simply fantastic

great loved it. The one downside however is they. don't have the whole book series

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Love Edward!!

Even if you're not a huge Edward fan, you'll be cheering for him by the end of this book! super action-filled and great character development!

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I love this series and now I get to hear it!

kept me on edge the entire time. I could hardly make it through the day without rushing home to listen to it on my Alexa.

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