Obsidian Butterfly: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 9

This book teaches us more about Edward, which is good, but there is very little interaction with Jean-Claude or Richard. That is doubly disappointing because audible doesn't offer Narcissus in Chains, the next book and the one after that has a different reader. Enjoy what little of Jean-Claude you get from this one because in Cerulean Sins the reader doesn't do Jean-Claude's accent. One other thing about this book is there seems to be a few tracks or a chapter missing near the end. I was able to follow with out it, but I thought it was strange.

I enjoyed the book...What chapter was missing...? I noticed a gap near the end and I am wondering if that was it? UHH WHERE IS BOOK 10 "NARCISSUS IN CHAINS"??? I had to download an abridged copy elsewhere and I am very unhappy! How can you have 18 of 19 books in the series and miss one right in the middle??? I am praying I survive my abridged version and hoping they find the 10th book!I would STILL order the unabridged version if they ADD IT. Still a happy listener to this 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.

Yes, I would. I've re-read all the paper-bound books I have of the series, and this is one of my favorites. Being able to listen to it just amps the re-play value. Reasons for the favoriting include that I like Edward's character, and getting to see him developed further is a treat, and this is the last book in the series before Anita is drawn through an angsty growth spurt, so we've got a well developed feisty necromancer bad ass to champion through the slug fest/investigation

I'm a fairly new listener of Anita Blake series (i'm currently on book 10 Narcissus in Chains) and I have to say that this was not as good as the others one were. Overall it was a good book, but I've become so accustomed to the Anita Jean Claude and Richard triangle that not having it in this book kind of set me off. Overall the storyline was good and we got to see a lot more Anita action independent from her growing "new and improved" abilities.

I looooove Kimberly Alexis. I'm saddened to hear that after this book some other person is Narrating. Not sure how exactly I will get accustomed to that change but I guess I won't have a choice. Right now I'm actually reading "Narcissus in Chains" book 10 and it is definitely different and sort of difficult for me. I miss Kimberly's voice because she gives the story life and she manages jumping from character to character so easily and well. I find it difficult to read Jean Claude's parts in Narcissus in Chains because I sort of forget what his voice is like in my head. :(

I'm sick and tired of Anita being so ridiculous sometimes. She needs to cut the crap and just stay with both of them. I hate that she loves Richard and isn't afraid to admit it, but Jean Claude she is always hesitant about. She loves them both, but she is always so weird about her feelings for Jean Claude, it makes me so maaaad!!!!

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

I love this series, but OMG I hated to have to listen to the music & sounds affect that Penquin Audio added to this audiobook, it totally ruined it for me, the music was too loud I could barely hear the narrator speak in most parts of the story, other than that Kimberly Alexis was a fabulous narrator, her voice is easy to listen to and I felt I could tell who was who in the story.
If it wasn't for the most annoying sound affects I would have given this audio series 5 stars, buy the books, pass on all the music drama....

Yes.

The most interesting are the tactical gunfights/ scenes. The narrator, Kimberly Alexis brings you to the edge of your seat as she breathes life into LKH's words. Each character having their own 'voice' in a subtle way. The least interesting are the run on sentences Alexis has to read about Anita's thoughts and the personifications and analogies that get beaten like a badly made drum.

I love how she subtly creates character voices and is consistent with them as well as her pronunciation and as accurate as she can be with some of the accents. She doesn't overdo it. Its perfect.

I almost wished I could listen to it all in one sitting. I got audiobooks because I found they kept me awake on the drive home from work. (hour plus commute). I listened on the way in and started dragging my kindle into work, setting it up and listening during points of the day I could. by the time I got home at night, I would sit in the car just to hear another few minutes of the book.

This is the best in the series. I have trusted my fellow readers thus far in this series. I began reading them and decided to try the audiobooks. I am glad this one doesn't have any of the main' character's overly complicated and soap opera-ish love story in it. New characters and settings that let me have faith there is more in LKH's mind than fifty shades of grey meets twilight. ((ive read neither series but thats the best my wit can manage)) I really enjoy the character's but I get tired of LKH's insistence in Anita's ego. We get it, she is bad ass and oh so sexy. I love to hate Anita at times and so LKH is doing exactly what she is supposed to be doing, evoking emotion through her talent. I just wish the conversational filler about how bad ass Anita is would be reduced, leaving room for more descriptions or even more mini-storylines.

This story of Anita was a welcome change from the increasingly familiar story line the past few books had starting dredging into. Finally, the readers to get to learn more about Edward and to experience a side of Anita that isn't as plagued by romantic woes. I enjoyed it very much!

My favorite thing about this series continues to be watching Anita progress as a woman and a embrace her true self. I too am a woman who has worked in a very male dominated, potentially violent profession and wondered how much I scarified, how much I'd changed and how much of the old me would I ever be able to get back. Laurell Hamilton captures these very intense emotions wonderfully when she narrates Anita’s internal struggle throughout this story.

Any scene when the dynamic between Anita and Edward had a chance to get interesting.

Yes and no, only because I like to savor my Anita Books. Like hanging out with a great friend, the books go by so quickly and once they're over I can't wait until I get to see her again.

I'm dressing up as Anita Blake for Halloween this year, think anyone will get it? I swear, if someone asks if I'm Laura Croft I should have carte blanche to kick them. I think Anita Blake would approve!

This novel is the last Anita Blake novel to have a good plot until book 20. I'm not going to pretend to be morally or culturally superior like a lot of LKH's reviewers.... I own all 20 and have read them more than once. I really like almost all of the characters in this series and will undoubtedly buy them as long as LKH keeps writing them, but books 10 through, oh..18? will probably stay on the shelf from now on.

It seems like the books featuring Edward are much more slanted towards violence and away from porn, and as a by-product they end up with a pretty good plot. Lots of mystery and action away from the bedroom. This one is interesting from start to finish, largely because Anita is away from her "home" and all the attendant angst.