Affliction

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kimberly Alexis

Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about “zombie disease".

Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies - but these aren’t the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes...Where will it stop? Even Anita Blake doesn’t know.

©2013 Laurell K. Hamilton (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Long before Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series and Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels, [there was] sexy, strong-willed vampire hunter Anita Blake.” (USA Today)

“Laurell K. Hamilton is the reigning queen of the urban fantasy world.” (Midwest Book Review)

“Hamilton remains one of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.” (Charlaine Harris)

great story.

love the series, the stroy and the reader. I don't know why the add the sound effects, they (IMO) take away from the reading and take focus off the story

Another great adventure.

I love when the characters leave the circus. This is a favourite re-read. First time listening to the audio. Love meeting fresh new characters.

Best of the more recent books.

This book was, for me, the most enjoyable of the recent Anita series. There was a better balance of story and romance scenes.

Great 20 year anniversary story!

Would you consider the audio edition of Affliction to be better than the print version?

Most def! I have tried reading but it just isn't the same without Kimberly Alexis' narration!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Affliction?

Jean Claude going to Anita and proposing.

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

Yes, it was awesome as always! She is the best narrator ever! She doesn't sound like a wounded poodle or porn star during steamy scenes.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I actually laughed during some parts.

Any additional comments?

Worth the credit!!!!

And she scores another homerun!

I really enjoyed Affliction! It took me back to some of Anita's earlier adventures complete with raw attitude.

Love the supernatural

I have to say I love the characters but the sex scenes are too long. I started fast forwarding them. Love Edward. Several of the new characters are interesting. Should be fun.

very nicely done!!

Loved it!!!
love the music and noises for the dramatic parts
Anita is a badass

good

I really enjoyed the narrator. She has a wonderful voice but all the random sound effects made it hard to hear the actual story at times

Better than expected!!

Any additional comments?

I had begun to fall out of love with this series, but Affliction has renewed my love!! At times the narrator's voice would completely change tone, sounding as if it had been dubbed in and it sounded terribly strange. It was an editing issue and not the narrator herself that caused this problem though! However, as great as she is at the 100 or however many different character voices, there was times that one character's voice would be used for another character's part, usually when they were having a conversation together. Also, one thing I noticed with Ted/ Edward was that his accent would fade in and out. Which is normal for him usually. Except this was within the same sentence!! The first time I noticed it was when he first joined the story, which I won't go into so as not to spoil anything too much. But even with all of these small annoyances throughout the book, the worst to me being Nathaniel and Nicky's voices, this book was well worth the credit!! I'm just mad at myself for waiting so long to listen to it! I got it very soon after it was released I think, but I'm just now listening to it. And I did a marathon listen too!! I listened to about 16 or 17 hours yesterday, finishing it up the last 2.5 hours today. But now I have to wait oh so long for book 23 to find out what happens next, in the personal and professional life of Anita Blake!!!

Another great book.

A great continuation of the story line. Kept my interest thru the entire story, which is sometimes difficult with a series that this involved. Looking forward to more.