• 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 (2,733 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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My favorite of the series

This may seem odd, as this book is like a side journey of Anita's, but this is my favorite book of the series. I love Edward and what he brings to the series, as well as Anita's relationship with him. The plot twists and turns, characters fully developed. This book keeps you guessing and on your toes. Narration is wonderful, as always, listen at 1.15 to 1.25 speed.

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Love it

Love this book so much. Kimberly Alexis is amazing to listen to.

Love me some Edward. This book really brings out his character. One of my favorite books in the series.

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One of the most memorable of a memorable series

This book is excellent and tops off this first series arc with a bang! From the first, Anita has been trying to avoid or deny her talents and her connections with Jean-Claude and Richard. As she has grown in her powers, Anita has come to recognize that she is no more “human” than her guys. Maybe less. At least they started out ordinary human.
In this story, we get to find out about the mysterious Edward! And what a story! How great that he gets to grow and change, too. Donna, Becca and Peter are all imperfectly likable. Then we get a Supe that’s got everyone spooked - Edward, his bounty hunter colleagues, the cops; even Anita. And our edgiest Master of the City yet. Both the story and Anita wow from start to finish.
Alexis does a great job of narration.

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Just WOW

This is the most amazing book of the series so far to me 💜 It gives the audience a much clearer picture of Edward. The pacing of the action and moving the story along was perfect to me. I love how Kimberly Alexis narrates. My only complaint about this particular audible is that sometimes the special effects or spooky music drowns out the narrating. But that problem is rare enough (and in my case I try to read along if I can anyway) it doesn't bother me as much as it does others.

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Exciting 📖 book!

I have been reading 📚/listening to this series. Once I was alerted that a new book was coming out next year, I wanted to remind myself of what had happened.

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Background music got to go

I cannot for the life of me concentrate on the music. Maybe it needs a different sound… idk but it’s distracting and off-putting

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:) One of my favorites in the series

Would you listen to Obsidian Butterfly again? Why?

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

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Good except for missing chapter.

I love all the Anita Blake books, and Kimberly Alexis does an excellent job reading them. I don't like the added music, it distracts from the book to me. And I really don't need to hear sound effects for blood spurts or gun fire, I understand what she means when she says she fired the gun or the blade went into someones chest. And the chapter missing is very off putting and frustrating, I thought I had broken my ipod.

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WOW!!! HOW SINISTER AND CRAZY THIS BOOK WAS.

This book actually had me scared.
I thought I was seeing g ghosts in my perifial. lol
Crazy ass book. But I love those them.

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missing chapter

missing chapter in 3 part otherwise good.

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