Slay: Anita Blake 30 (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels)
£10.99
‘I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination’ DIANA GABALDON
My name is Anita Blake and my family think I’m marrying a demon straight out of hell. If they’d ever met a real demon, they’d understand the difference . . .
Considering my dark and dangerous past, I never expected preparations for my wedding to Jean-Claude to go smoothly. We’ve already faced naysayers and a power-hungry ancient evil and come out the other side still standing. But now I need to do the one thing that actually scares me – introduce my very religious, very human relatives to my fiancé, the newly crowned vampire king of America.
As I try to keep the peace between the family I left behind and the family I’ve chosen, dark forces jump at the chance to take advantage of the chaos. With our happy-ever-after and everyone’s immortal souls hanging in the balance, it’s time to face a hard truth . . .
Blood makes you related, but only loyalty makes you family.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Headline (7 Nov. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 5349 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 417 pages |
| Page numbers source ISBN | 0593637844 |
by Emma Hall
That is exactly what I wanted out of the series, and still a long way to go. No spoilers, but it was ‘nice’ to meet the family.
by T
I loved Slay, it was fast passed and gripping the whole way through. It amused me how similar my family gatherings are despite the fact I am not married to a vampire or religious.
by GreyNinjaKitty
One of her best – drawing together some of her best characters, in a nail biting, fast paced and fascinating new story, this is my fave of her novels since Obsidian Butterfly. Can’t wait for Jason and novel 31!
by Fluffyfangs
Wow do much going on and there’s nothing quite like family and damn can they press your buttons. But on the good ride your adopted family are golden. Can’t wait for next instalment woo wee loving this series
by P. lucas
I’m glad it like the original Anita blake books, vampires and Anita blake, I find some of the newer books are like reading a porno, this has gone back to the roots, thank you
by MrsCassiopeiaK
I wanted to love this so badly; I’ve been reading the Anita Blake series for 15 years now, and to be honest, if I hadn’t invested so much time already, I’d probably give up. I LOVE the universe and the characters – as the series has progressed, they’ve become more rounded and believable. I want so badly to read Anita and Jean Claude’s wedding. I want more Nathaniel, Micah, Pierrette, Damien, Richard, Dev, Rafael, Edward and even Asher. But honestly, this book left me bored.
Smoulder (Book 29) felt like Part 1 of this novel, and the further through the series we get, the more each novel feels less like an individual episode in the universe and more like a plodding contribution. And yet, despite all the extra one time between two novels, I felt cheated by the rushed afterthought of an ending.
Not only has the core cast of character become so large that we barely hear from or about some previously major players, but there is so much Anita introspection and therapy speak that doesn’t really move the story along. Whilst I know she’s changed as a character and we’re a long way from her early Executioner days… where is the good old fashioned monster hunt, with her being scooped up by one or several of her gorgeous lovers at the end?
I’m not giving up yet, but I don’t recommend this series anymore. At £22 a pop for a new release hardback, I want to be utterly absorbed… and I’m actually just glad I got through it and I can get back to reading something else. It’s not badly written per se, but in the Anita universe – for me – a totally unmemorable addition.
by phillip fox
I’ve love laurell’s world for so many years I’ve lost count read and re read all her books every year and feel so privileged to see Anita’s journey amazing reading amazing writer
by Mary Heron
I really enjoy this series i found it early with the publication of Circus of the Damned bk 3. So I’ve spent many years in Anita’s world with her and Jean Claude, I loved the first 18 or so books then found the sex scenes too formulaic……….too passionless and so frustrating with the pages and pages of discussion beforehand. Do not get me wrong I do not.object to the.polyamarous side (in fact at first I enjoyed it very much the scenes were so well written) but as Anita’s poly group grew so too did all the negotiations before sex……whose hand goes where, who gets to be on which side etc etc that bored me. But in this book we have Demios introduced in the last book he is a definite threat to the happy family that Anita and Jean Claude have made in Minneapolis. Not only that but wedding plans are moving along and Anita’s family are in town (ostensibly for clothes fittings) to meet Jean Claude (as well as all the others ) and see if her father is willing to attend the wedding and walk Anita down the aisle. Things are tense the one thing Anita does not need is to have to fight a deadly master vampire so ancient he thinks he’s a God…………………. We almost got through the whole book with no sex scenes which made a refreshing change, it is like the Anita books of old (apart from some dirty talk) but then Me Hamilton goes and.gives.he a bonus scene which had been cut from the main book so one sex scenes that you can read or not………I’m happy and.I love the ending.