Library Journal
While a pyrokinetic arsonist targets the havens of St. Louis's legal vampire population, Anita Blake--the local expert on supernatural creatures--finds herself embroiled in a dangerous and deadly game of undead politics in defense of her lover, the city's Master Vampire. The sixth installment of Hamilton's popular "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" series exposes the more vulnerable side of its tough-talking, hard-as-nails heroine. Filled with nonstop action, witty dialog, and steamy sex, this title will appeal to fans of Anne Rice and Tanya Huff.
APRIL 2010 - AudioFile
Anita Blake began raising zombies and killing vampires several novels ago. Now she's the lover of a French vampire who is the king of all neck-biters in St. Louis, and she's involved with the top dog of the city's werewolf population. These relationships involve fighting other vampires on behalf of her lovers. Narrator Kimberly Alexis, who performed the previous Anita Blake novels, now "owns" the voices. Alexis has Blake's tough sexuality down, and she also does a mean assortment of werewolves, were-rats, were-leopards, and vampires from different lands. She makes shifting from male to female, human to monster sound simple and natural. Listening is a pleasure. M.S. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
