Vampire hunter Anita Blake is no stranger to killing monsters. It's part of her job as a Preternatural U.S. Marshal, after all. But even her experience isn't enough to stop something that is bent on destroying everything—and everyone—she loves.
Anita Blake is engaged to Jean-Claude, the new vampire king of America. Humans think she's gone over to the side of the monsters. The vampires fear that their new king has fallen under the spell of the most powerful necromancer in a thousand years.
In the midst of wedding preparations—including getting Edward, aka U.S. Marshal Ted Forrester, fitted as best man—Anita gets a call that the local police need her expertise at a brutal murder scene linked to a nationwide slaughter of vampires and humans, dubbed the Sunshine Murders.
But there is more than just a murderer to catch: an ancient evil has arrived in St. Louis to challenge Jean-Claude for his crown, his life, Anita, and all they hold dear. Even with Jean-Claude's new powers as king and Anita's necromancy, it isn't enough; they must embrace their triumvirate or allow primeval darkness to spread across the country, possessing first the vampires and then the humans. Evil will triumph unless Jean-Claude and Anita can prove that love conquers all.
This was such a great read! On my tablet it said it was 300 pages, so I was thinking that it was a shorter novel like Jason, Micah and Rafael. But it's not, it's actually 500 pages, and boy did the pages fly by! I just couldn't put it down!
This book sets up a lot of the conflicts that'll be addressed in the next book, maybe books. Like with her father and his family. That some of the characters have problems, like Jason, and Rodwina and Ru. There's the murder investigation of the vampire, and the group behind them. It also introduces a new big bad.
Most of this book is the relationships between these characters, and they therapy that they're attending. This is the book that brings back Richard. It was interesting to see how dynamics have changed, but this was needed set up for the future.
I have seen other reviews about how this book doesn't really do much. And external plot wise, it doesn't, it's just the set up. And it does take place over an afternoon and evening, which adds to that weird feel of this book. But I had a great time reading this book and I can't wait for the next!
This was a really great read, and I'm so exited for Slay, the excerpt we got of it as fantastic and I need to know what's going to happen next!
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Series: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #29
Read: December 15th, 2022
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: March 21st 2023
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