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The New York Times bestselling series. When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love, and she knows everything there is to know... read more
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Characters edit
- Anita Blake: Main character. She works as an Animator and a US Marshal. She is the human servant of Jean Claude, she has several beasts inside her but is not a shapeshifter and she is a succubus.
- Nathaniel: Were-leopard, one of Anita's live in boyfriends and her leopard to call.
- Micah: Were-leopard, one of Anita's live in boyfriends and Nimir-Raj (Leopard King) to Anita's Nimir-Ra (Leopard Queen).
- Jason: Werewolf, a good friend of Anita's and one of her animals to call.
- Tony Bennington: a client of Anita's, who wanted her to raise his dead wife, but she refuses to do the job despite the large sums of the money he offering her. He would do anything and ruthless to let Anita sees his way by threatening her love ones.
- Jean-claude: Master of the City of St. Louis
- Ms Blake: Add a description of this character.
- Ellen
- Ahsan
- Silas
- Ms Zell
- Ilsa
- Mary
- Ilsa Bennington: Tony Bennington's dead wife, who's a flirt and unfaithful, attends the stripclub Guility Pleasures, and likes screwing wereanimals.
- Jacob: A hitman that after Anita to commit to raising Tony's wife Ilsa or they killed her love ones, he's Rex on the wereloins that diminshing, and inability to share w/ anybody including his queen. He gets more than he bargain for w/ Anita's abilities despite his information about her and love ones.
- Nicky: A hitman along w/ Jacob to convince Anita to raise Tony's wife Ilsa or killed her love ones, he's a werloin, sociopath, and has his hands full w/ Anita's abilities.
- Marie: She's a werelion that a witch good w/ barrier, but to a lesser degree than regular degree.
Quotes edit
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“We bring up the pain in pieces so we can look at it in small bites.”
Nathaniel
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That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.
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“You feel safe enough and you believe you have enough of a support network to look at the really bad stuff, so when your life is going its best, we all have a tendency to dredge up the worst of our pain.”
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Just letting another human being know that you “see” them is perhaps the most important part of flirting.
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“We bring up the pain in pieces so we can look at it in small bites.”
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when you feel your most safe, most happy, is when the really painful stuff rears its head.”
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I needed men who were okay with being the power behind the throne, not the ass on it.
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Lust I trusted. Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies. Hope would keep me hoping, but lust might be a weapon I could use to divide them. Divide and conquer has been a strategy for thousands of years; there’s a reason for that.
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I’d put a sign above St. Louis for all the hired thugs, if I could.” “What would it say?” I asked. “Here is a bigger motherfucker than you are.”
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“Harm none is the rule, Ellen; bad witch, no cookie.”
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If it can bleed me, eat me, or fuck me, I want to write about it.” Every girl needs a hobby.
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"I want you to raise my wife from the dead, Ms. Blake," Tony Bennington said, in a voice that matched the expensive suit and the flash of the Rolex on his right wrist.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Errata edit
On page 30 it says "I'm going to back to work, so I don't have to eat light." There was an extra "to" added into the sentence.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 18 of 24 in Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter. (standard series)
Preceded by Skin Trade, and followed by Bullet.
This book is in Vampire (community list). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Jody Ake (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780425235676
Page Count: 171
Publisher: Berkley Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780425235676
Page Count: 171
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3558.A443357 F55 2010
- Dewey: 813.54
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