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    Blue Moon

    Written by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Narrated by Kimberly Alexis

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    "With a heroine as sharp as a stake and slick as a silver bullet, Laurell K. Hamilton sucks you into her fascinating world like a vampire's kiss."-J. D. Robb
     
    Danger makes the world go 'round in Laurell K. Hamilton's bestselling novels. Just ask Anita Blake, vampire hunter. Right now, her problems lie with her ex-fiancé-a werewolf who just got arrested on an assault charge. His guilt or innocence is not the issue. The fact that there's a full moon on the rise is. . . .
     
    Praise for the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novels
     
    "An R-rated Buffy the Vampire Slayer . . . the action never stops."-The New York Review of Science Fiction
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 18, 2010
    ISBN9781101154748
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    Blue Moon
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    Laurell K. Hamilton

    Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of the New York Times bestselling Anita Blake series and Merry Gentry series. She lives with her family in St. Louis, Missouri.

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    • 4/5
      “Blue Moon” is a tour de force filled with werewolves, demons, and vampires, of course. When Richard gets arrested for rape and Anita goes in to rescue him there is bound to be more than meets the eye to the story. Filled with the raw emotions between Anita and Richard, as well as her struggle to understand and control her roles as lupa and nimira each page urges you on to the next. This novel focuses on Anita coming into her own. Sure she has been a strong independent woman but her confidence in her own abilities is something that she has had to work on. Hamilton takes us to Tennessee for a rescue that only could be found in a world of her creating.
    • 3/5
      In keeping with her naming her books after places, L.K. Hamilton's novel, Blue Moon, has several connotations. One, it's a place. Blue Moon is a camping area that people come to play or in this case people come to die. Blue Moon is like the old jazz song, "You left me standing alo ho hone..." And thirdly, Blue Moon is rare - a full moon twice in a thirty day period - which can spell havoc for werewolves, who are drawn to the lunar light and have a nasty habit of getting hairy at the drop of a paw.

      In the previous book Anita broke up with Richard when she freaked out at the site of him changing into a werewolf and then eating his enemy. Yuk. In this book, Anita is walking down a dark path of death and destruction. She finds it easier to kill. She gets creative in creating trouble for her wolfpack. Her were-leopard friends are becoming more touch-friendly and she is playing with fire when it comes to handling Nyer and his wish for the Spear of Christ, an artifact that was supposedly the spear that went through Christ at the Crucifixion 2000 years ago.

      The book is troubling for several reasons: Anita is even more moral-less than in past novels. She does not hesitate to shoot to kill. In one scene, she tortures a guy to tell her where some kidnap victims are, and then shoots him in the head to shut him up! Morals? What?

      She meets another necromancer, a psychic and a killer, not in that order. There is also Colin the vampire that they make a big deal out of. Colin does not want Anita in his territory. That part of the story builds well but is over by the halfway point, sadly. No real development of that aspect.

      Hamilton really gets into the Richard/Jean Claude/Anita triumvirate and we discover the true intentions of Jean Claude's apparent magnanimous gesture in letting Anita have sex with Richard, not as graphic as it could have been.

      Hamilton wears me down with the same old actions over and over - sudden ring - "Jumpy, who me?" about five times in each novel. Annoying.

      Marianne is the only stable character in the mess. She's some kind of witch or clairvoyant, who uses her positive energy in the same way Anita uses her negative energy. Calling her "child" and understanding Anita's churning mental state, she guides Anita to a more manageable character. Hope to see more of her in the next book.

      Bad cops, some aspects of Dolph open up, but basically a Claude-less book, which is fine with me. Really hoping Obsidian Butterfly gives a return to the vampire killer I used to know in Guilty Pleasures.
    • 5/5
      I can't believe all the trouble Richard gets into, he's such a boy scout. Maybe that's why he gets into so much trouble. I'm glad Anita rides to his rescue and meets a healthy group of shapeshifters as well, she needs to get over her touch issues and I'm sure that this book helps greatly with that problem. That Wilkes fellow, the dirty cop, should be shot, I don't remember what happens to him but before he sinks any deeper that is the hole of corruption something definitely should happen to him. I also feel bad for Nathaniel in this book, although he gets a triumph in getting Anita to admit to some things, he gets hurt twice and nearly dies. Pom de Sange-like people shouldn't be treated with such disrespect but I understand why he is hurt that way. Nathaniel is a good boy. . . a good boy.
    • 4/5
      I've read this book several times. I've also listened to it several times. There is one scene that gets me every time I listen to this book. It is the scene where Damian and Asher bring Nathanial back from Collin and they are attempting to drink the corruption out of him. They include sucking noises in the story. This is so gross. It is like bad sound effects from a porno. I'm not a fan of sound effects in audiobooks.

      I really like this book. One of my favorites in the series. We get more time with Jason, Asher, Damian and Nathanial. We also learn a lot more about pack structure. We get to meet Maryanne, who becomes a large influence on Anita going forward. This is the only book she is in, outside of being on the phone. Anita uses her as a psychic teacher and even a psychologist in some ways.
    • 5/5
      This is by far my favourite book in the series. I love how intense Anita & Richard's relationship is and the things they have to deal was worth the wait and my heart was exploding and I was nearly deceased while listening to the book!
    • 5/5
      I love this series but for some reason parts of the books are cut out of the audio book version.
    • 1/5
      By far my most disappointing read this year. I don't know why I keep picking up the Anita Blake books, but I guess it's because there's always this faint hope in the back of my mind that this series will get better despite the declining ratings and what people have told me. And for about thirty minutes there, I thought for sure things have turned around! What an awesome intro and premise -- Richard has been arrested and thrown in jail, framed on a rape charge. Anita and pals must get him out before the next full moon rises in a few days and he becomes a werewolf. This actually had the potential to be a great story. In any case, it was enough to get me fully on board.But my excitement was short lived as things immediately started to fall apart. For one thing, there's hardly any plot in this novel. I didn't know what I expected after the intense build up of the intro, but it certainly wasn't 300 pages of Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-To-Know-About-Anita-Blake's-Sex-Life. The characters have sex, talk about sex, think about sex, and yet none of it seems to have anything to do with the story. Normally I wouldn't have minded that sort of stuff, as long as it has a point. But I honestly couldn't see one here, and that's what disappointed me. I felt like the book drew me in under false pretenses, then completely blindsided me with something I didn't ask for.This has also soured me on many of the characters. Apparently, in the world of Anita Blake, to be a werewolf or vampire is to have the mental maturity and world view of a hormonal teenager. Everyone around Anita seems to depend on her to explain why certain things are socially wrong or innappropriate, especially when it comes to matters of sex ("You mean you shouldn't automatically jump into bed with someone just because you find them physicaclly attractive? Golly whiz!") For that matter, Anita own way of thinking isn't any better or more logical. For one thing she's constantly being wracked by guilt over her rash decisions and violent actions, and yet this hasn't made her any less trigger-happy or less apt threaten to kill people at the drop of a hat. Many times, she seems to do exactly the opposite of what she intends especially when it comes to sex or her relationships (she says she doesn't want to feel like a slut? Well, then don't act like one!)I also realized recently that on the whole, these books haven't aged too well. Some of the physical descriptions of the characters and what they're wearing is reminiscent of 90s goth/rave attire, and while it didn't bother me so much when I read these books then, it just makes me cringe when I try to picture it today. Small nitpick, but compounded with many of the characters' naive and infuriating attitudes towards sex, they just became so unattractive in my eyes.The only saving grace was the fact I listened to this book on audiobook, and I have to say the narrator is fantastic; Kimberly Alexis is one of the best voice actresses I've had the pleasure of listening to. If I end up picking up the next book, it would be because of her performance in this series and the fact that these digital audio titles are available to borrow at my county library. I may do it if I run out of audiobooks to listen to, but chances are I won't. I think I've stuck around long enough, and it's time to give up. I remember why I liked the earlier novels and I just feel that Anita's character has changed along with the series' direction. Life's just too short to force myself to continue with a story or characters I no longer feel connected to.
    • 4/5
      In this installment, Anita comes to the rescue of Richard, her werewolf-ex, who is accused of rape. I know plenty of Anita Blake fans who despise Richard, who admittedly can be whiny and self-righteous. There have been times I wanted to reach through the pages and slap him. (And given what she would later do to the character, I think Hamilton lost the love too.) But if I didn't always love Richard, I did love what he brought to the mix as a great foil for Anita. Richard is a werewolf who struggled with his basic nature--his flaw but also his virtue. Sometimes he seemed to refuse to grapple with reality--and people around him paid. But especially in retrospect, having hated the change in direction after the tenth book, and giving up after the 18th book, I do love that Richard stood for trying to draw ethical lines--for some normality and decency against which Anita lights up in contrast. And the lines Anita does cross in this book could have shaken her up for the better. One development I had loved here that alas went for nothing was her burgeoning mentor relationship with Marianne, a witch, who was to teach her to control her powers. It would have been nice--for Anita among other things to have an important relationship with someone other than those she has sex with. Naturally, she's never seen again. *sigh*
    • 1/5
      I do like Anita Blake, but this was my least fave of hers so far
    • 3/5
      This book was certainly not the best in the series nor was it the worst. The series itself has a lot of strengths, but even as far into as Blue Moon falls, there are too many flaws to fully enjoy these books.Blue Moon lacked any sort of fluidity. It seemed like too much was packed into the book, which seems to be a recurring theme in these books. The tedious nature of the books are one major issue that it seems could've been detrimental to the series. (Obviously, it isn't since Hamilton continues to churn out the books regularly.)Anita was a bit more sympathetic in some chapters than she was in others. Of course, there were points when she seemed to be too monstrous to be the heroine of the stories. Her willingness to torture definitely took some of the shine off of her claims of being a good person and of doing things in the name of God. She seemed to be justifying the behaviors in a way that made her more annoying than was necessary.Richard was not as holier than thou as he had been in the past. He was still an ass in a lot of the chapters. I almost feel like Hamilton wants the reader to hate him. Instead of portraying him as a bitter saint, he was portrayed as a selfish womanizer.The more impressive and sympathetic characters were the minor characters in the story--Asher, Damian, Nathaniel and Jason. Each had a little more insight given into their character and their history. The near loss of Nathaniel, who really seems like he is going to be repeatedly treated as cannon fodder, was almost too much and was definitely a tear-inducing part of the story.I hate that there are points in this story, as with several of the other books in the series, where I feel like I should just put the book down and walk away from the series. It is one thing to gradually change characters around, but the constant shift that some of the main characters go through makes the series a frustrating read.
    • 4/5
      While I found the novel mostly entertaining, I didn't like this as much as the only other Anita Blake story I've read, the debut book in the series, Guilty Pleasures.
    • 3/5
      Though I did end up liking this in the end, for about the first 1/2 of the book, all of the things I don't like about Hamilton's style were out in full force. She has a tendency toward cliches, ridiculous repetitiveness (Note to Laurell K. Hmailton: ok, its the 8th book in the effing series - if we don't know certain things, we should start from the beginning, but you sure as hell shouldn't tell us those same certain things in each book like its new info, and you REALLY shouldn't just copy and paste - we may not recognize it the first time or two it is repeated word for word, but the 6th or 7th? Give your readers a little credit. Those who pick up a book mid-series deserve to be a little confused. You just have to trust that your writing alone will make it clear, not your endless reiterations. And for god's sake, don't stop in the middle of action and ruin the tension with your little tangents.) She also needs to pay a little more attention to detail, or keep some post-it notes, or something, because she contradicts herself on occasion, or bobbles back and forth (ie the main character is 25, and she says on a few occasions that Jean-Claude is nearly 300 years older than her, putting him somewhere between 300-324; she also frequently states that Jean-Claude is over 400 years old. Maybe Anita, the narrator, has had a few too many concussions, cause something just aint right...). There are always so many plot lines going, I think maybe Hamilton just splits her focus too much and gets lost. Which unfortunately means her endings can be abrupt and read like an epilogue/after-thought. But she did get the book on track, and I did end up liking it (and even though there were parts that irritated me -- especially my inner-editor -- I was never NOT engaged), and though I am sure these bad habits will continue through the rest of the ridiculously long series, I will read it, fixing the defects in my mind as I go. Side note; for those of you who read the series and like your Anita lustful, this one certainly does not disappoint. ;)
    • 4/5
      While the book was enjoyable to an extent the fact that these books are becoming more about sex than a story is ruining things for me.
    • 3/5
      This is the book that begins to make some Anita fan's iffy about her. It doesn't bother me. The sex in the book doesn't take away from the story, but enhances the entire chemistry. The book starts out with a dream about sex, and a phone call sends Anita flying to Richard's side when he's accused of rape. More corrupt cops, vampires that morph and melt, and literal werewolves make this book a hang on the edge of your seat. Then there is the introduction of some of Richard's family and him trying to still hide who and what he is from the world. And unexpected help comes to Anita's aid from this group of werewolves, even though they endanger Anita's life. Throw Raina into the mix and you have one hell of a mess!Anita nearly loses Nathaniel, and Damien and manages to save them both, while binding them to her harder than ever. What is a girl to do with a super abundance of male testosterone, murder and demons called to a small area of Tennessee just for the Holy Grail that may or may not be hidden there.
    • 4/5
      After book 1-7 showing Anita as one tough babe, Hamilton decided that this book becomes the window to seeing Anita's vulnerability. I always enjoyed Anita's kick ass attitude but this twist to the character made me love Anita more. It's a complete circle already. A girl wth beauty, power, and incredible strenght who is not just capable of doing efficient job but also is vulnerable to pain and love.What is alarming about the book for some is the injection of the sexual aspect of the characters involve. Anita no longer balances a few powers but also made a triumvate of power with the two most powerful creatures in St. Louis. Which makes Anita, Jean Claude and Richard a strong force to defend and protect the people they care about but can also be a deadly force against enemies. Since Hamilton is a great story teller, you don't expect a mild sexual read. So to people who are not yet open to this kind of novel, might as well read the first seven books.Though I am not hating the sexual tension, I just felt that the insertion of the sexual aspect in the series lost the impact of the books altogether. From the uphill climb of the previous book, this on the flat surface of the mountain. A plateau.So overall, still a good read with a little precaution because of the sexual aspect for readers who doesn't enjoy that. Still packed with gore, kick ass and details fight scenes, and the usual love triangle of Anita - Jean Claude - Richard.
    • 3/5
      What with Buffy and Twilight and Vampire Diaries, I think I might be forgiven for expecting Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, to be just another supernatural series for teens – mild monster stories with the merest frisson of sexuality. My mistake: these books won’t be found in any school library containing as they do fantastically perverse examples of extreme erotica, not to mention more blood, torture and death than is usually present even in hard core dick fic. When she’s not having sex, Anita Blake solves a series of arson attacks in Burnt Offerings; in Blue Moon she clears one of her lovers, a master werewolf, of rape charges – and has sex - while Obsidian Butterfly finds Anita in New Mexico investigating supernatural attacks and mixing it up with werejaguars, a change from the werewolves, leopards, rats and swans who constitute her usual socio-sexual circle. Look – don’t get me wrong: the Anita Blake books are erotic but not pornographic. She might wear skin tight peek-a-book outfits and engage in four-in-a-bed interspecies romps, but there is never anything too explicit. By book 19 in the on-going saga our heroine is somehow finding the time to reanimate the dead, solve crimes, bring murderers to justice and kill vampires on a professional basis while running a zoo of at least six lovers. Yet Anita is a good Christian girl at heart, kind, brave and generous, a positive role model for any young woman in almost every respect. Perhaps, after all, the Vampire Hunter oeuvre should make its way onto the school library shelves: Anita never does the dirty with any human male and good luck to any girl trying to find herself a gorgeous vampire to bed...
    • 5/5
      Blue Moon is the eighth installment of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton. A good friend of mine got me all sorts of addicted to this series. I love so many things about this series and LKH's writing, but there are a lot of things I dislike about it too. Luckily this novel didn't contain many of the things I've found myself to dislike. Hamilton really kills it, ahem, in this novel. By this time, Anita has chosen Jean-Claude. (Yesss!) Hold that excitement, she still loves Richard and he is in trouble. A member of his family has called Anita to the rescue. Richard is in jail and needs help out of one sticky situation. We all know that Anita could never refuse a call for help... especially from Richard. The plot of this one had me on pins and needles- intense, full of suspense. I had a hard time putting this one down. So much action.Anita is constantly pushing her boundaries, which is fun for the reader. I like that Hamilton writes it smoothly so that it never really seems out of Anita's character. She won't ask anyone to do anything she isn't willing to do herself... Pretty dignified, if you ask me. Though this leads her to do some pretty torturous things to save Richard's family. I'm talking literal here. Ugh. I will never understand Richard and Anita. Richard is whiny, self righteous and annoying. My least favorite character. Although Richard does not appeal to me, his character is very well developed. The things he does makes sense as he hates who he has to be and who Anita has become. I have to hand it to Hamilton, no one does anything out of character in her novels. One of my biggest pet peeves.I always find myself more enthralled with secondary characters than I should. Asher, Jason... I'm more into them than Jean-Claude. Despite the enormous amount of controversy surrounding this brilliant series, this book is totally worth reading. I haven't read this book for awhile, so the review was a little hard for me to write. I've finished the entire series with the exception of 'Flirt.' I have it, I just need to read it! Can't wait.
    • 5/5
      I found that not alot happened in this book. While you do see Anita evolve into a more monster like character not alot really happens till the last 40 pages. Yet I still really enjoyed this book.
    • 2/5
      At this point I started to realise the series was beginning to devolve. There is still some plot, but sex is becoming the primary focus. Poor Anita doesn't want to be a slut, but the ardure forces her to act like one. Ho Hum. And Hamilton sure is limited in her description of intercourse.
    • 4/5
      I keep getting all her books because they are a fast , fun thrill of a read and I want to know what's happening next each time, love these books they never disappoint.
    • 5/5
      Richard is jailed on charges of rape, Anita wants to swoop in and make him see reason, but must negotiate with the master vamp of the area (Colin) who refuses to allow her entry. Anita goes anyway, so all hell breaks out on that front (alhtough, not the major baddie in this book). The local cops are trying to run Richard out of town so the Big Bad can buy up the land that the trolls that Richard is studying live on. Not so easy to do. Excellent! Richard and Anita become closer. Anita comes closer to her personal breaking point. For the most part, this book is Jean-Claude-less, and I loved it.
    • 2/5
      The sixth (I think) vampire porn book, Blue Moon, by Laurell K. Hamilton. It's the kind of story you can read in 30 degree heat while people are talkig around you and still not lose the plot. It's fairly easy: people die/are in trouble, Anita blake fights with JC/the boss/the police who think she should keep out. She gets involved, kills bad people and monsters, endangering a lot of her own. There is a lot of sexual tension, another fight, a sex scene, the villain(s ) are defeated by the enormous and ever growing power of Anita, Jean Claude and Richard (and whatever were animal is close). the end.I can't stand Anita and her attitude. Not in the slightest, and Hamilton's writing style is repetitive and frankly, a bit boring. She always describes what people are wearing like it's really exciting, and seeing someone's manly smooth chest gets Anita all hot and bothered. People always have long flowy hair that covers them like a curtain, except for Richard whose hair surrounds him like a soft cloud. And mostly it sounds like Anita doesn't have a dress sense. A red see through shirt, hello? I have no idea why I keep reading this. But I do.
    • 4/5
      Anita Blake is back with an ever increasing number of men around her! Richard (her werewolf ex-fiance) has been away studying and has been acused of raping a woman there. Anita runs to his rescue pissing off Jean Claude, but agreeing to take a collection of vampires, werewolves and wereleapords for protection. Going into the territory of a Master Vampire to free Richard from jail is going to cause problems as Colin is interpreting this as an act of aggression and looking to take over his territory.When they get to the jail they are able to post bail for Richard who has been dating a variety of human and were women. It seems he won't have full sex with the human women in case he changes or is too violent, but he is working through his sexual hang ups with the were animals where he doesn't have to hide who or what he is. The sexual tension is still major between him and Anita who never slept together when they were in a relationship. Somehow they find time to get down and dirty between rotting vampires, magic human servants, saving trolls and corrupt policemen. Unfortunately Richard's family get caught up in the action when his brother and mother are kidnapped by the evil Mr Niley and his henchman.Another great and gripping read. Lots of unpleasantness and I cannot stress enough this series is not for the screamish or sensitive! Some rather nasty things happen to Richard's family that don't even bear thinking about, but luckily they make it out ok. Anita's life is so complicated with her many many men, but it looks like she has finally found a mentor who can help her regain some control. I'm looking forward to the next in the series, although popular opinion is they go a bit downhill from here for a while.
    • 4/5
      Not as great as some of her earlier books but still a fun read.
    • 3/5
      In retrospect, this was the turning point in the series. It's switching from an action series with some steamy sex scenes to an erotica series with occasional (but ever-diminishing) action scenes. In the process, Anita is moving from a scrappy heroine to a whiny annoyance.I didn't mind reading this one, but it's downhill from here.
    • 3/5
      After this book it'll be interesting to see how Anita's powers develop. The book was good, there was action from the very first pages. The characters really explored one another and you really get a feel for more than just Anita, Jean-Claude and Richard.
    • 3/5
      This book marks the definite beginning of a growing trend of "everyone wants Anita/thinks Anita is so great." It's annoying and tiresome, but it wasn't enough to make me dislike the book. It has werewolves, vampires, and it really hits on the roots of the dysfunction amongst the pard. An enjoyable read, although not the best in the series. I always skip parts when I reread.
    • 5/5
      "When Anita Blake, necromancer and vampire executioner, started sleeping with the vampire Jean-Claude, she thought she was done with her relationship with Richard, leader of St Louis' large pack of werewolves. She loves him still, but she could not cope with watching him eat a defeated enemy.When he is accused of rape in a small corrupt town out in the sticks she joins his pack-mates and his family in trying to clear his name and finds herself in trouble as usual. For one thing, Richard has made an enemy of a powerful sorcerer whose foes tend to turn up horribly dead; for another, she and Jean-Claude are trespassing in the territory of another vampire Master, one who feeds on fear and can spread a deadly rot with his touch."Well, finally, about time that Anita..... not telling you what! I really liked this one. A lot more on werewolves and on Richard. A storyline I liked. Good action. Was not offended by the sexual content, did not think it was too much. Especially liked the parts, where Anita hunts at night in the woods, almost like a wolf and that she is finally exploring more of her magic.
    • 4/5
      The OTHER sex everyone knew was coming finally arrives. I've got a soft spot for lycanthropes, so I was pleased to be back in their side of the world again. I really have to wonder if every villain has to rape someone though...did Richard's brother really NEED to be raped for the story to progress? Plus, so far (up to book 10), it hasn't showed him dealing with anything. It kind of seems pointless to have a throwaway character raped doesn't it? Why do something that serious if no one is going to deal with it, not even Richard or Anita.
    • 5/5
      I very much enjoyed Blue Moon. This book focused on the relationship between Richard and Anita. They've been at war of sorts since Anita left him for Jean Claude. In Blue Moon, Anita is forced to face Richard and how she really feels about him. At this point the books are REALLY focusing on sex a great deal. It seems a little overboard but the storyline is still great for the series.