Review: I should have saved my money
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
I really wasn't impressed with Ms. Hamilton efforts at writing Anita Blake et al efforts to attend something 'normal'.There was something so uninspiring and lazy about this particular storyline that I almost felt insulted.  How many times are the readers going to be told that Nathaniel is the 'stay at home wife' of their little group?  That Micah is short, that his eyes are different, that Nathaniel has long hair, blah, blah?  If a reader comes into this storyline after over 10 full-length books then they have absolutely no cause to complain about the lack of descriptive development.If I'm going to spend my money, the author could at least put some effort into writing a story that would hold my attention more than 1 minute.The original Anita Blake novels were fun, entertaining and utterly held my attention from start to finish.  The old Anita Blake was a flawed character just like everyone else.  She was aware of her flaws and worked to overcome her shortcomings. She wasn't a bad-ass, or at least she didn't think she was; she merely did what she had to do to survive.Ms. Hamiliton set the standard for me when she created Anita Blake and I've been hooked on these type of heroines ever since.  Women that were flawed individuals, characters that are still growing, evolving and finding where they fit in the world.  There was something almost vulnerable about the Anita Blake of old.Lately this new evolution of Anita Blake is cocky, arrogant with an unshakable belief that she is the baddest, bad-ass of all times.  She is...(insert drumroll) the Executioner!I haven't given up on this series and this particular little gem has me teetering on the edge.  I hate to say this, but if the next book don't deliver, it may be the last book of the Anita Blake novel that I invest in.