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Laurell K. Hamilton

Autor(a) de Guilty Pleasures

211+ Works 138,906 Membros 2,567 Críticas 530 Favorited

About the Author

Laurell K. Hamilton was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas on February 19, 1963. She received degrees in English and biology from Marion College, which is now Indiana Wesleyan University. She writes the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series and the Meredith Gentry series. (Bowker Author Biography)

Séries

Obras por Laurell K. Hamilton

Guilty Pleasures (1993) 8,622 exemplares
The Laughing Corpse (1994) 6,201 exemplares
Circus of the Damned (1995) 5,899 exemplares
Bloody Bones (1996) 5,670 exemplares
The Lunatic Cafe (1996) 5,521 exemplares
The Killing Dance (1997) 5,499 exemplares
Obsidian Butterfly (2000) 5,340 exemplares
Burnt Offerings (1998) 5,319 exemplares
Blue Moon (1998) 5,269 exemplares
Narcissus in Chains (2001) 5,082 exemplares
A Kiss of Shadows (2000) 5,067 exemplares
Cerulean Sins (2003) 4,943 exemplares
Incubus Dreams (2004) 4,641 exemplares
Danse Macabre (2006) 4,359 exemplares
Micah (2006) 4,159 exemplares
A Caress of Twilight (2002) 4,077 exemplares
Seduced by Moonlight (2004) 3,824 exemplares
The Harlequin (2007) 3,704 exemplares
A Stroke of Midnight (2005) 3,476 exemplares
Mistral's Kiss (2006) 3,132 exemplares
Blood Noir (2008) 3,045 exemplares
A Lick of Frost (2007) 2,764 exemplares
Skin Trade (2009) 2,585 exemplares
Swallowing Darkness (2008) 2,361 exemplares
Flirt (2010) 2,131 exemplares
Bullet (2010) 1,988 exemplares
Bite (2004) — Contribuidor — 1,935 exemplares
Divine Misdemeanors (2009) 1,820 exemplares
Hit List (2011) 1,566 exemplares
Strange Candy (2006) 1,547 exemplares
Nightseer (1992) 1,538 exemplares
Cravings [Anthology 4-in-1] (2004) — Contribuidor — 1,331 exemplares
Kiss the Dead (2012) 1,198 exemplares
Affliction (2013) 998 exemplares
Out of This World (2001) — Contribuidor — 988 exemplares
A Shiver of Light (2014) 788 exemplares
Death of a Darklord (1995) 758 exemplares
Dead Ice (2015) 685 exemplares
Nightshade (1992) 604 exemplares
Crimson Death (2016) 578 exemplares
Jason (2014) 560 exemplares
Never After (Anthology 4-in-1) (2009) — Contribuidor — 528 exemplares
Club Vampyre (1997) 520 exemplares
The Midnight Café (1997) 488 exemplares
Serpentine (2018) 431 exemplares
Black Moon Inn (1998) 367 exemplares
Sucker Punch (2020) 305 exemplares
Beauty (2012) 270 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 1-4 (2003) 198 exemplares
Rafael (2021) 198 exemplares
Dancing (2013) 197 exemplares
A Terrible Fall of Angels (2021) 173 exemplares
Smolder (2023) 131 exemplares
Micah | Strange Candy (2007) 129 exemplares
Nightshade Tavern (2005) 121 exemplares
Fantastic Hope (2020) — Editor — 105 exemplares
Wounded (2016) 95 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures #1 (2006) 61 exemplares
Shutdown {short story} (2013) 59 exemplares
Slay (2023) 45 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 11-15 (2011) 35 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures 3 (2007) 27 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 6-10 (2011) 24 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures #2 (2007) 22 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures 6 (2007) 21 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 16-19 (2011) 18 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures 5 (2007) 17 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures 7 (2007) 15 exemplares
Anita Blake, Book 1-7 (2006) 14 exemplares
Quick Bites: Fiction to Sink Your Teeth Into (2004) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 1-9 (1993) 10 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures #8 (2006) 10 exemplares
Micah | Danse Macabre (2010) 5 exemplares
A Clean Sweep 4 exemplares
Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures 9 (2008) 4 exemplares
Selling Houses (2007) 4 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 1-15 (2008) 4 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 1-12 (2006) 4 exemplares
Meredith Gentry, Books 1-8 (2009) 3 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 14-16 (2007) 2 exemplares
Blue Moon [Abridged] (2010) 2 exemplares
Anita Blake, Books 1-14 (2011) 2 exemplares
Anita Blake: Circus of the Damned, The Ingénue 3 (2011) — Autor — 2 exemplares
De dd̜e vk̄ner (2011) 1 exemplar
Brent til aske (2012) 1 exemplar
Vampire books 1 exemplar
Mistral's Kiss 1 exemplar
Geese 1 exemplar
Beijo das Sombras 1 exemplar
Anita Blake, Books 10-13 (2008) 1 exemplar
Blood Upon My Lips 1 exemplar
The Harlequin | Blood Noir (2010) 1 exemplar
Website 1 exemplar
The Lunatic Café [Abridged] (2012) 1 exemplar
Telihold Kávézó 1 exemplar
A lust of cupid 1 exemplar
Anita Blake T20 Liste Noire (2014) 1 exemplar
Carícias da Noite 1 exemplar
The Lunatic Cafe 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Living Dead (2008) — Contribuidor — 900 exemplares
Sword and Sorceress VII (1990) — Contribuidor — 315 exemplares
Sword and Sorceress VIII (1991) — Contribuidor — 304 exemplares
Superheroes: All-Original Adventures of All-New Heroes (1995) — Contribuidor — 212 exemplares
Spells of Wonder (1989) — Contribuidor — 118 exemplares
Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name (2009) — Contribuidor — 102 exemplares
Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories by Women (2015) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Memories and Visions : Women's Fantasy and Science Fiction (1989) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
Noir Fatale (2019) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (2023) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
Dragon Magazine, No. 165 (1991) 17 exemplares
Blood Sample Box Set (7-in-1) (2010) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares

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didnt' finish, I may have read it before?
 
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Tip44 | 10 outras críticas | Nov 26, 2023 |
So I was correct that the previous book (Smolder) could have been put together with this book. All the focus was on the bad guys, with a little bit on Anita's family.

My completionist tendencies are rearing their ugly head, so I might have to go back and read the books I missed. I'm a little curious if Hamilton ever writes a sex scene between Anita and one of the girlfriends.
 
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Bodagirl | 3 outras críticas | Nov 23, 2023 |
I've been reading this series for over a decade and it's definitely declining. In Smolder, Hamilton spends over 350 pages rehashing the same relationships that she has been dwelling on for thirty years. I'm glad that Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard are finally moving forward, but the constant revisiting of the same stories/trauma/issues is too much. This book is almost a minute by minute telling if one afternoon/night in these characters lives, if Hamilton spent a little less time on everyone's therapy regimen or reminding her readers about who a character is and more time on actually moving the story along it would be so much better. I actually skipped three books in the series and I don't think I missed anything, or at least nothing that had any bearing. Truthfully, the biggest news of this book was Richard coming back into the group, and that was basically a non-event.

This book could have been a couple of chapters instead of an entire novel. Reading over the blurbs for the books I skipped, it seems like Hamilton is dividing the stories between Anita's cases and her personal life (which I have a strong suspicion mirrors, some things that Hamilton is working through in her own personal life). Why can't a novel handle both areas of Anita's life?

That being said, the tiny glimpse we see of Anita's biological family is intriguing. Will I go back and read the three I skipped... probably not, unless I stumble upon them in the library. Will I read the next book... maybe. I just hope
… (mais)
 
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Bodagirl | 10 outras críticas | Nov 19, 2023 |
hmmmm. First - I did not read - I listened to an audio copy. It does make a difference. This book is a bit different in a few ways. The first major difference was there was less sex - still a lot of sex talk - but fewer actual sex scenes and some were kind of glossed over. The reduction of sex was filled in by a major amount of inner dialogue and counseling was frequently in the mix of thoughts.
As readers, we finally get to meet her family (which was great) and the meeting caused me to restructure my views on some. I still really dislike granny, but learned that Anita's Dad is a problem and the rest of the family is fine - flaky but fine.
The next major difference was that the plot was broken between 2 books - a small difference even if it did drive me nuts - but the big difference? The villain was a joke. The idea and character had all this potential, but then Hamilton just did not develop him. It also led me to some serious questions on her worldbuilding. The whole purpose behind the 4th mark was to bind them solidly. This was just not believable. In fact, all of the interactions seemed watered down and Anita would have these long wandering inner dialogs instead of going after the villain or fighting. She was almost a wispy princess in need of rescuing.
Then there was the writing - it came through as choppy and without flow and then would begin to flow only to dissolve again. It just did not feel like Laurell Hamilton. It is almost as if she has stretched this as far as she can, and it is time to end the series.
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DragonJude | 3 outras críticas | Nov 13, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
211
Also by
13
Membros
138,906
Popularidade
#46
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
2,567
ISBN
1,118
Línguas
16
Marcado como favorito
530
Pedras de toque
800

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