With the amount of power that Jean-Claude and Anita have, I wanted them to be more forceful. My biggest quibble other than not knowing this was a set-up book for the next one was the urgent need for planning at the end that was continuously interrupted. There are some steamy scenes as well, but not as many as usual. It works to fix relationships and help Anita understand some of them better. The story is well written with a unique situation that resulted in a showdown set-up with a powerful evil creature. The author does a great job on characterization. However, I felt some disappointment that this book did not resolve all of the suspense threads. Their struggle with all of the various types of relationships they have makes the suspense portion of the story more tangible and full of angst. This is compounded by Jean-Claude’s relationships as well. Whether it is Anita’s relationships with the many men and women in her life or with the local police or federal agents or friends, there is a lot of domestic drama. This book focuses on relationships for a large part of the book. Even Jean-Claude’s enhanced powers as king along with Anita’s powers aren’t enough to defeat this being. An ancient evil has arrived to challenge Jean-Claude for his crown. However, that is not the only bad thing to occur in St. They believe the Sunshine Murderer has hit again. Marshall Ted Forrester is being fitted for his best man clothing, she gets a call from the local police. Humans think she is siding with the monsters and the vampires fear he has fallen under the spell of the most powerful necromancer in several millennia. Marshal and vampire hunter Anita Blake is preparing for her wedding to the vampire king of America Jean-Claude. It’s the twenty-ninth book in the series. Hamilton is a relationship intense paranormal romance blended with a supernatural suspense story line.

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