The never-ending saga of Anita Blake...

Okay, so I had to buy Laurell K. Hamilton's Micah when it came out the other day. I became an official LKH addict last summer when I read the first Anita Blake book, and then promptly rushed out and bought the next twelve books in the series. Craziness, I know. But I literally holed up in my apartment and didn't join the real world for about two weeks as I ploughed through the increasingly longer books in the series. Now, I know some more traditional romance fans have totally given up on LKH because they see the later books as too smutty. Personally, I'm all for the smut. The sex is pretty damn hot and there's plenty of it (what with all the hot dudes that just can't get enough of Anita). But I do have to admit that the writing has gotten a bit crappy (many editing problems) and a bit repetitive (too much internal monologue whining). This book is supposed to be a "novel-lite" side story about Micah and Anita spending some alone time together while she's out of town to raise a zombie for the FBI. It read very quickly, which is nice since I know Danse Macabre is going to suck some serious hours out of my life when it's published in June. And there was a great little teaser for this next book at the end of this one (Anita might be preggers? And isn't sure who's the baby daddy--after all, she has been sleeping with seven men. Oooh the drama...although I really hope it's a false alarm. I can't see Anita having a child. I think that would fuck up the storyline in so many ways, but we shall see...).

Overall, I enjoyed Micah but I wasn't overly blown away. Partly because, although I like his character, he's definitely lower down on my list of favorites. Give me a side story about Asher or Jean-Claude and I'm totally there. But anyway...I think the best thing about reading this book was reading the subsequent blog entry about it over at It's not Chick Porn!

If you haven't read this entry, GO NOW! It is absolutely fucking hilarious, and pretty much says what my unconscious was secretly muttering but my conscious brain refused to vocalize. Don't get me wrong. I still love LKH, and will devotedly purchase each installment in the Anita series ad infinitum, but it can be a conflicted love at times. Especially as I too cannot stand fucking Richard. I want more Edward! Bring back his tough ass super coolness, and maybe he can knock some sense into Anita...