Laurel Hamilton...

[scifimoth]

Anybody here like to read Anita Blake novels by Laurel Hamilton?

 

[nemesis]

Laurell Hamilton with the extra l?

 

[scifimoth]

Did I mispell that....uh oh....
I am afraid my secret is out...I type faster than I think...

 

[Brian G Turner]

LOL! Same here! I'm so glad these forums have edit functions, otherwise an unbelievable number of typos would be scrawled across this place!

 

[scifimoth]

you should see some of the stuff I end up saying in chat rooms LOL

 

[nemesis]

I have not read her. I noted the typo. I make many and do not correct unless offensive. I am me here I am.

 

[scifimoth]

She is one of the authors I read purely for entertainment value....people that read with serious intend would probably not enjoy her fiction.

 

[nightwalker]

I think I've read something by her. Was she in love with a werewolf? It was a long time ago and I don't remember much.

 

[scifimoth]

Yep, she was. That would be Richard...
All in all her books are a fun read I think.
She has a new series out that has a lot of faery lore woven through it...I like those even better than her Anita Blake books.

 

[Arch]

How do you think Laurell Hamilton compares to Anne Rice or Buffy? I've got a friend who's into Buffy loads and if you think so I could recommend Hamilton to her.

 

[scifimoth]

She is not as wordy as Anne Rice....could be compared to Buffy without the cutsie stuff. High sexual content though.

 

[Arch]

Like Jilly Cooper with fangs, then? *smiles*

 

[scifimoth]

*snicker*

...talking about that, Anne rice also writes some really naughty stuff under a different name....

 

[Brian G Turner]

Does she really?? I'm curious - not something I knew. Would have thought she'd be happy to put her name on anything she writes.

 

[dwndrgn]

It's widely known that she writes 'romance' under another name. I don't think she does it to avoid embarrassment, only to keep the two genres separate so they don't get clouded or grouped together. She definitely doesn't want her vampire books put on the romance shelves in the bookstores.

 

[Devillishgirl]

I've read all of the Anita Blake series. Amusing, quick reads, the type of books you want to read if you don't want to think too much.

 

[Michael]

I really enjoyed reading everything up through *Obsidian Butterfly*. The next after that was much too strong on the sex, though, and I couldn't get into it.

 

[Devillishgirl]

I really enjoyed reading everything up through *Obsidian Butterfly*. The next after that was much too strong on the sex, though, and I couldn't get into it.

Then I wouldn't suggest reading her Merry Gentry series Michael, it's highly sexual

 

[Michael]

Then I wouldn't suggest reading her Merry Gentry series Michael, it's highly sexual

True. I read the first one. I liked it well enough, but I did have to force myself to get through some of it!

Hamilton's depiction of the Sidhe was quite interesting, however, and the sexuality seemed to fit for the most part.

 

[rune]

I have just started reading the Anita Blake series and finding it good, light entertainment I sometimes can't be bothered with a hard going book so I think Hamilton is just the key.

I really like her Merry Gentry series too, there are only three books out so far for that series, and I've got the bk 1 and 2.