I am a big fan of Anita Blake and her circle of ever-growing people and
paranormals and was eagerly awaiting
this book. DEAD ICE does not disappoint. This book has
Anita working to track down a necromancer who has
discovered a way to capture the soul of a zombie so that
they can feel pain and be tormented. The
zombies are now being forced to do many things including
non-consensual and snuff videos. With Anita's help, the
FBI hopes to find and stop whoever is responsible. As the investigation moves
along, we meet some new players as well as see some old characters return.
DEAD ICE relies more on the storyline than the previous books. There are a
few twists and turns that took me by
surprise. I was quickly lost in the story and kept
turning the pages to see just what would happen next.
The story moves at a good pace, keeping you in the story
and always wanting more.
Anita's powers are always growing and along with Jean
Claude she is known as his Queen to his King of Vampires,
which along with that growing power there are threats to
it that must be dealt with. Anita is becoming more
comfortable with her powers and is ready to start dealing
with many of the things people have been throwing at her.
I enjoyed seeing the take no crap Anita coming back to
the forefront and not trying to help and please everyone
but herself. She is strong and shows that she is not to
be messed with.
Once again Laurell K. Hamilton has done a great job of
mixing the action and the personal interactions together.
DEAD ICE brings us lots of information and action. We
learn about many of the relationship and power nuisances.
Anita is still learning how to control and use her
powers. It was nice to see how Anita deals with the
things thrown at her as her story continues. I was pulled
into this story right from the start and am eagerly
awaiting the next one in the series.
Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire
executioner in the country. She’s a U.S. Marshal who can
raise zombies with the best of them. But ever since she and
master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their
engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is
Jean-Claude’s fiancée.
It’s wreaking havoc with her reputation as a hard ass—to
some extent. Luckily, in professional circles, she’s still
the go-to expert for zombie issues. And right now, the FBI
is having one hell of a zombie issue.
Someone is producing zombie porn. Anita has seen her share
of freaky undead fetishes, so this shouldn’t bother her. But
the women being victimized aren’t just mindless, rotting
corpses. Their souls are trapped behind their eyes,
signaling voodoo of the blackest kind.
It’s the sort of case that can leave a mark on a person. And
Anita’s own soul may not survive unscathed...
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