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alobearJust finished Book 6 of the Anita Blake series - they're not very long, but 6 books in less than a month is still pretty good for me.
Throughout the first 6 books, there's been a fight for Anita's attentions between two guys - a vampire and a werewolf. She loves the werewolf but lusts after the vampire - the only reason she dates both at once is because the vampire says he'll kill the werewolf otherwise.
At the end of Book 6, she sleeps with the vampire and the werewolf dumps her.
That really wasn't what I was expecting to happen, since the werewolf has always been portrayed as the right guy, with the vampire just continually getting in the way. I was really surprised but, the more I think about it, the more sense it makes, even though I may not like it.
Anita doesn't like being deceived. She also has issues with the fact that killing people is bothering her less and less.
The werewolf always seems like a really nice guy, very human and a wonderful potential partner. However, the first problem comes from the fact that he hides his werewolf nature a lot of the time and, when Anita sees him in wolf form with the rest of his pack, she can't handle it. It's possible that the extremes of wolfhood are even more difficult to handle than the vampire's predilictions.
Secondly, the werewolf has strong morals and doesn't like the idea of killing. So, Anita feels she is endangering his idealism by showing him her more violent tendencies.
The vampire has always been extremely upfront about who he is, what he does, and what he wants. He also fits very well into Anita's world of darkness and death.
So, even though I prefer the werewolf and think he would make a better love interest, I think it actually makes more sense for Anita to be with the vampire. It's a sad reflection on how her character is slipping more and more into the dark side, but it's actually a nice twist away from the fantasy of the perfect man.
One of the things I like about the books is that they have a realism to them (despite the supernatural aspects) and they don't shy away from bleaker plotlines.
It's certainly going to be more interesting with the vampire taking a bigger role - he has more plot potential than the werewolf and he's a very well-drawn character.
It makes me very eager to read the next one - the problem is, I don't have it yet, so I'm going to have to break my run of Anita Blake books with something else while I wait for Amazon to provide me with the rest of the series.
Throughout the first 6 books, there's been a fight for Anita's attentions between two guys - a vampire and a werewolf. She loves the werewolf but lusts after the vampire - the only reason she dates both at once is because the vampire says he'll kill the werewolf otherwise.
At the end of Book 6, she sleeps with the vampire and the werewolf dumps her.
That really wasn't what I was expecting to happen, since the werewolf has always been portrayed as the right guy, with the vampire just continually getting in the way. I was really surprised but, the more I think about it, the more sense it makes, even though I may not like it.
Anita doesn't like being deceived. She also has issues with the fact that killing people is bothering her less and less.
The werewolf always seems like a really nice guy, very human and a wonderful potential partner. However, the first problem comes from the fact that he hides his werewolf nature a lot of the time and, when Anita sees him in wolf form with the rest of his pack, she can't handle it. It's possible that the extremes of wolfhood are even more difficult to handle than the vampire's predilictions.
Secondly, the werewolf has strong morals and doesn't like the idea of killing. So, Anita feels she is endangering his idealism by showing him her more violent tendencies.
The vampire has always been extremely upfront about who he is, what he does, and what he wants. He also fits very well into Anita's world of darkness and death.
So, even though I prefer the werewolf and think he would make a better love interest, I think it actually makes more sense for Anita to be with the vampire. It's a sad reflection on how her character is slipping more and more into the dark side, but it's actually a nice twist away from the fantasy of the perfect man.
One of the things I like about the books is that they have a realism to them (despite the supernatural aspects) and they don't shy away from bleaker plotlines.
It's certainly going to be more interesting with the vampire taking a bigger role - he has more plot potential than the werewolf and he's a very well-drawn character.
It makes me very eager to read the next one - the problem is, I don't have it yet, so I'm going to have to break my run of Anita Blake books with something else while I wait for Amazon to provide me with the rest of the series.
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