Review: Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake #18)

by Keira on April 20, 2011 · 4 comments

in 4 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Enemies, J-L, Kidnapping, Lycanthrope, Necromancer, Paranormal, Poor Eyesight, Scarred Hero, United States of America, Urban Fantasy

Flirt is the first of two Anita Blake novels to come out this year. Bullet will be out in June. It’s an extra novel like Micah, but doesn’t focus on the relationship between Anita and one of her men.

In Flirt, Anita is going to patch up one of the holes in her physic abilities. Yes, that means what you think it does. Sex! But not as much sex as you think. It happens once, but it happens with a new character.

The novel was inspired by an incident that happened to Laurell in real life. It was pretty neat to learn about the whole process from start to finish. It revolves around an inside joke of sorts… less inside now that it’s been explained.

When Anita turns down two creepers trying to raise their dearly departed spouses, one of them decides to force her hand in the matter. A team of werelions are called in to kidnap her and successfully manage it. Unfortunately for them Anita is a bigger badass and the whole thing goes up in smoke.

I really liked this novel. It’s short and I devoured it within a few hours.

The ending is a bit like The Laughing Corpse with Anita raising the whole graveyard. The scene had a small inconsistency or a large one depending on your point of view. I noticed it right away but I didn’t care about it.

I even like the new werelion that’s going to be sticking around for future novels (well I think he will be anyway because the poor guy was rolled and enslaved to Anita’s magic hoo-hoo).

Jean-Claude didn’t get any screen time, but he’s mentioned at the end trying to ride to her rescue only to be thwarted by the sun. I’m glad to see he’ll get more time in Bullet. A lot more time. Rubs hands together in glee.

Don’t get me wrong I love Micah and Nathaniel but Jean-Claude has my heart.

Rating: ★★★★☆

Buy: Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 18)

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1 Sharon S. April 21, 2011 at 7:03 AM

I liked this one too. I like Anita’s zombie raising days

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2 Keira April 21, 2011 at 9:25 AM

I wish there was less magic hoo-hoo. I’ve told you my theory about the ardeur eventually going from lust to love, and I want that to happen… SOON! lol

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3 Joleene Naylor April 22, 2011 at 2:43 AM

heh-heh. yes! Jean-Claude for the smexy win ;)

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4 Keira April 22, 2011 at 7:38 AM

JC is a hunk of burning love… I totally began and continue to read this series for him (and now a few others). Yum.

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