Interesting book. Although I like the longer novels a bunch, I think she popped out a pretty credible shorter novel here, much better than the Strange Candy anthology, more in the same vein as Micah. Has some memorable scenes, good characterizations. Think maybe this one may grow on me too - when the book Micah came out I was disappointed it was short but it is now one of my favorite in the series. Was surprised that this arrived in Hardcover, thought it was going to be paperback, also has a intro and afterward (23 pages), with some drawings in the back related to the book production process. Definitely read the book first, do not flip thru the back of the book or skim ahead until later! Expect a quick read, speeds by...

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It is with books like this one where I wish I read really slowly. I was so looking forward to this book (keeping up the Anita adventures), but it was over in only a mere 2 hours! For what was there I enjoyed the heck out of it, I just wished it lasted longer. Micah was brought in more than he has been in the past couple books, which I loved to see, and Anita's lion side is the main animal crawling for attention in this one. Would have been nice to have an update on more of the men in Anita's life, it seems like each book focuses on maybe 2 or 3 main guys, but what can you do. Overall a SHORT but enjoying read.

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Classic Anita Blake - lots of violence, lots of sex, and another new permanent lover added to the mix.

This book was a little shorter than usual, but it was a great story.

None of the boring jealousy and in-fighting that we often get.

There's a bonus section at the end where Laurell Hamilton describes how she got the idea for the book, including a cartoon of the event. I thought that was a really neat addition to the book.

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I thought Flirt was a waste of time even for such a "short story". The story line of a man threatening Anita so she'll raise the dead has been done before and she did it better. And I am so tired of the sex to get her strength back. Just an excuse for writing erotica. Give me a sensitive LOVE scene any day not this boring junk.

Then there was the whole how I get my ideas written by LKH. It felt self-indulgent and really not interesting. I started reading the comic and stopped because I was not enjoying it at all.

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This was a good book, very quick read. Was not a lot of sex, which I was glad for but there is another man added to the stable. Anita has proven once again that she is not the motherf@#$%@ to mess with. All the bad people are hurt, those that arent killed are fuc*& mentally. Can't wait for the next real Anita Blake book to come out, cause seriously this was just a short story. All in all it was a good book but there is no way I would pay almost $24 for a book with only 158 pages. Did anybody else notice that the chapters were not numbered or given any visual indentifier besides starting halfway down the page. Weird.

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This one was to short...
It was great to finally have the return of the old Anita, but just when I was really getting into it the book ended.

I know there have been some who complained that Laurell K. Hamilton lost her way the the Vampire Hunter series, and there were a few time and a few books were I would have agreed. This book restored my hope in the series.
There was good plot lines and bad guys, and not chapters of only bedroom scenes. There was finally some twists and turns and surprises that I didn't see coming. Not just the obvious that I had come to expect... like the endless back story, consent arguments over the same things, and the self hatred over things that can't be changed.

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Anita Blake finally has a few days to rest and reconnect with her many men. Flirting and just having fun until she is forced at gunpoint to animate a zombie for a crazy man. The clincher is the heavies are werelions - the only animal that resides inside Anita for which she hasn't found a mate. This makes for an interesting and exciting dilemma. But don't look for Jean-Claude or Asher in this one because neither makes an appearance. This book is strictly about the shifters. It's a very short book (only 171 pages) but there really isn't enough action, danger or sex to stretch any further. Enjoyable but not worth the price of the hardcover book. I purchased it because I want me Anita Blake collection to be complete so that when I reread them, I won't miss a single word.

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I was very disappointed with this one. As a rule I love Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series. This 158 page book cost $24 and was basically just a very short story. I don't begrudge the auther her due but the book promises so much more than it delivers.

After the short story is a rambling account of how the author came up with the book's basic idea (which had little to due with the really storyline). Then a comic drawn by her friend. Both were incredibly boring.

Not your typical Anita Blake book. But, like "Micah" another short story sold as a complete novel. It used to be this would have been included in a larger novel but then that was before the author became so popular.

Don't get me wrong - it's not a bad little story. Just don't pay full price for it - pick it up used (there's bound to be some around) or check it out of your local library. It's a quick afternoon read.

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I must admit I've been very dissapointed in the last few Anita Blake books but this one was pretty good, short and sweet, no drawn out segments like some others, good plot, small steamy chapter, and goes back to the zombie raising which is what I missed ( I was a bit sick of all the vampire drama). If you've been down and out with Anita, check this one out.

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