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Book Review of Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 17)

Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 17)
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I agree with most of the comments - it was refreshing to not have non-stop sex, but I would have preferred more action. We don't even see the vampire she is hunting until about page 400 and it's 486 pages. So the actual action is rushed in the last few pages.

I'm torn I wanted more but not so much minutia about how people were feeling. I knew Olaf was a serial killer freak. I knew that Ted/Edward was dangerous and loyal to Anita. I knew Anita was internally conflicted and didn't know how to control her powers. I knew the cops questioned Anita's loyalty and thinks she's a slut. This book just repeated all of that ad nauseum, and spent the whole time educating others about the supernatural community - things the reader already knew if they have been reading these books. The only interesting part was that Hamilton added more humans with powers.

It felt like she was setting up the background for the next book. I just want this series to end (since I can't stop myself from reading the next).