laurell k hamilton anita blake books in order

I'm sorry, but all my sympathy is with Ellen in this. So when ambushed with 'surprise, the man you want to marry is a) still sleeping with his ex, b) has no plans to stop, and c) apparently hasn't spoken to you about his sexual proclivities or let you even google them before now,' she's flustered and makes an emotional exit from both the restaurant and this relationship. Because clearly his needs are more important than hers, or their mutual relationship or something. On top of that, Ellen is portrayed as the naive, insecure, and ultimately jealous harpy - she thinks that Anita is far more beautiful than her, she doesn't understand BDSM/kinks, she wanted a solid, monogamous relationship with Richard and that makes her evil because it means Richard would have to deny his deepest, darkest sexual desires that he's only just now started to accept. Because interaction with other people is just so tedious when sex isn't on the cards, I guess.

Except the way it's written is absolutely jarring Anita describes Ellen as just like her, only not as good as her (because no woman can ever be as good as her), that Micah is prettier than Richard, that Anita doesn't care for small-talk with another person that she has no interest in dating.

That right there is a situation ripe for drama. Except that her and Richard are still sleeping together and aren't about to stop doing that any time soon. The sum and total of this short story is Anita meeting with Richard's fiancée in order to convince her that Anita has enough 'yummy' men in her life and she's not going to steal Richard away. And it is not the first time other women are put down in this series this way! I can very much remember Anita bonding with another female hunter over belittling skinny women. And the moment Anita goes to compare Ellen to herself, I just wanted to punch her! 'She's curvy, but my breasts are bigger! She's in shape, but I'm in better shape!' I felt sorry for Ellen, she was made the bad guy here, and she definitely did not deserve it. We all KNOW that! And this outtake is supposedly 25 pages, but if you erase the descriptions, then you will have half of it. We all know what happened to Asher and how he got his scars. Every single time! We all know how blue eyes J-C has. And every time they come to the scene she just puts the description there.

I bet that Hamilton has a file with a long description of every character. What is the point of this thing? Just because there was the Shutdown, she posted this? I sort of wonder where it an extra for the latest Shutdown.Ĭan I say that this was just pointless and that I really cannot stomach Anita describing how gorgeous she is?

Laurell k hamilton anita blake books in order