Along the way, Anita tries to avoid multiple attempts of kidnapping, being the crush of a serial killer named Olaf, attaching a Weretiger named Ethan to her metaphysically, and getting her friends and loved ones killed. It doesn’t help that being away from home and all of the loves of her life is making her miserable and long for their touch. Things start to look up when Anita learns she is able to deputize anyone, which allows some of her men to join her in the fight against evil.
I am very grateful to Hamilton for bringing back the old Anita, the Anita who is a federal marshal and hunts the bad gays. After reading 20 books, I am a fan of the series, but have been getting very tired of reading about sex and vampire (or wereanimal) politics. Anita is one of the strongest female characters in a series and bringing in all the men and sex was taking away from what makes her…well, Anita. She is good at her job and, for a while, I thought Hamilton had forgotten what that job was.
Now, saying that, it was also difficult to read a story that did not have Jean-Claude (sigh) or Nathanial (yum) as main characters. They are only mentioned. Instead we get more of Edward and Olaf. I like Edward; he is a good character to pair with Anita when they are hunting. But Olaf is just annoying. It feels as though every time he comes up in the books it is the same thing over and over. Hamilton even repeats herself twice in this book about who Olaf is and why Anita is uncomfortable around him. Trust me, Hamilton, your readers know who and what he is.
I think fans of the series will enjoy this book. It is definitely not a stand alone; you have to have read the other books in the series to understand what is going on and who all the players are. It is entertaining and I will look forward to the next one.
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Is it just me that thought that Anita defeated her foe too easily when it was suppose to be this ubber, ultimate being? It seem to lack details in the ending. I thought that the rainbow of tigers was suppose to help her do more powerful things but they were just there. Just any other men tied to her. It didn't need to be the rainbow tigerhs. Any other men in her life would have worked. Wee bit disappointing when Anita has been gaining all these powers over the were-animals. It seemed to me that the ending was rushed and needed few more chapters. But, I did like the fact that this book wasn't so heavily leaning a crutch of sex.