The Harlequin

The fifteenth book is the charm for Laurell K. Hamilton’s latest Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, foray into the dark and fantastical world of vampires, shapeshifters and magic big and small. THE HARLEQUIN is everything you come to expect from the incredibly imaginative Ms. Hamilton and so much more.

Anita Blake and her stable of studly men are once again called on to keep peace within the vampire, shapeshifter and human worlds. Anita comes to the party armed and ready to play. When vampire and church leader, Malcolm, comes to Anita for help with a problem too scary to say out loud, she turns to sweetie Jean-Claude, vampire Master of the City in St. Louis. But when their triumvirate with werewolf Ulfric, Richard Zeeman, turns out to be the real target of the Harlequin, the vampire uber-police, it will take every magical connection they have to save her people and rid St. Louis of this frightening threat.

Ms. Hamilton really must have listened to what her fans were saying they liked and disliked in the past few Anita Blake books, because THE HARLEQUIN surpasses expectations. Just about every character from past books gets a mention in this book. Even Edward and Olaf fans are going to applaud Ms. Hamilton’s wicked imagination. Anita’s police friends are back as well as the very sexy rat King who is now stepping up. For those that hoped for a little more magic and a little less of the ardeur, you too will be pleased. Anita is learning control and balance in all aspects of her life in this book.

THE HARLEQUIN is dark and sexy with pulse pounding magic around every corner. If you are wondering whether or not to spend the money on Laurell K. Hamilton’s latest vampire hunter book, the answer is an emphatic “GET IT TODAY”.

July 2007