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<blockquote data-quote="Snapdragyn" data-source="post: 3009227" data-attributes="member: 12432"><p>I'd actually say read everything up to (& including) Obsidian Butterfly, which is like 8 or 9 books.</p><p></p><p>Beyond that, things get much sketchier -- the very first one post-Obsidian, Narcissus in Chains, is... ok, but showing the signs of where things are going to go (lots more sex, sex for the sake of sex, introduction of Anita's 'nympho vampire' power). Next one (Cerulean Sins) is mostly bad, but tries hard to redeem itself in the last few chapters (the entire book should've been based around those IMHO). Incubus Dreams just sucked, period. The latest one, (the name of which escapes me at the moment) is a mixed bag; I can almost see this one as LKH trying to resurrect some more of the action & character development, but it simply doesn't make it (& the Anita Blake, Super-Ninja-Arcano-Goddess-Supreme stuff takes yet another step along the Great Cheese Way).</p><p></p><p>Also, if you find the supernatural mystery element of the early books appealing, they pretty much vanish after Narcissus in Chains (the latest one has absolutely zero, a first for the series).</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, I don't mind the sex in the Merry Gentry novels; it seems to fit better with the character, & having it right there in the series from the beginning makes it a better fit to me. In the Anita Blake books, the erotica just came along, slammed the series 'hook' over the head, & dragged it into a dark alley to disembowel it (after several chapters' worth of panting, moaning sweatiness, of course).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapdragyn, post: 3009227, member: 12432"] I'd actually say read everything up to (& including) Obsidian Butterfly, which is like 8 or 9 books. Beyond that, things get much sketchier -- the very first one post-Obsidian, Narcissus in Chains, is... ok, but showing the signs of where things are going to go (lots more sex, sex for the sake of sex, introduction of Anita's 'nympho vampire' power). Next one (Cerulean Sins) is mostly bad, but tries hard to redeem itself in the last few chapters (the entire book should've been based around those IMHO). Incubus Dreams just sucked, period. The latest one, (the name of which escapes me at the moment) is a mixed bag; I can almost see this one as LKH trying to resurrect some more of the action & character development, but it simply doesn't make it (& the Anita Blake, Super-Ninja-Arcano-Goddess-Supreme stuff takes yet another step along the Great Cheese Way). Also, if you find the supernatural mystery element of the early books appealing, they pretty much vanish after Narcissus in Chains (the latest one has absolutely zero, a first for the series). Interestingly, I don't mind the sex in the Merry Gentry novels; it seems to fit better with the character, & having it right there in the series from the beginning makes it a better fit to me. In the Anita Blake books, the erotica just came along, slammed the series 'hook' over the head, & dragged it into a dark alley to disembowel it (after several chapters' worth of panting, moaning sweatiness, of course). [/QUOTE]
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