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The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6)
The Killing Dance - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Anita Blake, vampire hunter, is now herself a hunted woman. Who put the $500,000 price on her head--a man or a monster? It's not just her own skin she needs to save; the rivalry between her werewolf boyfriend, Richard, and Marcus, the other alpha werewolf in his pack, has come to full boil. And there's always Jean-Claude, the vampire who...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780441004522
ISBN-10: 0441004520
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 372 ratings
Publisher: Ace
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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brittney024 avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This is by FAR the best in the series for me to date!!! In this book we find out if Anita is as true to her celibacy as she likes to think she is... we all know that she has stuggled with her own demons...will she break, and if she does with whom will she be with, Richard or Jean-Claude?!?!

I believe I was right in assuming that the books only get better! In the begining it really didnt interest me as much. So if you are like me, PLEASE keep reading!! Push through the beginging stages and you will come to this, which for me was an AMAZING book! Also, if you have liked the previous ones, Im sure you will LOVE this one!!

Anita finds herself being more intuned with a new power with the help of Jean-Claude and Richard. Anita also finds out, yet again, someone is trying to kill her. Only this time they went professional and hired a hit man. Who has put this hit out on Anita, and who will survive in the end?!?!
daedelys avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 1218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is definitely a series for fans of gothic fantasy. I found this book to be excellent with it's story as well as the realistic emotions the characters face. It's sexy, funny, horrific and entertaining. The author does a great job of keeping you glued to the book (unless your tastes run to the mild--if so, this book is NOT for you!--It's a bit graphic regarding sex and violence). I love the variety of vampires, lycanthropes and various magical creatures that show up in the writing. There's so much that this series can do that I'm really impressed. It's a great "monster"-type story that will make you fall in love (or hate) with the characters and eager to read the next book!
nymphadora avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 95 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is the beginning of a much more interesting life for Ms. Blake...
A good book overall, but LKH is starting to repeat the same sentences over and over again.
reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on
Helpful Score: 2
I like Laurell K. Hamilton, but I prefer the first books in this series. I like romance but this is starting to get into porn almost.
reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 242 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Marcus and Raina run the local wolfpack. Richard, one of Anita's boyfriends, has twice beaten Marcus in a fight. But in order to take over the wolfpack, the challenger would have to kill the leader, something that Richard has been unwilling to do. Then Richard does end up fighting Marcus again and the way he kills Marcus starts Anita's breakup with him.

The subplot going on with this is Raina's and Gabriel's foray into making pornographic films. Both are sociopathic, torturing and abusing their actors and even using them to make snuff films. This films are then sold on the internet. Of the two "film makers", Raina is as evil as they come. She tries to make a snuff film with Anita as the victim but, as usual, Anita gets out of the situation just in time.

I kept wondering throughout the book about Anita's fascination with guns. I had no idea what she was talking about as she vaguely described each gun she owned and used for killing. It was as if she was having a love affair, appreciating the differences, with her guns. Could this be the author' way of symbolizing the male anatomy? (Not sure if I'm allowed to actually write the word).

Anita is quite an interesting character. She has two lovers she doesn't sleep with; sleeps with at least one of her guns and another one near her bed; hugs and sleeps with a penguin when she needs comfort; knows how to raise the dead; and, has just about every freak and sociopath after her at one time or another. In this book, she doesn't let us down. The is the pre-Danse Macabre Anita and she's so much more likeable here. At one point, she even cries!
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FineLQQKn avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 173 more book reviews
I have all of her Anita Blake Series. And, recommend all of them. Make sure you start from the beginning!! (Better than True Blood!)
munk avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 40 more book reviews
Love, Love, Love ALL the Anita Blake series!
reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 30 more book reviews
Number 6 in the series. This was a good story. We get to know Edward better in this one.

SYNOPSIS:
Dating both a vampire and a werewolf isn't easy. But just to complicate Anita's already messy life, someone has put a price on her head. Love cannot save her this time, so she turns to Edward, hitman extraordinaire, for help. But finding the person behind the threat won't be easy, because as both a vampire hunter and zombie reanimator, Anita has made a lot of enemies-both human and otherwise.
lissareads avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 4 more book reviews
This is my favorite book in the series so far. I had a hard time putting it down. It really delves into Anita's personal life and her relationships with both Richard and Jean-Claude. I'm also a fan of romance books, so I enjoyed the steamy scenes. I can't wait to start the next book!
reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 4 more book reviews
This is my favorite of the Anita Blake series (so far!). She does a great job in this book in resolving many of the issues the characters have been facing without making the reader hate any of them. This series is a GREAT READ. Since book 3, I have read them all in one sitting, they are just to much like crack to put down.
reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 70 more book reviews
Another marvelous Anita Blake book--this one's almost 400 pages, and I could hardly put it down.
daedelys avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 1218 more book reviews
This is definitely a series for fans of gothic fantasy. I found this book to be excellent with it's story as well as the realistic emotions the characters face. It's sexy, funny, horrific and entertaining. The author does a great job of keeping you glued to the book (unless your tastes run to the mild--if so, this book is NOT for you!--It's a bit graphic regarding sex and violence). I love the variety of vampires, lycanthropes and various magical creatures that show up in the writing. There's so much that this series can do that I'm really impressed. It's a great "monster"-type story that will make you fall in love (or hate) with the characters and eager to read the next book!
reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 4 more book reviews
The first six in this series are all outstanding books. This one included. I have re-read them all 3 times.
After the sixth, she just does sex with almost no story.
curvynerd avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on
It took me a little bit to get into the first Anita Blake book, but after that, i can't get my hands on these books fast enough!! This one was no different.
GemGirl avatar reviewed The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Bk 6) on + 37 more book reviews
This one is a treat because for the first time Edward seems human. He's been a fixture in the other books, but up until now he was nothing more than a hitman. And this is early enough that Richard is still likeable.


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