Affliction

Laurell K. Hamilton

Jul 2013 · Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 22 · Sold by Penguin

About this eBook

Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about “zombie disease.”

Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies—but these aren’t the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes…Where will it stop? Even Anita Blake doesn’t know.

Ratings and reviews

As usual, I needed to read it a second time the week I bought it because I stayed up, on a work night, to read it the first time. I FULLY enjoy learning about the families of the people Anita is involved with. It helps me as a reader fill in the questions I wod have if these were my real-life friends. Does your family know you are a shifter. What was the world like when you became a vampire. I also fully enjoy the Spicy parts. And as an adult child who is also a parent subtly reminding our kids we still engage in spicy time and it may be spicier than our children are ready for was a FANTASTIC part of the story. I was reality. I write this during one of many re-reads. Keep them coming!

Come on, Anita. Get past all this touchy- feely crap and get back to being the strong,. decisive woman you started out being. Yes, it's important to feel loved and be able to show someone you love them, but there's a time and place for that. No wonder the United States can't elect a woman president - men think that they'll all need a man to explain everything to them over and over! Sorry, I really enjoyed the beginning of the series, but it's been nothing but a disappointment the last ten books or so.

As always I enjoy the vivid and detailed adventures of my favorite femme fatale. The detail and scope at which Hamilton writes is one of her defining characteristics. I loved the story, the detail, and the twist. However the only thing I would have enjoyed more and would have bumped up to 5 stars from me was if final showdown had been more involved drawn out a little longer.

About the author

Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family.