Um, the first several are all quite good (yes, kind of dark and there's a lot of blood and death, but well-written). Then several of the choices made in earlier books come back and bite Anita & company in the ass and there starts being quite a lot more attention paid to Anita's sex life.
I'm trying to remember the titles now: Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Obsidian Butterfly, Narcissus in Chains, Incubus Dreams... I may be forgetting one, but I can't think where.
Anyway, Narcissus in Chains and Incubus Dreams aren't all that good compared to the rest. Obsidian Butterfly has started to get into the oogy bits, but as it takes Anita away from St. Louis and finally gives actual background on Edward (you must love Edward; it's a rule), I wouldn't skip it. So basically I'd read through Obsidian Butterfly, and continue only if you, like me, really do need to know what happens next to Anita. Because I do have that need, and it irritates me that the last couple books haven't been living up to their potential. :-(
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Date: 2005-02-26 11:10 pm (UTC)I'm trying to remember the titles now: Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Obsidian Butterfly, Narcissus in Chains, Incubus Dreams... I may be forgetting one, but I can't think where.
Anyway, Narcissus in Chains and Incubus Dreams aren't all that good compared to the rest. Obsidian Butterfly has started to get into the oogy bits, but as it takes Anita away from St. Louis and finally gives actual background on Edward (you must love Edward; it's a rule), I wouldn't skip it. So basically I'd read through Obsidian Butterfly, and continue only if you, like me, really do need to know what happens next to Anita. Because I do have that need, and it irritates me that the last couple books haven't been living up to their potential. :-(