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As a necromancer and professional executioner, Anita is sometimes called in to help the police solve suspicious crimes. The Regional Preternatural Investigation Team requests her help when strippers start to show up murdered, drained of blood, their bodies poised as if on display. As suspicions rise in the human community about the vampire killings, Anita herself receives pressure and condemnation for defending the undead. The solid line of black and white that always held her in check has started to blur. As a servant to the Master of the City, the master vampire Jean Claude, Anita fears a rogue vampire serial killer is out to ruin the unsteady peace between the humans, eres and vampires in the city.
The hunt is complicated when her personal life comes to a head and Anita is pulled in different directions. Left with the choice to accept what she truly is or denying her power, Anita must face the fact that her choice could actually kill some of her most trusted friends. From bitter ex-lovers, to boyfriends, to live in lovers, Anita’s life is teaming with men who lay claim to some part of her life. As she tries to balance the relationship, she finds it is harder than she ever dreamed. She must learn to accept the beast growing within, her increasing powers and the difficult choices she is forced to make, or face the consequences when the balance between good and evil start to tip.
Incubus Dreams is book twelve in the Anita Blake vampire series. Laurel K. Hamilton has incorporated a darker, paranormal world with an ordinary human existence. Blending the two together leads a reader on a sensual ride into a whole new universe. The thing that drew me into the book was Anita herself. A peak into her mind shows a woman conflicted by both her personal and working life. Laurel K Hamilton has done a marvelous job in portraying Anita as a sarcastic, spunky woman who knows how to take control of her life instead of going with the flow. This book is not one to start the series with, for too many characters will leave the reader floundering. The novel itself had enough twist to make it interesting, but for 700 pages some information at the end of the book felt a little pushed and repeated itself. With saying that, I am still looking forward to the next book coming out in the following year.
Reviewed by Stacey Brutger
for The Road to Romance
December 28, 2005
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