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“Wounded” is another Anita Blake short story, very short. I don’t mind the short stories to supplement the books, as long as they are priced as a short story. But the Anita Blake short stories seem to be a bit “cuter” than the longer books, and the conversation sometimes sound like someone’s “conversation in my head” perfection instead of real conversation. This story had very little to move the characters forward; all the trials of the three main characters have been covered in other books. I’ve read all the Anita Blake books and, while I will probably continue to read them, Ms. Hamilton really needs a better editor. The discrepancies between books and even in the same book are becoming annoying. In earlier books Nathanial grew an inch to 5’ 7” in his early 20s. In the last couple books, he’s 5’ 9” with no explanation of when he got taller. In an earlier book he was turned into a wereleopard at 17 and turning anyone into a wereanimal was illegal. “Wounded” says he was infected at 18, which was the age of consent. In most books Anita hates that Cynrick spells his nickname as Sin, but in one book she made comments that gave the impression that the spelling is her preference. And I’m totally lost on how old everyone is in relation to everyone else and to the years they’ve been together. I can ignore plot devices that are part of any story, even if they don’t always make sense when you examine them closely. But there really is no excuse for inconsistency in basic character features or character history that could be avoided by maintaining a simple character fact sheet.