Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've gone from excitedly purchasing the first 11 volumes in hardback as they were released, to picking up the subsequent books from the library, to today reading 'Bullet' in Barnes and Nobles. My local library doesn't have any plans on ordering a copy and I decided putting a request in for an inter-library loan was just too much of an effort. It took me five hours, and three large cups of coffee, in order to finish it. It began with a squicky dance recital (Anita Blake should stay far away from children!!) and went downhill from there. The book was indeed, as others have reported, just boring. The promised plot was once again absent. Ninety-Five percent of the action occurred 'off screen' and the reader just read about it later. When this series began, the reader was fully engaged and present for every action scene. If there was a threat, Anita Blake stepped forward and met the challenge head on. In this book, she makes a phone call. There was a death in the book, but it was such an insignificant character that I couldn't immediately recall who he was or when he had last appeared. I even had to put the book down, walk around B&N, and get a fresh cup coffee as I was reading through an 'orgy' because I was practically falling asleep. I couldn't recommend that anyone plunk down hard earned money for this... book. After slogging my way through it, however, I felt compelled to post a review as warning to any other potential reader. :)