When I heard the name of this book, I wanted to cringe. Guilty Pleasures. I mean, really? Could
you name a book something sleazier than that? I don’t think so. Regardless of
the name, it was actually quite a good book and it wasn't even dirty, either,
though I heard it gets a lot worse, so beware if you continue on with the
series. For the interest of keeping my mind pure, I don’t think I’ll continue
on, but this first book was pretty entertaining.
Meet Anita
Blake: animator, vampire hunter, and overall badass. Recently, there have been
a string of murders and the victims just happen to be of the vampiric nature.
The most powerful master vampire, Nikolaos, wants to find out who the murderer
is and stop his killing spree in its tracks. The only person that she trusts
can find him is Anita. Now, Anita is less than willing to help her sworn
enemies, the vampires, but the vampire master cajoles her into accepting a deal
that she really can’t refuse. Along the way, Anita must pair up with unlikely
friends to defeat the enemy that she never even saw coming.
First, I
shall talk about the writing. The writing for the first couple of pages was
horrid. The sentences were short and simple and couldn’t hold my attention. I
was about to give up on the book after the first five pages. Fortunately, I
persevered and made it through the first couple pages and her writing gradually
got better, as if she needed to warm up her writing skills. As the story
continued, her prose flowed much more smoothly so that I was not cringing at
the end of every sentence.
Now, for
the characters! Anita was pretty awesome. She could fight and still look pretty
while she was kicking butt. She knew how to use weapons and she had a lot of
connections with people in high places. Overall, she was one powerful girl,
which I can appreciate. And Phillip. I know that Phillip was a stripper and
supposedly a “bad guy” (at least at first), but I loved him. He reminded me of
a little puppy and he was just adorable, so he was my favorite character. I
also liked Jean-Claude, Anita’s new vampire “master” (it’s a long story), even though
he isn’t really in the book all that much.
I thought that
the plot of Guilty Pleasures (ugh,
that name! Why the heck would she ever choose that name for this book, it’s
just terrible!) was intriguing. It was a mystery and I was pretty proud of myself
for figuring out the mystery before Anita did, but it was still a good mystery because
it took me a really long time to figure it out and I really didn’t see it
coming.
Well, that’s
all I can think of to say about this book right now because it is 1:45 in the morning and I am tired. Have a fantabulous day/night!
Guilty Pleasures (*shudder*) was an entertaining read! 4 Smileys!
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