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Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Collection 1-4

I sincerely dislike this series. I don't particularly like Anita, the amount of time she spends obsessing over guns and weapons tires me, she seems like a person I would not like if I met her. I don't like being in her head, I don't like the way she frequently treats people, I don't like the way she speaks to them, none of it. There is nothing appealing to me about Anita.The were and vampire subculture is full of exploitation and torment and pain and I don't enjoy that. Much of the pain is sexual, and I REALLY don't enjoy that. Doesn't help that I don't find a single damn thing about Jean-Claude attractive. When he's described, all I get is uncomfortable. He sways his hips when he walks so Anita will look at his ass, he unbuttons his shirts down to his navel so his nipples peek out, and his face is constantly being framed by his hair - these are just not elements that I find attractive, so every time they're lustfully described I have another moment of total disassociation. And "ma petite"? Maybe that's regional, but he uses it all the time and the italics are getting to me. He strikes me as a cheap Anne Rice knockoff, dressed up like he's about to do theme porn. So between a protagonist who seems to actually repulse me, a love/sex interest who is about as alluring to me as Fabio, and scenes that make me want to peel off my own skin, this is not my series. It's like the dark side of the Sookie Stackhouse coin - those I'll read often, but Anita Blake I tried for the first 10 and then finally had to throw up my hands and accept it was only getting worse and I should stop being so stubborn. When I arrange my Darkover bonfire, this series is also going right into the flames.

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