A Mareview in the Boston Globe of Micah was largely negative: '. Reviewers have also commented on the amount of sex in later books. Others have commented upon the exploitation of sexual abuse, incest, and rape through its casual use in later books. Some readers contend that these situations occur without the development of character or plot, and also force sex and dependency on a formerly independent female character. The ardeur is essentially cited as being an unconvincing deus ex machina device, and even a metaphysical date rape drug, used to force Anita Blake and her partners into increasingly gratuitous sexual encounters as well as magically solve all problems through sex or lust.

In Narcissus in Chains (book 10), the character Anita Blake becomes infected with the ardeur, a supernatural hunger making the victim feed it (via direct or vicarious sexual energy) and added metaphysical powers. Louis.Ĭritical reception and fan reactions Anita Blake In the Merry Gentry series, the home base for the fairies' Dark Court is at Cahokia Mounds, across the Mississippi River from St. The city is the home base for Anita Blake. Hamilton published the first book in 2000.īoth series focus in part on St.

Merry Gentry is an urban fantasy in which fairies live in the USA.

More than 6 million copies of Anita Blake novels have been printed and it became a New York Times bestseller. The series runs to 16 novels as of May 2008, and a number of short story collections and other tie-in media such as comic books.

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter is about a female necromancer and her relationships with vampires and wereanimals.

Hamilton is the author of two series of stories: Louis County, Missouri with her current husband Jonathon Green, her daughter Trinity, and her pug Sasquatch. Hamilton is involved with a number of animal charities, particularly supporting dog rescue efforts and wolf preservation. Her education includes degrees in English and biology from Marion (now Indiana Wesleyan University), a private Evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Marion, Indiana that is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church Christian denomination. Laurell Kaye Hamilton was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas but grew up in Sims, Indiana with her grandmother Laura Gentry.

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