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Skin Trade (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter 17) |  | Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher: Headline
Category: Book
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 8797
Media: Paperback
Pages: 608
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 0755352556
EAN: 9780755352555
Publication Date: November 26, 2009
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Headline is thrilled to be publishing the sensational New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton, the queen of vampire fiction
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 37
 Anita back on form! June 13, 2010
N (UK)
I thought Skin Trade was a great read if you have followed the series so far and are considering stopping - DON'T Skin TRade is a brilliant book.
I have been a huge fan of the Anita Blake novels since i first read Guilty Pleasures (one of my faves) I love the characters & Laurell K Hamilton's enthralling style of writing keeps me hooked from start to finish.
The book is about a big bad vampire killing strippers and personally calling our Anita out to play. It involves the much loved Edward (edward isn't my favourite character but i like what he brings to the stories and he might just be one of the only characters she won't end up sleeping with)as well as the unnerving Olaf and Bernado for some comic relief.
The story is about a murder case, i forgot how much i liked those original books about cases Anita takes on as a US marshall, as well as bad guys, metaphysics going wrong, the mother of all darkness throwing a spanner in the works and the obligatory sex scenes.
Basically Skin Trade is good :D
A Mother and Father of a story! June 9, 2009
Skargasm (East Sussex, UK)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I admit it, I am one of those who has actually enjoyed all the Anita Blake stories so far. I've loved all the sex, the ardeur, the love triangles and more, the new powers - all of it. I have devoured each and every story and been eager for more. But upon reading Skin Trade, it took me back to what made the series so special when I first read it. I lived and breathed this book - was scared rigid on occasion - laughed at other times - cried a number of times too. The Mother of All Darkness - the Father of Day - thank God we don't have parents like these!!
I thought the Weretigers were gorgeous; we learnt more about Wicked and Truth; Olaf the Psycho killer was back; and of course, good ole Ted. Looking back, I didn't actually miss Jean-Claude, Micah or Nathaniel - I know they're her sweeties, and didn't need to read more about them. What I really enjoyed was seeing a different side to so many things - brings a whole new viewpoint to being damaged in the line of duty.
Anyone who has read this series from the beginning will know exactly what they are getting if I say it is up there with Burnt Offerings, etc - before the sex became a staple, and it was about the powers and the supernatural. This is an excellent book and I am looking forward to re-reading it slowly, savouring it, enjoying every nuance. Well done Laurell K Hamilton.
Skin Trade July 22, 2009
D. Lennie (uk)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The usual mixture of eroticism and chills. Wonderful characters and story line that conjure pictures in the mind. Could not put the book down once I had started and cannot wait for the next story. Hope the books never end.
At Last! June 2, 2009
Jo (UK)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
If there were half stars this would be a 4.5. I read it in a day and was gripped to the second last page...
At last Laurell K. has gotten back to an actual story rather than the "porn" of the previous two or three Anita books. Blood Noir was dire let's face it, and I had promised myself that if Skin Trade was more of the same then I was giving up. Thankfully this book has 290 pages of real actual story before anyone has sex at all! (Gasps of surprise all round) and then it only lasts 3 pages, and fits into the story rather than the miniscule amounts of plot being used to link the pages and pages of sex. (Let's face it, how much "tightening" can Anita's "things low in her body" DO???) The story is twisty and turny, Marmee Noir is lurking, and it has Edward, Olaf and Bernardo thrown in, and, even better, no Richard the Whiner :-D
It is possible that Skin Trade seemed better than it is, in sheer comparison to the drivel that is Blood Noir, but even so, it was a joy to read and get back to the "real" Anita. (though she still isn't quite "herself" but that's OK, she's getting "all growed up" now)
The ending is rushed, what should have been 2 chapters is 2 pages - either Ms H's mortgage or deadline were looming and it smacks of an "OMG it's due TODAY?" moment of truth, but I forgave her - just... not sure if this one will stand up to re-reading like some of the earlier ones will, but it is SO much better than Blood Noir and that was enough for me for now!
'Grrrreat' January 8, 2010
D. Rainford (Cambs, England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read all of the Anita Blake series but have to confess and say that the last few books were too much about the amount of sex Anita has to have and about her relationship problems, especially with 'Richard the werewolf', he was really starting to get on my nerves. I found this book more like her earlier ones, especially 'Obsidian Butterfly' and I didn't want to put the book down, there was hardly a mention of any of her regular lovers or their relationship problems and she wasnt have sex every few pages, just a really good storyline like we have come to expect from this author with the re-appearance of previous characters such as 'Edward' and 'Olaf'.
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