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WARNING: Adult content - not a book for the younger set!

Anita Blake, supernatural detective and vampire hunter, has taken on the responsibility for a wereleopard pard and now one of her people has been kidnapped. In the process of rescuing him, she is wounded and might become a wereleopard, putting even further strain between her and on-again, off-gain boyfriend Richard. When other wereanimals are also kidnapped, Anita must find and confront the kidnapper, and at the same time keep herself from being kidnapped as well. However, the fascinating politics are overwhelmed by the continuing problems between Anita and her two lovers, Richard and Jean-Claude, especially when a third man comes into her life.

Impressions: This is my third or fourth disappointment in Hamilton's Blake series. I know that characters are supposed to change over time, but this was a whiplash about face for Anita. She starts off with sexual morals that are quickly tossed out the window when she finds herself attracted to two men. But instead of picking one, she sleeps with them both, and agonizes over a choice she never actually makes. (My understanding is the next book is more of the same, only worse.) In fact, her problem gets worse when she accepts yet a third lover in the mess. The character libido fest and sexual angst overwhelm the rest of the story.

Add to this even worse editing errors than in previous books, and it was a disappointment all around. Obviously the rest of the story line wasn't strong or good enough to make up for the disappointments. It's turning into her Merry series, and I didn't like my first taste of that at all.

If Cerulean Sins is this bad, I'm done with the series. There's only so much same old, same old and sexual perversions one can take, especially if all that attempts (dismally) to mask a lack luster plot and character changes that are far too extreme. If she ever gets Anita back out of bed and on the job again, maybe I'll pick the series back up then.