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Guilty Pleasures: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel Audible Audiobook – Abridged

Kimberly Alexis (Narrator), Laurell K. Hamilton (Author), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
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Guilty Pleasures marked the debut of a writer who was destined to grow from cult favorite to a major best-selling author. Now, for long-time Anita Blake aficionados and newfound fans, Guilty Pleasures makes its audiobook debut. Readers will learn how Anita Blake started raising the dead - and killing the undead. And how she met Jean Claude, the master vampire destined to become not only her biggest nemesis, but her greatest lover.
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  1. Listening Length
    6 hours and 20 minutes
  2. Author
    Laurell K. Hamilton
  3. Narrator
    Kimberly Alexis
  4. Audible release date
    August 20, 2009
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B002MB0I6Q
  8. Version
    Abridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 6 hours and 20 minutes
Author Laurell K. Hamilton
Narrator Kimberly Alexis
Audible.com Release Date August 20, 2009
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Abridged
Language English
ASIN B002MB0I6Q
Best Sellers Rank #120,091 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#925 in Contemporary Fantasy
#2,452 in Fantasy Romance (Audible Books & Originals)
#2,741 in Paranormal Fantasy

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UPDATE: The seller did message me apologized and then gave me a refund. I started at one star but I’mupping it to three just because the seller made it right.The Anita Blake series gets 5 stars! It is one of my favorites and I needed the first book to complete my set (I loaned mine out and never got it back) I’ve read this before so I know the story is great. The book though... the seller should be ashamed of themselves. I knew I was buying a used book but it said it was in good condition. This one looks like someone dropped it in their dinner, ran it over and then they let the dog chew on it.
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SL
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite books!
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2016
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“You can’t save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can’t save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help.” You have to love the first book in a series, at least to some extent, because it’s what opens you up to the world your characters live in. Gives you that initial glimpse into how things work, into how exciting they may be. And oh boy, is Anita’s world quite something.

The protagonist of this book is Anita Blake. Local zombie raiser, works with the regional cops occasionally, and oh, is also known as The Executioner of the vampire kind.

A couple years previous to the start of this book, vampires became legal citizens. This world isn’t like your old school Dracula. Humans always knew vampires and shapeshifters existed. And they killed them. Now days, that’s a bit more difficult, since they’re now considered “alive” and all.

But that’s why Anita is known as the Executioner. When bad little vampires decide to no longer be law abiding citizens, they send Anita after them to end them before things get worse. She’s worked hard for her title and to establish herself, and has plenty of scars to prove it.

But when vampires are being killed around town, no one knows who could possibly be doing it. Who is stronger and faster than a vampire? Not only does the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team, known as RPIT (rip it), ask for her expertise, but so do the local vampires. And they’re not willing to ask so nicely….or take no for an answer.

This book is great. Not only is the main character wonderful to get to know, but the whole book is packed with richly written characters that just make the book pop as if it were something alive and brightly colored instead of just words on pages. It sucks you in (no pun intended) and keeps you guessing what the hell, after everything, will happen next. Needless to say, the author doesn’t take it easy on her main character, and Anita goes through quite a lot throughout this book.

This is one of those books that it’s hard to truly describe. There are just so many characters or events that I would love to mention…..but then this would be a very, very long review. As for the writing, I can honestly say it is new and refreshing; that I could pick up one of her books without looking, and know it was hers just by her writing style, it’s that distinguishable. Also, the snarky, sarcastic humor that the protagonist has is just wonderful to read. There’s so many great one liners and thoughts that run through Anita’s head (and often out her mouth as well, much to the chagrin of some the other characters), that it’s just a nice blend of everything needed for a story like this.

I definitely recommend this book. If you like vampires or shapeshifters, or just a kick-ass female lead, than you’ll probably like this book. It’s a nice spin on the whole vampire/paranormal thing that makes it interesting and fresh. And I believe it’ll be well worth it to check out the rest of this series to see just what else Anita will have to endure, snarky humor included.
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Lawrance Bernabo
5.0 out of 5 stars Anita Blake doesn't date vampires--she kills them.
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2000
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"Guilty Pleasures" is the first Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, but when you read it you will wish that it was not. What I mean by that convoluted sentence is that Anita is well into her career as an Animator when this book opens and the more you find out about her backstory the more you want to learn. One of the most important things in this story is when the master vampire Jean-Claude puts the first two marks upon Anita, which links them psychically and makes her somewhat immune to the mental powers of the vampires. Obviously this will have long term repercussions in the series, but it is not as momentous a change since this is the first novel in the series; when it happens Anita has talked about killing vampires, but we have yet to see her ply her trade. If there had been a prequel to this story, in which Anita earned her reputation as "The Executioner" and we learned the rules of the game in terms of vampires and this brave new world they inhabit, then her transformation in "Guilty Pleasures" would have the weight it deserves. Similarly, the idea that the thousand-year-old Master Vampire of St. Louis wants to hire Anita to solve the sudden rash of vampire murders also has less impact than it would if this story was told further down the line. Hamilton comes up with some excellent ideas in this novel, but you can imagine how much more of an impact they would have if this was the third or fourth Anita Blake novel instead of the first. However, Hamilton gets high marks for giving us the feel that we have stepped into an ongoing story, always a laudable goal. You have to be quite optimistic about her ability to up the ante as the series continues.
The world of Anita Blake is one in which the Supreme Court has granted the undead equal rights, so that you cannot kill a vampire without a warrant and you can just imagine the legal morass involving zombies, ghouls and were-beasts. Hamilton has created a world in which the undead are still creatures of the night but have become a part of society, which runs the spectrum from vampire strip clubs such as the Guilty Pleasures of the title to the Church of Eternal Life where becoming a vampire can help you achieve that particular goal. This is a thoughtful look at the "realities" of such a world and although you will recognize elements from Stoker and Rice in this world, Hamilton has constructed one that stands on its own. As for our heroine, she is also extremely realistic: Anita Blake has horrible scars on her body from her battles against the undead, her dreams are tormented by what she has seen and done, she is terrified by her current situation and does not know who she can trust or turn to for help. The fact that she feels fear, cries, gets sick to her stomach, add to her heroism because despite all these obstacles, she gets the job done. There is a much harder edge here than what you find with other vampire slayers. Anita Blake is not a two-dimension character, which is why once you read "Guilty Pleasures" you have to move on to the next novel in the series. All in all, this is an excellent start.
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dani
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2024
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It arrived in great shape and the boyfriend loved it
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beth
5.0 out of 5 stars Anita blake 1st book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2024
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Brought as a replacement. Love the story. Book in good condition.
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Kyra
5.0 out of 5 stars Is Anita Blake my new fave character? 😏
Reviewed in France on August 29, 2020
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Spoiler : yes she is!
Troubled, unsecure and apparently fragile, she turns out to be so strong, stubborn and smart.
I love the dark atmosphere that Laurell K Hamilton created and the twists in the plot kept my attention all along.
Excited to read the next novel!!
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Karen Valadez
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute story. I never felt sympathy for main character. Unpredictable but not surprising.
Reviewed in Mexico on July 11, 2017
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I did not like the characters that much. Story is cute but I never felt any sympathy. The idea of a world with vampires laws is great and enjoyable.
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Symone
5.0 out of 5 stars paranormal, violent and romantic in one fantastic book
Reviewed in Australia on February 24, 2017
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this is the very beginning of an amazing urban fantasy that will give you as many different emotions as there are characters.

This is my all time favourite paranormal/urban fantasy series.

In Guilty Pleasures we meet Anita. She is a kick arse no apologies given Vampire Hunter with a talent for raising zombies. The beginning is innocent - we are learning to embrace this new world where Vampires are legal citizens of the USA and Anita can no longer run around killing them at her pleasure. I say this is innocent compared to where we find ourselves in book 25!

Anita starts out pretty tough but that does nothing to describe where she finds herself in the books to come.

The world Anita lives in can be gruesome she helps fight preternatural crime - the regular police just are not ready for dealing with the 'monsters'.

It is a wonderful blend of all things paranormal, violent and romantic in one fantastic book. And that is just the beginning. It is very aptly named Guilty Pleasures.
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