Dead Ice (Anita Blake #24) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Dead Ice
Anita Blake #24
Laurell K. Hamilton

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Date read: 28 May - 10 June 2019
Length: 566 pages
Published: 2015


Anita is called in by the FBI to help them with a disturbing case. Someone is making zombie porn, but that isn't the worst of it. The zombies have souls trapped inside their dead bodies with no way out. Not only does Anita need to catch the necromancer responsible, she has to find a way to lay the zombies to rest. Can she do it?

THEY DID ANOTHER ZOOMING CLOSE-UP OF THE
ZOMBIE'S EYES, AND THIS TIME THEY WEREN'T
EMPTY. THIS TIME THEY WERE TERRIFIED.

I enjoyed this story very much, it's more like the earlier Blake novels! It starts off strong, straight into the case and the mystery surrounding it. We see some old favourites like Manny and Zerbrowski. I missed the earlier days of Anita actually solving crimes and dealing with the preternatural.

The way these books have gone, I was surprised at how little sex there is in this one. This is a good thing in my opinion. We still get treated to some, and of course Anita still has a very complicated love life with all her various people, but it isn't just about that.

Of course, we can't avoid it completely. Anita is getting married to Jean-Claude, and there's things to prepare, such as the rings. Then there's having to choose another tiger to join them in the bedroom, and finding the best person suitable for another ring. 

If Dead Ice had just been about the zombie porn case, I think I would have given this book four stars. But Anita is constantly surrounded by drama and it takes away from the investigation side of the story. I understand she needs to have a personal life as well, but it's too much!

Laurell K. Hamilton

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The Wee Librocubicularist