Night play -- By: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Bride McTierney has had it with men. They're cheap, self-centered, and never love her for who she is. But though she prides herself on being independent, deep down she still yearns for a knight in shining armor. 

She just never expected her knight in shining armor to have a shiny coat of fur...

Deadly and tortured, Vane Kattalakis isn't what he seems. Most women lament that their boyfriends are dogs. In Bride's case, hers is a wolf. A Were-Hunter wolf. Wanted dead by his enemies, Vane isn't looking for a mate. But the Fates have marked Bride as his. Now he has three weeks to either convince Bride that the supernatural is real or he will spend the rest of his life neutered--something no self-respecting wolf can accept...

But how does a wolf convince a human to trust him with her life when his enemies are out to end his? In the world of the Were-Hunters, it really is dog-eat-dog. And only one alpha male can win.

Though I really like their attraction and really adore the characters as a whole, Vane and Bride's story is really not one of my favorites. 

As the first branch off into the Were-Hunter world of the Dark Hunter series, this story is primarily based on describing the roles of the Were-Hunters and the differences between the packs. Vane and Bride have basically an instant connection and are essentially forced together by the Fates (those bitches, LOL).

Overcoming self-esteem issues when your guy is hotter than hot is one of every chubby girl problems, right? Quite a few times I wanted to just roll my eyes at Bride for all her own personal demons and issues, but being a heavy girl myself, I basically could feel everything she did throughout the book. Though, I sincerely hope that not every chubby girl has to land herself a "Taylor" type boyfriend in their lives. No one deserves that. Nor a sister like hers either for that matter. Hurting or not, Bride's sister is a major bitch! 

Anyway, as with every long series, there will inevitably be a few books someone isn't fond of. I've already read this series once, and since this is my second round through, my feels stay the same with Night Play, just not the biggest fan of it but don't regret reading it. 

Bound To Me By: Jeannette Medina

Not a fan of this one sadly.

I was really intrigued by the description of the book, but I just had a hard time enjoying it.

Veronica goes to get her first tattoo and the tattoo artist decides to tattoo her with a dragon that comes to life!

Liam is her dragon and her "guardian dragon". His purpose is to help Veronica deal with the bad things in her life like her alcoholic mother.

Shortly thereafter, Liam and Veronica fall for each other. Who wouldn't! He's a freaking bad ass dragon! HAHA

But not everyone gets their happily ever after. Will Veronica? Will Liam get to stay with her after his mission is complete? Or will her tattoo just turn permanent and Liam go back to his dimension?

Their love is quick, but definitely there. I feel for Veronica and I do wish this was a longer book. I think with it being a short story and everything being thrown into it, it just was too quick for my tastes. Too many things happening at one time too quickly.

Flirt By: Laurell K. Hamilton

In this novella, Flirt, Anita is kidnapped by werelions for the purpose of raising the corpse of a rich man used to getting his way.

This is a short story for the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, but it's still a goodie. It only runs to be just under 200 hundred pages, as opposed them running around 400 pages or so.

No one likes to be threatened, but no one takes it near as far as Anita does.

When she finds out her main sweeites, Micha and Nathaniel are being followed by snipers ready for the kill if she doesn't do what they want her to do, Anita, being only who she is, finds a way to save them all including herself.

Nicky is the newest member of Clan Anita, haha! You gotta love how he comes to be her "Bride".

Hit List By: Laurell K. Hamilton

Hit List does not disappoint. Anita is thrown into helping hunt down the lone tigers being murdered along the coast by the Harlequin and therefore, the Mother of all Darkness.

Her and Edward are out searching together, when of course Olaf and Bernardo are called in to help.

Olaf has his moments of "creepy" and I seriously love those moments. He meets Nicky, and realizes that if Anita can 'tame' him with her mind rolling, he is even a bit creeped out by it. After an accident with a werelioin, Olaf ends up disappearing for a little while in fear of Anita! An unexpected twist, huh!

Let's all give a warm welcome to, Ethan!

Though I really missed the main sweeties, I really enjoyed the break from it all and really getting down to the mystery. That's one of the things I love about Laurell Hamilton, she seems to know when things start to get a bit much and is able to get you back into the main point of the books and keep you seriously interested as well!

**A bit more detailed review will follow, after I re-read the books**

Affliction By: Laurell K. Hamilton

In Affliction, Anita, Micha, and Nathaniel all head back to Micha's hometown because his dad has fallen ill. Micha wants to make amends for leaving the family 10 years ago before his dad dies.

While visiting, they find that flesh eating zombies and rotting vampires are all but taking over and attacking locals citizens and hikers causing the fatal disease that is plaguing Micha's dad. Being the good Marshal she is, Anita takes over the case. Though it's somewhat upsetting that she can't just be there for Micha, we all know and love her and we all know Anita wouldn't do anything less. Since the disease is obviously paranaturally caused, she feels it's her duty to find the culprit. Even the infamous Edward comes to town to help with the "zombie apocalypse". ::Swoon::  Gotta love me some Edward.

In this latest installment of the Anita Blake series, #22 out of 22, fans are sure to be fulfilled with all requirements that Laurel Hamilton promises in her stories.

Sex, mushy love, crime solving, erotica...you name it, this one has it.

Anita finally realizes she's in love with another one of her men...I'm very happy with this because I really feel that he deserves her love. He goes against everything she really believes in, since he's a sociopath and all, but she loves him regardless and though she starts to pick at it to try and fracture those feelings, she quickly realizes what she's doing and stops.

Marriage in the air!? I could have screamed I was so happy when she opened the shower curtain to find you know who standing there! I always wanted him to come and help her, and I just wanted to cry happy tears for her with the proposal!

I've really loved being a part of Anita's last 6-7 years. I had a lot of fun watching her come to accept who she is and what she is.

So much humor, love, and mystery all rolled into one.

This series literally meets all requirements for books that I just love reading. Especially since they are all so different from each other.

Starting out, they were just really about the mystery. Then the books moved onto love. Then onto being a "monster". To being OK with the "monsters". Then changing up just sex to serious erotica. Even to BDSM. All while keeping all the previous topics in each book!

Seriously, Laurell K. Hamilton is a fantastic author. I don't just feel like Anita is just another character I've read, but really become to love.

Kiss The Dead By: Laurell K. Hamilton

I definitely can't get enough of Anita Blake. I love her. I love all the men in her life, and I can't stop reading her books....

In Kiss The Dead, Anita's main focus is on finding a master vampire who is turning children/teens/elderly into vampires. In the matter of a few days this group of mundane looking people start kidnapping/murder/plotting deaths. This mysterious "Benjamin" is just a name in this book, but I'm sure we will actually meet Benjamin in another book down the road.

Drama llama Asher strikes again. Asher is back to having problems with not being the single "sweetie" to someone. Devil has become the main boyfriend for Asher, but it's just not enough since Dev likes girls too. Jean-Claude and Anita are at their wits end.

Nicky suffers an unfortunate circumstance when he fills in to feed the ardeur for Anita.

There is a new main character, Marshal Arlen Brice...he definitely seems like he's going to be a fun character...but there is still something just not right about him. He seems to know just too much about Anita and I think there maybe more to it.

As always, Laurell Hamilton's world is absolutely amazing. Even after 21 books, I can't wait for more. She has such a great mind and creative side and can seriously makes your really care about the characters, each and every single one of them...even the drama llama.

Easily 5 out of 5 Stars!