Book Review: Skin Trade by Laurell K Hamilton

Perhaps you are a fan of the Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton, or maybe you’ve never heard of it.  If you are a fan then you understand that the series started with necromancy and police investigations and slowly became convoluted with vampire and were-animal politics as well as Anita becoming a succubus.  I am thrilled to say that you will, yes will, enjoy Skin Trade.

Why am I making this declaration?  Simple, we have a murder investigation, a warrant for execution, oh and did I mention Edward is back, so is Olaf and Bernardo.

While the Ardeur is still a plot point and vampire politics midly comes into play the main part of the novel is about stopping the bad guy before they kill more people.  Which is a nice return to the series roots.

Anita does have some emotional moments where she begins to question her ability to perform her job and I think it might be something we see more of in future books, but it worked well with the plot and actually added another dimension to it.

So, don’t give up on series yet, give Skin Trade a chance.  Oh and in case you were wondering, no, these books are not for a young audience, especially the the later part of the series.

To learn more about the author or get the series order check out her website at http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/