Skin Trade

Since Anita gained the ardeur, this series has been in my eyes mainly about sex and less about the story. I stopped reading the Anita Blake series because of that, ending with Blood Noir. My brother convinced me to give Anita another try so I picked up Skin Trade and was pleasantly surprised. Laurell Hamilton has finally gone back to having a strong base storyline and plot. The first few lines of this book instantly made me hooked, having Anita receive a head in a box was proof enough for me that this novel would be grisly and dark like the original Anita's had been. While there was sex in the novel as it should be due to her ardeur, it was just enough to support the story and not take it over the top. I am really looking forward to the rest of this series now.