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A review of Blue Moon

by Laurell K. Hamilton

The eighth novel in the soul-shivering existence of Anita Blake, vampire hunter.

Reviewed by: April Dawn Duncan
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Blue Moon Richard Zeeman was the ultimate Boy Scout through and through. Anita had never met anyone with Richard's acute sense of honor and strict code of chivalry. So, when she receives a phone call from his brother, she simply cannot believe her ears. Richard has been arrested in Tennessee and put in jail for attempted rape. He's refusing his right to an attorney because he's innocent and doesn't need anyone to defend him. Oh if only it were that simple.

Knowing that the charge is absolutely false, Anita's ready to use her clout with the police and her own personal contacts to get him out. Of course, Richard might not go along with that seeing as how he is pretty bitter about their break-up. All of that goes down the drain when Richard's brother explains that there is no time to argue with Richard. The blue moon is coming, and it's only days away. Only Richard's pack and a few select others know his secret. Though it was illegal to discriminate against someone because of a disease, no one wanted their kiddies being taught by a werewolf. Richard was already teetering on the edge of sanity, wrestling with the idea of whether he was truly a monster or not. Losing his job would probably push him over the edge. So, Anita goes rip-roaring to the rescue, anyone trying to stop her be damned. And of course, there's always someone who wants to stop her. In this case, it's the local Master of the City who's afraid that Jean-Claude wants to replace him with one of his own vampires. Nothing that Jean-Claude or Anita says will convince him otherwise. They are part of one of the most powerful triumvirates ever, killed a member of the Council, and made the Council itself back down when they had come to investigate. Okay, so maybe he had a point. He was just going to have to trust them. Ri-ight.

The bad guys, whoever they were, had picked the wrong boy to pin the crime on. That very fact made Anita sure there was something else going on, and it was most likely very unpleasant. Of course, unless Richard actually let's Anita help him, there's nothing she can do. And when the local cops start giving her a hard time, she knows she's in trouble. The local Master of the City wastes no time letting her know how he feels about her presence. What was it, pick on Anita week? She never did take kindly to being picked on.

"Blue Moon", by Laurell K. Hamilton, is a test both of love and faith. So far, love hasn't seemed to be quite strong enough. And faith? Anita's not sure she has much of it left, or if she's even pure enough to have any at all. Thankfully this book is about finding your way again after you have gotten lost. Or maybe it's about realizing you never got lost in the first place.

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Copyright © by April Dawn Duncan, 2003

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