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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
I am working on it myself, still in the first book though. Now that you mention Anita Blake, is that a must-read if you like Dresden?
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Anita Blake is a necromancer, all nice and legal etc. Her job (to start with) is raising the dead to investigate murders, questions of inheritance etc. Vampires, Werewolves and much of the rest are common knowledge among the normal people. There are treaties and laws where for example Vampires may only feed upon willing volunteers and aren't supposed to kill them.
Of course like any laws, there are those who choose not to obey them. That's when Ms. Blake gets to go all stab, slash etc.
I stopped reading around book 10 or so because the author had progressively slipped into writing the books as pretty much porn with a dash of urban fantasy. The constant exposure to the supernatural keeps adding to Blakes' abilities, but (literally) screwing with the monsters has also given her the "ardour" - she's gotta have it periodically or things get bad. Laurell K. Hamilton describes Blakes' sexual exploits in great detail.