So we started with Vampires, then moved to Zombies, and now we are back to Vampires with a bit of shapeshifter thrown in.
Anita finds herself the unwilling participant of a turf war, but not just any turf war. Jean-Claude is fighting for control of the city. The vampire world knows that he cannot control his human servant, and Anita doesn't care. She has no desire to be a human servant and therefore no desire to help Jean-Claude. But an effort to change her mind goes awry and Anita hands Jean-Claude over to the bad guys. She then realizes, that there are worse things then Jean-Claude, much worse.
On another track, we are introduced to another hate group, Humans First. These guys have no qualms about killing those they deem not human and Edward is hired (again) to kill the Master of the City. Throw in a few immortal snake gods and a battle to the death and thats the story in a nutshell.
Much like the first two books, there is a lot of gore and scary situations, but this isn't one of Hamilton's best. There are a few mistakes in the story. One glaringly obvious mistake is the car issue. In Chapter 25 her new co-worker Larry has to drive her home because she had totaled her own car. She even laments over how her car will never be parked in it's spot again. Yet, in Chapter 29, it is the next day and she has driven to meet someone in the middle of nowhere. Then, the day after that, Larry is driving her around again. Now she could have gotten a cab the first time, but she talks about following someone in her car therefore she had to have something that was left in a lot. Maybe it was a rental, but she really didn't have time for that. Plus, if she had gotten a rental, why would Larry be driving her the next day? It's a minor mistake but by not clarifying she throws the reader.
While such mistakes might be annoying, this is a necessary book in the series. In this book we meet the bane of many fans (including me), the famous Richard Zeeman. Richard will become Anita's on again, off again boyfriend. Richard appears to be a mild-mannered junior high school science teacher with a wicked smile and soft lips. But it will become apparent in future books that he is more than meets the eye. We also learn that Jean-Claude gets jealous and the marks tying Anita to Jean-Claude can and are broken. Therefore, Anita is no longer attached to him in any way by the end of this novel. She has a choice going forward. And finally we see what four marks will do to Anita. Her "master" had no control over her. The question that will come: Could she have controlled him?
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