Originally posted on Biele http://laurencella.blogspot.com.auRating: 3/5
This series has been a bit up and down for me lately. The first books in the series were great, paranormal crime fighting at its best but then the relationship aspect of the series took over and while that's not necessary a bad thing ,it is when the pages are filled with sex rather than actual plot. Thankfully, Blood Noir was able to pull away from this a bit. Yes it focused on thr relationship and yes there was sex but the latter didn't over power the rest of the book as it did in Incubus Dreams. I really like how this book explored a diffenrent relationship than the rest; that between Anita and Jason. Jason is one of my favourite characters and it was great to see him given a bigger role. But on the other hand the actual plot did have a lot of potential and it was a shame that it was crammed into the last few chapters of the book.
While a lot of the olf favourites turned up there were also a few new ones that I kinda liked. Both Crispin and Alex were interesting and I would like to see how the events of this book impact on the next one. Marmee Noir also made a comeback and her part just keeps getting more and more interesting. I can't wait to find out what her end goal is and why Anita is so important. Richard was Richard. If you've read the books there's really nothing more to say there. He's developing and progressing but at a frustratingly slow pace and I can't help but think that now it will be even slower.
Overall, it was a good read and I was interested enough throughout it to keep my attention glued to the pages rather than doing assignments as I really should have been (procrastination at its best). I will continue to read this sereis as I've invested way too much time in it to give up now but I do hope we see more of a return to oringinal Anita.
