Micah And Strange Candy (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #13)

by Laurell K. Hamilton

MICAH: Phone calls at half-past dawn are never a good omen for Anita Blake. This time she must fly within hours to Philadelphia, her task - to raise a witness from the dead for his testimony. Yet she could be her own worst enemy on this particular job. Accompanied only by her lover Micah, will he be enough to feed the ardeur, the lust-hunger that afflicts her? And, for the first time, they will be truly alone together - with all her fears and emotional doubts. STRANGE CANDY: Both sweet and spicy, these fantastical fairy tales are treats that will leave you craving more ...From a woman who marries into a family of volatile wizards to a couple fleeing a gang of love-hungry cupids, readers will revel in these unique, at times surreal, visions. This is Laurell K. Hamilton's first short story collection - including an all-new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story.

• ISBN10: 1841496022
• ISBN13: 9781841496023
• Publish Date: 4 October 2007 (first published 28 February 2006)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 31 August 2010
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Orbit
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Chelsea]

Too short and was more like a novella than an actual book in the series. We got to know Micah's character more but there wasn't much for plot.

[Hixxup]

well this was ok book, I liked it that the sex didn't take over the book, and we actually had a decent old Anita moment.

and after this book I like Micah better, but at the end with Nathaniel, it's starting to make me not like him as much.

I want more Jean Claude and dare I say it Richard moment.

I love Anita and I even love her men at times, but i'm like ok this is not Merry Gentry and her men this is Anita Blake badass Vampire Hunter.

Oh well move and and take the books for what they are, and maybe find salvation in them somewhere.

[ibeforem]

I have mixed feelings about this. Not really because of the content, but because of the delivery. A novel this was not. It was a short story printed with 14pt type and double-spaced, with full page chapter headings to add some bulk to the book. Not really worth the $8 I spent on it (man, I remember when paperbacks were $3.50). I read it in about an hour and a half Saturday night. I’m expecting big things from her next real book in the series, which is due out in June.

[wyvernfriend]

LKH whets my appetite for the next book in the series with this slightly long short story. I did want more but still it's incredibly readable. Anita manages to only have one sex scene, stays faithful to one partner, actually raises a dead person, evades death and altogether returns somewhat to the character I liked rather than an extra in a porn movie. If this is a sign of things to come I will be buying the new book when it comes out but if it isn't I'll be deeply disappointed, tho the teaser at the end did whet my appetite for the next in the series!