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For the purposes of my Anita Blake Book Challenge, I only reviewed the three Anita Blake related short stories that are part of this collection.

Strange Candy gives us three brief glimpses into the wonderful world of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. The introductions that accompany each of the chapters gave us a glimpse into Laurell K. Hamilton’s creative process. We get to understand what inspired her to write about Anita and the many different directions she has taken the series.

The first story, Those Who Seek Forgiveness, showed the birth of the Anita Blake character: a mere animator (zombie raiser). I love the story because it showed how simple Anita’s life would've been had she not been seduced by Jean Claude. I would use the term “normal”, but as the story shows, Anita’s job as an animator comes with its own inherent risks. In someway, the story actually acts as an introduction to how Anita met the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team squad. I could just see Dolph and Zebrowski coming to interview her on what happened in the cemetery, and then asking her, “Hey since you’re so good with the weird, can you help us with this case?” I love how Laurell K. Hamilton has kept shots of pure animator-Anita throughout the series. We get to see Anita dealing with clients who lie about their true motivations for having a zombie raised, or the different reasons for having zombies raised.

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Strange Candy Laurell K Hamilton 9780425212011 Books Reviews

This is a book for lapsed and committed Hamilton fans. The shorter stories allow for a focus on plot the lapsed fans say is missing in the longer works. The committed fans benefit from that as well. There is not one single story I didn't enjoy in this and I'm confident others will feel the same way!
As a diehard fan of the Anita Blake series I felt it would be remiss of me not read these short stories as well. I was not disappointed. Laurell K. Hamilton is always a pleasure. She is an extraordinary author with a delicious sense of humor and an amazing imagination.
I love all of LKH's books, and this one is no different. It's a compilation of short stories, all dark and some made me wish she had expanded the story into a full book. I have had this book for years and I just break it out periodically and randomly start reading somewhere.
This is a collection of short stories, discarded chapters/story lines from other books, etc...

They are very entertaining, well written, and a few just totally cracked me up. (But then I have a mother who would hire cherubs too - if they were real! Sorry not going to tell you about the story in the book relating to that comment - it would spoil it for those who haven't read this yet & those who have read it will know what I mean.)

It's also a great book if you are very busy and don't have time to get involved in a story. If you just have the time for a chapter or two now and then this is perfect because that is all the longer these stories tend to be. Very entertaining.

R Walker
One I'm a fan of both LKH's series. I caught the Anita Blake series early on, before sex was ever an issue. And I don't really care that they've gone the direction they have. I do care about the balance between crime/police work, supernatural world, relationships, and sex.
I like the Merry series too.

But this book shows you how good a writer LKH actually is, and it's a side we never get to see, which is our loss, and I think to her detriment.
I thought this book was another Anita Blake vampire hunter / zombie raiser. It did have a good laurell k. hamilton story in it. Just wanted more Anita Blake. I'm addicted to her story.
When I discovered this book was a compilation of Laurell K. Hamilton's stories mostly other than from Anita Blake's world, I was interested. By the time I finished the first my mind was happily engaged. I'd already read the final story, which was an Anita story (and one that I still found good reading a second time), but I truly enjoyed every story especially the two with Leech. The story about Jasmine was a little too dark for me, but still good reading. A very worthwhile purchase that displays Ms. Hamilton's talented writing and wonderfully weird imagination.
For the purposes of my Anita Blake Book Challenge, I only reviewed the three Anita Blake related short stories that are part of this collection.

Strange Candy gives us three brief glimpses into the wonderful world of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. The introductions that accompany each of the chapters gave us a glimpse into Laurell K. Hamilton’s creative process. We get to understand what inspired her to write about Anita and the many different directions she has taken the series.

The first story, Those Who Seek Forgiveness, showed the birth of the Anita Blake character a mere animator (zombie raiser). I love the story because it showed how simple Anita’s life would've been had she not been seduced by Jean Claude. I would use the term “normal”, but as the story shows, Anita’s job as an animator comes with its own inherent risks. In someway, the story actually acts as an introduction to how Anita met the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team squad. I could just see Dolph and Zebrowski coming to interview her on what happened in the cemetery, and then asking her, “Hey since you’re so good with the weird, can you help us with this case?” I love how Laurell K. Hamilton has kept shots of pure animator-Anita throughout the series. We get to see Anita dealing with clients who lie about their true motivations for having a zombie raised, or the different reasons for having zombies raised.

See the rest of this review at https//theribbonmarker.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/book-review-strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/