** spoiler alert ** 
 Over the last 3-4 books or so, the series has changed drastically. The series has gone from being a gritty UF series where Anita solves crimes to a series where most of the action (or should I say INACTION) occurs in one small space. This book marks Hamilton's first real attempt to make the series grab some of it's former glory. Too bad it didn't work. 
 The basic plotline of this book is that Anita travels with Jason to see his family to prove that he's not gay. No really, that's the basic plot. Along the way Anita gets more attacks from the Mother of all Darkness & finds that Jason looks like a lot of other people. One more sentence & I could sum up the entire book. The plotline is wafer thin, stretched from a short story into a novel length book. 
 The book started off fine enough & for the first third of the book I actually debated giving it 3 stars. The plot may not have been the most inspired thing Hamilton had put out, but it was somewhat interesting. Then came the basic reason Hamilton's books have begun to stink. No, not the sex- although the sex is still dull & uninteresting. Nope, the reason I find Hamilton's books so dull is because everyone talks each other to death. 
 Anita wants to have sex. Jason wants to have sex. Do they just get it on, like any average person would? No, they have to go through their individual problems in excruciating detail. It's at moments like these that I realize exactly why Hamilton has given Anita the ardeur. The amount of emo gushing that Anita does & requires out of her men pre-coitus would wilt even the most determined of Mr. Happys. Like I've said in a previous review, it's not like I mind books where people sit around talking. I just want their conversations to be interesting. 
 Then there's the whole premise of the book. Seriously? Going home with Jason just to prove that he's not gay? When even your characters say that the plot is like a bad sitcom, perhaps you should rethink the basic storyline. There's also a plot element where Jason supposedly looks like other members of the town. This obviously was supposed to be a more important part of the book, but it's thrust to the far back burner so more mind numbingly boring sex can be written in. 
 Hamilton likes to say that her books are too controversial & that's why she has detractors. If it were as simple as that, I'd be writing a far different review. The real reason people complain is because the books have become as dull as dishwater. Hamilton seems to have lost interest in her books & it's starting to show. Maybe if she stopped trying to churn books out at her current rate, she could improve the books & make them less dull. However if she keeps up at this pace I'm honestly concerned that she'll end up getting stuck like this.