I think I enjoyed this installment of the Anita Blake series even more than the first book. Anita's sarcastic and wry sense of humor is outstanding- I love the thoughts she has about situations in her head, and how she twists them to be funny to herself, and then she'll smile so that the person she's been thinking those things about has no idea what is going on...so funny. At the beginning of this book, a bodyguard named Tommy that had way too big of muscles for his suit jacket leans back against a bookshelf trying to look all Billy-bad-ass and Anita thinks to herself, "You really shouldn't try to lean against a wall and try to look tough unless you can cross your arms. Ruins the effect." The visual of that had me giggling to myself. I just think Anita Blake would be a very interesting and fun friend to have- not to mention she can kick some butt so even with all the bad guys that seem to cross her path, I'd feel safe hanging out with her...Probably would pick up on some killer self-defense moves in the process as well. There were some interesting new characters in this book...an evil vaudun priestess named Dominga Salvador being one of them. She was a real thorn in the side for Anita in this book, along with the extrmely wealthy Harold Gaynor, which the book starts with Anita and her business manager, Bert, visiting...and eventually turning down his offer of several million dollars to raise a few hundred years deceased zombie. It all goes downhill for Anita from there, or uphill...depends on how you want to look at it. Anita's best friend Catherine is getting married, and the part of the book where Anita is getting fitted for her dress (since she's in the wedding party) are great...that scene really endeared Anita to me even more than before. (Mainly because of how much she HATES the dress, but is still willing to allow the lady at the dress shop do anything, just so her friend will have the wedding day she deserves) 
 By the end of this book, I realize that Anita is FAR more powerful than she even knows...I'm curious to see how far that power goes, and just what she is capable of. I will definitely be reading on to learn more and to see all the regular characters grow and relationships blossom. This is turning out to be a favorite series of mine so far, but I've only just finished book 2, so we'll see how it goes with Book 3.