Vampires, ultraviolence and explicit sex. Yup. Sounds like a Guilty Pleasure to me.
I picked up Laurell K. Hamilton’s “The Laughing Corpse” almost by accident at the local library. I quickly followed that up with “Lunatic Cafe,” “Circus of the Damned,” and “The Killing Dance.” And more followed. Maybe when I have the chance to look at them again, I’ll actually read them in order.
The Blake series follows an “Animator” — that is, somebody who riases people from the dead for the purposes of gaining information, who moonlights as a vampire hunter. I don’t know if Ms. Hamilton realizes she’s writing for post-adolescent boys in 30-year-old bodies, or if she honestly believes she’s writing for women — but it is just a damn cool series.
Speaking of Guilty Pleasures, that is also the name of Hamilton’s Anita Blake comic series, published by Marvel. I also didn’t know this existed until today. Frick. ‘Cuz I have all kinds of disposable income.
