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Serpentine: Chapter Fifteen
IN WHICH WE ALL REMEMBER THE BLACK KITTEN DOES NOT LIKE PLANESThe first bit of the chapter is an advertisement for 5.11 boots as Anita laments like a high-school girl that she and her bodyguards are all wearing the same type of shoe. Literally ( Read more... )

First Chapter, Previous Chapter*Note*- This chapter isn't quite up to par as it was both boring and offensive and reading Serpentine firsthand is an exercise in soul killing. Had another relative die, so I'm going to post this as well as Chapter 15 and then take book back to the library. I'll get around to finishing this review series, eventually ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Thirteen
In Which Melanie's Ego Literally Fills The RoomI have mixed feelings about this chapter. On the one hand, it feels like three pages of filler which is an improvement over the former ten page filler chapter. On the other, we actually get some plot movement even if that movement is ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Twelve
In Which Ser Jaime Is The Only One Who Does His Job

This chapter was ten pages of filler. The first bit is devoted to Anita describing the interior of the Circus of the Damned and how security has been set up. Theoretically, in a world where Laurell K. Hamilton is a good author instead of ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter 11
In Which Anita Has The Emotional Range Of A TeaspoonThis chapter consists of one long session of walking and talking, only without the walking. We, that is I, are introduced to a pair of werelion bodyguards Nathaniel specifically requests so he can parade them like, “trophies of victory like ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Ten
In Which Jean-Claude's Wardrobe Could Purchase a Small NationAnita, Micah, and Nathaniel all watch as Jean-Claude wanders around the room getting dressed. This being an LKH novel there is about two pages of clothes porn in an eight page chapter. Half a page is dedicated to Anita describing ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Nine
IN WHICH ANITA GETS FINGEREDJean-Claude fixes his hair after wisely refusing help andthe tail end of the bathtub sequence reveals that Micah isn't the only one who isn't an exhibitionist. He doesn't name names, but if the significant glances and fang marks on his neck are anything to go by ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Eight
IN WHICH ANITA RUINS THE MOOD
Picking up from where we left off, Renard and Wolverine are having a bubble bath when Kitten and Robin walk in on them. Robin immediately strips off his clothes and jumps in because he is a nymphomaniac. Kitten meanwhile stares like a dumbass at dat ass as ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Seven
IN WHICH THERE ARE TWO GUYS ONE TUB
Jean-Claude and Micah are having a bubble bath. That is it. Two pages worth of describing what a tanned dude and a pasty pale dude look like in a bath together was deemed worthy of being its own chapter ( Read more... )

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Serpentine: Chapter Six
IN WHICH THERE IS A CAT AND A BIRD BUT THEY ARE NOT WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE

Chapter Six introduces the readers to Anita & Co.'s new callsigns. They are as follows:

Anita Blake = Kitten
Nathaniel Grayson = Robin
Jean-Claude Master of Ceremonies = Renard
Micah Callaham = Wolverine
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