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  • Mass Market Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Jove; later printing edition (September 24, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0515134503
  • ISBN-13: 978-0515134506
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (340 customer reviews)
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vamp executioner, inner pants holster, vampire executioner, jaguar men, los duendos, holy mistress, flayed ones, spine sheath, psychic shit, automatic death sentence
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Doctor Evans, Nicky Baco, Anita Blake, Doctor Cunningham, Ted Forrester, New Mexico, Professor Dallas, Detective Ramirez, Red Woman's Husband, Lieutenant Marks, Van Cleef, Muscle Man, Leonora Evans, Master of the City, Officer Norton, Native American, Bernardo Spotted-Horse, Agent Franklin, Otto Jefferies, Nicandro Baco, Only Edward, Boy Scout, Sweet Jesus, Doctor Martinez, Ulfric of the Los Lobos
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431 of 474 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, July 10, 1999
By Darla Cook "ddecember" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Obsidian Butterfly (An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 9) (Hardcover)
Laurell has read the first 5 chapters aloud at a sci/fi con. What can we say but WOW! Edward calls in his favor and Anita runs to Santa Fe to help out.

Edward also has a bombshell to drop Anita's way. You won't believe it till you see it. The things we learn about Edwards private life will shock you!

This series just keeps getting better and better!

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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Anita returns....and while we love it..we worry......, January 16, 2000
By Andrew P. Lawler (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Obsidian Butterfly (An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 9) (Hardcover)
Anita Blake, Vampire Executioner and Animator, travels to New Mexico at the behest of super-assassin Edward (or Death as we're continually reminded) to investigate a series of brutal (what else) and inexplicable murders.

First of all, it's an enjoyable book. It sheds light on Edward (someone we've all wanted to know more about) and manages to extricate Anita from the tangled morass of her personal life in St. Louis. As always the story is fast-moving, evocatively written, and makes us care deeply about the fate of the protagonists..

Yet for those who have read the previous books, the old problems remain...

1. Anita MUST intimidate everyone she meets or die trying.

2. Anita MUST bemoan her status as a monster without actually doing anything about it.

3. Anita MUST threaten to kill both friend and foe with equal frequency.

And she does..it seems sometimes that Anita doesn't have conversations. she can only have confrontations. And sometimes I confess, it grows a bit tiresome. As does the constant threat of rape.

Yet still I and so many others read. Why? because in spite of everything, Hamilton tells a great story, creates a great world, and continues to top herself with action each time. Obsidian Butterfly is no different.

But Anita needs a vacation.

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115 of 132 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Laurell K. Hamilton is the best, January 5, 2000
This review is from: Obsidian Butterfly (An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 9) (Hardcover)
On an alternate Earth, preternatural beings live along side humans who fear and loathe them. Human Anita Blake is a renowned vampire hunter, needed by law enforcement but loathed by many nosferatu who believe she is a genocide executioner. Anita loves both a werewolf and a vampire. However, she obstinately has refused to see either one of them for over the past year. Because of their species, she is terrified of giving herself to either of them.

The only person capable of killing as well as Anita happens to be Edward, better known as Death. He has saved her life on several occasions and she owes him for killing one of his cohorts. Edward calls in his marker, asking for her help with a preternatural creature like none he has ever encountered before. Anita comes to Santa Fe to meet an Edward totally different then Death. Edward is engaged to a woman with children and he seems to cherish all of them. As she works with Edward to defeat this seemingly invincible creature, Anita now knows she cannot hide from her own nature.

The newest Anita Blake novel, OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY, is a great tale that is the best story in a wonderful alternate earth series. Part of the reason the story line is so good is that the enigmatic avenging angel Edward plays a starring role that makes him more complete and human. Anita retains her take no prisoners attitude, but is beginning to show signs of doubt and the need to choose that makes her even more complex of a character than before. This heart stopping, mesmerizing tale captures the audience's attention from the very first sentence and gives them a reading experience like no other. First time readers of this novel will scamper for this talented author's previous books.

Harriet Klausner

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1.0 out of 5 stars Get an editor...please!
I have been following this series faithfully, and I will read the next book, but if it is not better edited, that will be the last one. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Silver Mom

3.0 out of 5 stars I don't think this book was really necessary to the plot of the series
I need to say I skipped most of the pages. I liked the idea of knowing Edward more. It was very interesting. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!
These books are wonderful! I'm on the 10th one right now and they just keep getting better! Most authors start to dissipate when they do a long series like this one, but there's... Read more
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I just wanted to say that when I received my book it was in excellent condition. I had borrowed this book from my sister-in-law and forgot it on a plane while travelling. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Edward's Story!
I was definitely excited to learn that Obsidian Butterfly is based around Anita's comrade and preternatural bounty hunting bad ass, Edward. Read more
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I have to say that Edward and Olaf are two of my favorite characters. Knowing that this book was about them had me extremely excited to read it. Unfortunately, I was let down. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ithlilian

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of my fav anita blake books
Im a huge anita blake fan, I own and have re read all of the books. I don't even mind that the ending books become all about sex. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Summer Discher

4.0 out of 5 stars not as good as Blue Moon, but still a great read in a great series
While Blue Moon brought some shocks and surprises in Anita's love life and brought to the surface more of her humanity, Butterfly takes a complete departure from her normal... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Matthew Schiariti

5.0 out of 5 stars Obsidian Butterfly
I really really liked this book. I like the fact that it wasn't all about Richard and Jean-Claude. I like how in this book Anita was able to get in touch with her self. Read more
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