Flirt is a new awesome suspense novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, whose protagonist is, who else, Anita Blake. Dark fantasy and horror fanatics – like myself – will certainly admire that this time Anita shows her Necromancy skills. At the beginning of the book a man, named Tony Bennington, pleads to Anita to bring back his beloved wife who died just lately. Ms. Blake denies his request, knowing that zombies are vile and malevolent creatures. Somewhat later, true that for other reasons, Anita does bring back deceased persons, who actually kill and eat people (amongst others their once family members, oh yes). As for Anita herself, she changed for the better: she let her darker - and more annoying - side loose, thus she seems more real and credible. Flirt is a great dark fantasy fiction for young adults.


Synopsis: When Anita Blake meets with prospective client Tony Bennington, who is desperate to have her reanimate his recently deceased wife, she is full of sympathy for his loss. Anita knows something about love, and she knows everything there is to know about loss. But what she also knows, though Tony Bennington seems unwilling to be convinced, is that the thing she can do as a necromancer isn’t the miracle he thinks he needs. The creature that Anita could coerce to step out of the late Mrs. Bennington’s grave would not be the lovely Mrs. Bennington. Not really. And not for long.
Anita has been relaxing just a bit with the men in her own life. The affectionate warmth of being with them brings out something softer in her, a sense of safety she can almost trust. They do love her; that part is forever and for sure. But flirting with feeling safe is a dangerous thing…