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Editorial Review:
Anita is pushed to her limits-both professionally and passionately-when she is called in on what appears to be a case involving a vampire serial killer preying on strippers.
Description of Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 12):
As Incubus Dreams opens, Anita Blake may be America's most powerful vampire hunter and necromancer. So it's no surprise that the Regional Preternatural Crime Investigation Team seeks her assistance when a St. Louis stripper is murdered and the evidence points to unusual serial killers: a group of seven vampires. It appears a master vampire has gone rogue--and may prove too powerful for Anita Blake, even if she can gain help from not only her vampire consort, Master of the City Jean-Claude, but from the wereleopard king Micah, her other lover, and the alpha werewolf Richard, her bitter ex-lover.
It would be an exaggeration to say that Laurell K. Hamilton's Incubus Dreams is just one sex scene after another. This twelth novel in her bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series presents a wedding, a murder, and a lot of relationship angst before getting down and dirty on page 89; and the sex scenes pause on page 377 to let the mystery plot resume. The series deftly blends elements of alternate history, horror, romance, erotica, and mystery, but anyone reading Incubus Dreams for the murder plot is going to be frustrated. However, Incubus Dreams is a considerably stronger and more interesting book than its talky predecessor, Cerulean Sins, and fans will enjoy the many new developments in Anita's complicated love life. --Cynthia Ward
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Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 12) Reviews:
Very exciting. 
2009-10-18 - This was a great book. A lot happening with romance and action. Anita has to find herself and come to terms with the life she has. Very exciting and a very enjoyable read.
Incubus Dreams
2009-10-17 - It did take much longer than expected to receive the book , bit t came in good condition.
Turning point in the AB series 
2009-09-22 - Incubus Dreams was the turning point in the Anita Blake series for me. It was when the series started going downhill and Anita just became a Mary Sue. If there is any doubt about Anita Blake being a Mary Sue, just look at the book cover. The woman on the cover whom I presume to be Anita very much resembles LKH herself albeit a thinner and younger version of course.
I also felt like a more appropriate title should have been "Succubus Dreams" since it was all about Anita feeding on sex, talking about sex, whining about sex. Sex, sex and more sex. Very tiresome. Second worst book in the series right after Danse Macabre (which is the worst book ever).
death by sex
2009-09-15 - I am loyal Anita Blake fan. But this book might be the show killer for me. It is not the fact that she's doing menage a tois, we all wouldn't be this far into the series if it bothered us. Or having "sex" with 5 different guys in less than 24 hours. The beastiality portion was a bit too much, and I liked her better when she "didn't do furry." Especially when an hour later she has an official threesome. But I am tired of how the sex scenes that she is not comfortable with are a life or death, the future of St. Louis depends on it situation. Every problem is solved with either metaphysical sex, partial sex or just plain sex. She saves lives by feeding the ardeur which makes her or someone else more powerful, and basically by having an orgasm. Where's the Anita Blake that kicked Raina's and the old Master of the City's [...]??? With all her new powers, these books have so much potential. But instead she's saving the world through sex. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with sex, but at least beef up the plot around it. I skipped so many pages. There's also a lot of screaming during the sex scenes. Screaming is good, but the scene doesn't work up to what I would warrant the need for a scream. Some of the sex scenes are outstanding, but some are down right disappointing.
Threesomes, Bestiality, and Strippers....Oh My! 
2009-08-03 - This book is like one of those puzzles that 99.8 percent of people get wrong (eg how many triangles are in this picture), but instead of triangles it's how many threesomes or other sexual act does Anita have in this book? I kid you not and I did lose count. I really don't mind a good sex scene, but it's really starting to push it when I feel like I am reading a porno. There is one scene, described in graphic detail, where Anita has sex (really, not metaphysically) with Richard on one end and Jean Claude on the other. Wow! There is also bestiality where one of her wereleopards shifts in the middle of having sex with her. I have been a loyal fan, like most of the readers below, since guilty pleasures. The books were very entertaining to read and had all the elements of a good murder mystery with just a hint of sex thrown in. It seems progressively that LKH has been substituting sex for plot in her books, especially in Incubus Dreams. There was next to no plot whatsoever - maybe 30 - 50 pages in a 650+ page book! In the end it wasn't really even resolved. All the characters were either talking about sex (very long, drawn out, and boring) or having sex, whether it be metaphysical or physical. I am left to wonder what will happen with her, JC, and Asher's threesome since that wasn't even touched on in this book, and Asher is one of my favorite characters. It seems like most of the boys have just become Anita's playthings (except for Richard, who is just annoying), and have next to no personality. They are just there to have sex with her and run her errands. I am also getting really sick of all these descriptions of hair as "curtains" and "spilling" all over the place. I think every single character in this book has some kind of curly or wavy hair. Come on, mix it up a little! Another thing that has bugged me since the beginning of the series is that LKH seems to be trying to promote a positive female body image by Anita saying "anything below a size 5 is just a boy with boobs" and "yes my thighs rub together when I walk, thank you very much." One little thing she forgot though, is Anita is 5'3 and 106 pounds (as stated by Anita in an earlier book), which seems to be a weight most of us would consider unattainable. I am pretty sure that someone who is that small is about a size 2 and their thighs may or may not rub together, but thanks LKH for trying to promote a healthy body image for us all and failing. I guess my opinion doesn't matter to her though since I am like Judith - an evil blonde ice queen! I am returning this book to the library and taking up another series.
