Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake Book 9)

	Title:  Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake Book 9)
	Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
	Date Published: 2000
	Pages: 386
	Genre: Paranormal Romance
	Format Read: Kindle Book (public library loan)
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In this book, Anita does some traveling. Anita travels to New Mexico to help Edward solve some paranormal murders. This book was very intersting in that it did not focus on Richard or Jean Claude and their interactions with Anita, but rather on Anita and her abilities as she looks into these murders with Edward.
Edward and Anita are not only solving murders, but there are victims as well. Victims who have been skinned and somehow managed to survive. She turns to the Master of the City for help, and learns much from Obsidian Butterly, who is an Aztec priestess turned vampire. Anita learns that there is some ancient power that is coming back to life, but that is not the only thing she needs to be worried about. Edward's other friends who have come to help solve these murders are just as scary as the powers that they are working against. Someone doesn't want Anita and Edward to stop these murders and prevent the darkness from coming. Will Edward and Anita be strong and smart enough to figure things out before the power grows? Can Anita work her own magic, without the bond of Richard and Jean Claude to assist her?