Laurell K. Hamilton

I think, you know, the only, only series that's like about that long that I've ever committed to is like the Anita Blake series.

Did you ever read that by Laurell K. Hamilton? It's an oldie, but that was, I think, one of my...

I mean, it wasn't one of my first forays into spicy romance or anything, but I, I think that it definitely was more of one of the impactful ones, you know? So, you know, maybe add it to your TBR if you like paranormal stuff.

It like, it starts in the '90s, and you can tell.

Yeah.

Hamilton.

The woman that she's with is so traumatized.

And a lot of people have sexual trauma in this series because there's a lot of slavery and all that kind of stuff.

She's fantastic.

Laurel K. Hamilton.

She's beyond amazing in her writing.

And her writing skill is just phenomenal.

Or the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, which, you know, is what True Blood was based on.

Yeah, or Laurel K. Hamilton or Patricia Briggs.

Exactly.

Those are beloved juggernauts of the supernatural book world, but structurally they fail the test for this specific list.

It is a brilliant point regarding the oxygen required to sustain a franchise.

Woofere contrasts Harris with Laurel K. Hamilton, the author of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.

Right.

According to Woofere, Hamilton supposedly demands incredibly strict fidelity to her original text, which Woofere argues is precisely what limits the potential for a successful television adaptation.

And, and then it goes from there.

And, and it's not, it, it's definitely more censored, so you're not gonna get the explicit Anne Rice, Laurel K. Hamilton.

Yeah, but those are great palate cleansers.

They are.