Exactly. An author who demands a no edit contract is obviously delusional about their own work. LKH created two wonderful worlds with Anita Blake and Merry Gentry then her head blew up to the size of the Universe and the books went to shit with the no edit contract. If I was an editor or publisher I would be embarassed to have my name on this book. It's that bad. The tiny kernel of plot is the only thing that saved it from a DNF for me and a solid 1 star. I still feel extremely cheated. I should have read something else.

I honestly don't remember where I found out. It was years ago I discovered it and when I knew which book it started with, it all made sense.

New contract with editorial restrictions is probably the cause. LKH's new contract came after Obsidian Butterfly which I considered to be her best book in that series.

Thanks Carol, have a great week!

I just observed to a friend that I requested this from the library and got it right away. That tells you no one was in the queue waiting for it. On the other hand, I was 164 in the queue for Evanovich's new Stephanie Plum book (I think I'm currently at 120). Now, those books are getting stale, but I still enjoy the fluffy read.

I would say that I'm 100% done with LKH, but I bought the Anita book Affliction last year and haven't had the will to read it yet. Since I bought it, I will read it, but my hopes are not high.

Exactly. Unless she allows an editor to do their job then I wash my hands of her.