I read the first book of the Anita Blake series, Guilty Pleasures, and I must say that it's quite intriguing. The concept of having vampires and other monsters intermingle with the human society is quite refreshing from all the other ancient history books that I've read (any Shakespeare plays, for example). The characters are good, though I wish to delve deeper into their history, and the plot contains a lot of action. I will probably continue this series as time progresses, as well as the Hollows series that's being aforementioned.