"Guilty Pleasures" by Laurell K. Hamilton as compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer <Tab/>Anita Blake in an animator. She raises the dead, and occasionally puts them back. Vampire slaying is something she does on the side. In the world of Guilty Pleasures, vampires are no big secret. Their existence is well-known, and the United States is one of few countries in which vampirism is legal. A recent attraction in St. …showed first 75 words of 2964 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2964 total…which sometimes devotes entire scenes and/or episodes mostly to humor. A way in which the Anita Blake books are very dissimilar to the Buffy series is the comic relief; in the Anita Blake books there isn't much. All the humor comes from Anita's own macabre comments, unlike Buffy, which sometimes devotes entire scenes and/or episodes mostly to humor. In short, "Guilty Pleasures" is Buffy as viewed through an unfunny, dimly lit funhouse mirror.