Review: Warning: Bad, Bad, Bad
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2012
I am not sure where the other reviews came from for this title- but do not believe them. I went into 'Earthwalker' with certain expectations. I read the reviews, I liked the mini preview on the Amazon page, but this story is NOT what I expected. It is awful, quite frankly I am a little miffed that I spent .99 cents on it. Before those who wrote reviews and loved it go crazy- I will tell you why I dislike it so.First, the character of Decklan (while props for the cool name) is awful. Not in the OMG she is a raving loon, but in the sense that I felt no compassion for her or her so called "plight". Decklan is everything one would expect a female police officer to be, tough, smart and able to handle herself- so why did I not like her- simple: in the midst of all her so-called character traits (listed above) she is whinny. I mean come on- you have bad luck with men, join the rest of us. Oh, your mommy died- again that is part of life. And my daddy is MIA and has a new family. Yikes- I mean for all the time the auhtor spends telling the reader that Decklan is tough and attractive and all that she spent little time actually showing us that she is all these things. The climax happens and there is a glimpse but not enough to save the annoyance that is Decklan Holmes.Second, the male characters and the story line are too predictable- so much so that I pretty much knew what was going on early on. The fact that Decklan is a detective and she has no clue- gives merit to what I was saying about the characterization of Decklan by the author. There is the typical bad boy and good boy and the pull towards the bad boy that Decklan cannot seem to get past. The minor characters are suppose to be influencial but I found them fillers, used to patch up holes in the storyline.Third, the storyline. Ug. Where to begin? I am all in favor of fresh mythology revloving around parnormal and fantasy but if one is going to mix the generes they must think- okay does this make sense? The mythology here is frustrating and quite frankly bad. I understood what the author wanted to do, I just think- too much of something is usually not the way to go. This story jumps around angels, demons and realms, fearies- and everywhere in between. I found it confusing and uneccessary. The story would have improved greatly had the author stuck to one thing- make them all angels- or demons- hell even mermaids, but do not hop from one to the next; it does not make it better, but makes it annoying.Overall, I will not be back should anymore in this series be made. I found I detested Decklan and her behavior as well as the mythology surrounding her 'special-ness'. I did not like the so-called romance between the characters and thought a certain things a little strange- branding, rings, rain, really?!?On a last note- I take offense to the author's use of the nickname 'Sherlock' and 'Watson'- I am quite sure that if Sir Doyle knew this he would be infuriated.