Review: Dreadful, truly awful stuff...
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2013
I can't believe this book is getting 4 and 5 star reviews.  I am not a quitter when it comes to books, but in my opinion this was just terrible. I did manage to finish Book 1 but for this second book, I couldn't force myself to go any further than the end of Chapter 5 (which is almost halfway), but I was really pushing it to give it that much of a chance.  Authors usually improve as their series progress but that is not the case here. I guess I must have downloaded Book 1 because it was free and I liked the title, but I bought and paid for Book 2 at the same time based on reading the glowing reviews here....Big Mistake!!I do not like to slate an author and I guess there are people who like this stuff, but I found it hideously dated and lazy. The sad thing is that it could have been a good series but I really think the author should read some urban fantasy or something like SM Reine's The Descent series.  I'm not saying her books should be exactly like this, but it's an example of how "demon" stuff has moved on these days. "Satanic Cult" just screams old-fashioned.  Satan appearing in the dirty pot of water in the sink, Five Pointed Star Construction (gosh I wonder what that could be a front for...), the transferring of evil by touching of people's shoulders at the town meeting, the supposedly sexy neoprene suit with the lumpy cooling packs sewn in - eh, hello! Cringeworthy, it's all just cringeworthy.However, if you like your fiction really old-fashioned and totally unchallenging...maybe you'll love it.  But I can't imagine how!!