Review: Simply Great
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 29, 2012
Few if any reviews I do get a 5 star I really have to love a book to give it that and think that it is just sterling so that being said here is what you want. The book is about a vampire already established who makes his money by protecting and or hurting others kind of like your jack of all trades as long as it involves mayham. So Leo gets a case that quickly spirals out of control and involves a lot of guns, explosives and blood. Good times.Bad- I felt it was a little short but that is just me it still lasted about a day and half of steady reading.Good- Characters are fleshed out and fun you never have to wonder why someone is doing something as it seems natural to their character.- Funny the main character is a complete ass in a kind of nice way. You almost instantly like his snarky and sarcastic tone and the way he treats everyone the same from the best to the worst. Know I like a snarky guy as much as the next but the book also has him taking it with a smile as well which I find to be even more funny than him giving it.- The weapons are interesting and I did not find any that were not real world in my experience.- The cops and law enforcement were portrayed in a good light with the motivations plain to see.- Plot was little basic and you will figure out the bad guy pretty soon but you don't read books like this for the reveal you read them for the journey and this journey is just so much fun to go along with.- The back story for the Leo is well done with good short flashbacks and a sense of time that is necessary for a character that has live for a long time.- Not a black and white book Leo the main character is not a good guy he tries but he does not always succeed and he has to live with himself when that happens.OverallA great book for anyone who likes the paranormal genre with vampires and werewolves. It does have some romance but it is toned down and makes it more of an addition to the book not what the book is based on. Now I have read the Sorcerer line and while I enjoyed it I think that this is his best writing the world is interesting the characterizations are beyond what you see in the other books and overall I just felt this was a very tight well written story. Yes you do have some typos but that is to be expected and you can easily go over them.