Review: Entertaining look into a new series about a loyal tattoo artist.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2012
Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Entertaining look into a new series about a loyal tattoo artist.Opening Sentence: "What the ... Get the hell out of here!"The Review:The Asylum Interviews: Bronx is the first of two short stories about how Gage, the mysterious tattoo artist of Angel's Ink, meets one of his two employees. First up is Bronx, a talented tattoo artist who happens to be a troll. Gage meets Bronx in a most hilarious yet uncomfortable situation while at a bar. Undeterred, Bronx tells Gage he is looking for a new job but then gets sucked into a search for Gage's friend Parker. Parker is an incubus. He is looking for a way to suppress his feedings and the best way to do that is by getting a tattoo. Unfortunately the tattoo doesn't work as planned and Gage and Bronx undergo an adventure to fix Parker's tattoo.This was a highly enjoyable look into Gage and the supernatural world around him. Gage is quite mysterious and the hints into his background really left me wanting to read more about him. Gage claims to not really have any close friends but he went out of his way to help Parker (one of the few people who put up with Gage). This really shows the limits that Gage will go in order to help a friend. Gage comes off as someone I would really want as a friend even though it is obvious he is hiding something.The "Interview" part of the title did confuse me at first. I really thought the novella's would be told from the secondary characters of Angel's Ink point of view, in this case Bronx but the tale is told from Gage's point of view.The Asylum Interviews: Bronx is a pleasant look into a world where the supernatural are known and living among us. I enjoyed this look into Gage, Bronx, incubi and Vestal Virgins. I was intrigued enough by Gage's mysterious past that I would definitely pick up Angel's Ink.FTC Advisory: Harper Voyager/Harper Collins provided me with a copy of The Asylum Interviews: Bronx. No goody bags, sponsorships, "material connections," or bribes were exchanged for my review.