Review: A Great Start to the Series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2011
I was really impressed with this novella and am excited to read all of Guido's work after having read this first installment in the Jason Dark series.  Guido is a fabulous writer, and this novella is like a Sherlock Holmes story intertwined with paranormal elements and demon activity.Guido doesn't waste any time with preliminary information, but rather jumps right into the action of the story, making it the reader's job to keep up.  While the reader isn't given any background information concerning who exactly Jason Dark is, or where he hails from, it becomes quickly apparent that Dark is a kick butt character intent on saving others and ridding the world of evil demons, one at a time.  I liked the idea that Dark isn't completely known to us either as Guido presented him in a rather shrouded light, creating even more elements of gothic mystery as the story unfolds.I especially enjoyed the multiple perspectives of this story as Guido shifts between Jason and the demon he is in pursuit of, giving the reader more glimpses into the story to aid the plot along.  I haven't yet pinpointed the time period of this series, as I've only read this first piece, but I'm thinking it's sometime in the early 1900s based on the carriages and other context clues Guido adds to his story, and that is a time period I vastly enjoy!  Four stars.