Review: Janz's serial start  -Echos of Ketchum and Laymon
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2013
Reviewed by Glenn Rolfe, author of the serial horror novel,The Haunted Halls:Volume 1Jonathan Janz is a fantastic writer. This is the first of his serial novel (Savage Species)...something I know a little about.First-the good/great:  Janz's characters are brilliantly written, each with their own unique voice. I can't even pick one that stands out above the rest-they are all good. So good!This story (although only one volume so far) is filled with masterful strokes of Janz's influence-Laymon and early Ketchum come to mind. I mean, the scene with Charly and Jake in Jake's room with the you know what...that screamed "Offseason" to me! Loved it.Okay, so why the 3 star rating if I loved it so much?This is just a matter of a reader/author's opinion-For me, the book was amazing until the attack from the "savage species". My main issue was the length of the attack (I think it ran over two or three chapters). It seemed like overkill to me. I had to sit through countless deaths of characters I didn't know or care about. I found myself skimming past a few pages, not that Janz's descriptions of the deaths weren't fantastic, they just felt like too much too soon. The first three quarters of the book was a 5* affair, the last quarter, not so much.That being said, I feel like I HAVE TO KNOW what happens to all of these great characters.I am sure Janz will put us and his people through all sorts of hell, and I can't wait!