Review: A Good Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
I received a complimentary copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.This book was one of the books that I was really excited to read immediately. But my reading list still had 4 books so I had to put it on the 5th place. So why was I excited to read this book? First, the blurb intrigued me. I think the story is pretty neat and I'm a fan of Urban Fantasy. 2nd, the cover was also kinda cool. Based on the cover, I was thinking the chick was a kick-ass kind of girl.So now i get to read it... For the first few chapters I was really into it. The beginning was great. It was interesting and I had such high hopes that it will hold my interest until the end.Unfortunately, it didn't. Don't get me wrong. I like the story. It's still a good read... but not great. I was a bit disappointed that it didn't meet the expectations i had for the book. I thought it would be epic great but it wasn't.As I've said earlier, the beginning was great (which is why i had high hopes for the book). But somewhere in the middle, it kinda fell apart for me. I had a hard time following the story because there were just too much going on. It seems like every few chapters there's a new antagonist to meet and it felt like there isn't really a main plot. More like some novelettes brought together to make a full novel.Granted the antagonists were linked to each other. But because there were so many things happening some characters were neglected. I didn't get to know the characters well. Gosh, I was interested in Jacob and Malcolm's characters but Jacob suddenly disappeared and Malcolm was more like a cameo even though he plays an important role in the story.I hope this is a series were characters are recurring coz I definitely want to learn more about the other characters.Anyways, I gave it 4 stars because like I said, it is a good book. I gave consideration to the fact that this is the first book in the series so a lot of pages has been given to world building. And the writing style is excellent, funny at times, and fast-paced. I will still read the next book and I really, really hope that it would be a lot better than the first one.