Review: Holds up well to re-reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2013
I have read both this book and the first in the series, Halloween Jack and the Devil's Gate. I really liked them both.  They are advertised as steampunk, but I found them a mix of old Irish legends, a light-hearted bargaining-with-the-devil kind of wives' tales, and a little magic and scifi of some cool imaginary weapons (I guess that's the steampunk part) thrown in.They kept me laughing and thinking about the plot twists.  I've actually read both books multiple times because the clues to the plot twists were subtle enough that I had to read more than once to get them all.  That doesn't mean that the first read isn't a lot of fun, though.  The action moves so fast that you don't really wonder what you missed until after you've finished.  I found the characters really likable and fun.  The author also mixes and intertwines legends and folklore in an amusing way.I thought they both held up really well to re-reading, and they've both just gone through a thorough edit, so the typos are minimal.