Review: A very entertaining read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2010
I was a little surprised by some of the other reviews--I'm guessing perhaps the story was not initially presented as a novella.  I'm not exactly sure of a 'page count' but the story went just over 1200 in Kindle locations (as it's not a print story yet this should make sense to the Amazon readers).  At the end of the story there are a few previews of other works (not an uncommon finding for many publishers) and as I had interest in one of the other books I was glad to read the one that interested me (and I skipped the rest).In any case, it was a shorter read, and priced as such.As for the story itself, I very much enjoyed it...it felt nearly complete without the sensation of being spoon-fed by the author.  I was left hoping that the author was planning to work more with these characters, as though only the surface was scratched.  The author struck a nice balance for such a short work, but my only negative impression is that, well, I wish there was a little more...funny how that works as both a positive and a negative.  The true (in my opinion) 5 star novella feels so complete that though I WANT more, I don't NEED more.  This one is 4 stars (4.5 if I could) as I felt more would have benefited this particular story.If urban fantasy type stories are your cup of tea I think you will enjoy this.  If you wish to explore the genre, well, this is only a taste (so to speak), but it was a nice, well told story and a good place to try out the genre.  I am hoping this is a start to a series, and should that series materialize, it goes on my buy list!RECOMMENDED!JTG