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kindleandkettle's review
3.0
The Night Chasers is the debut novel by Wesley Walker. It is an urban fantasy set across two timelines with demons, angels, wayfarers & vampires.
In the past, we have a group of friends & colleagues trapped in a manor which has been corrupted by evil. They were betrayed by the trusted colleague and mentor and are working to solve the riddle & ultimately gain their freedom from the evil that is holding them prisoner. Flash-forward twenty years into the future & Detective Richard Manucy (Roach) and Jazzlyn (a wayfarer) are working together to solve a series of murders dating back twenty years.
The book jumps between the two timelines and slowly starts to connect the storylines together. The book did alternate every other chapter with the past & present storylines. As a personal critique, I would have liked a couple of chapters in one timeline before jumping to the other timeline but the chapters were short, so it didn’t take long to swap between them. The writing style was very descriptive and it helped paint a vivid picture of what was happening. I particularly enjoyed reading the descriptions of the appearances & smells of the demons. The book really detailed how vile they were. The descriptive nature also assisted with visualising the terror associated with the battles with the demons & hellhounds. Overall, a lot of thought has gone into the storyline and the underlying magic system and the effects the evil has on the characters on a physical and mental level.
Thank you to Wesley Walker for gifting me copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Trigger Warnings - Drug Addiction, Drug Use & references to Suicide.
The book jumps between the two timelines and slowly starts to connect the storylines together. The book did alternate every other chapter with the past & present storylines. As a personal critique, I would have liked a couple of chapters in one timeline before jumping to the other timeline but the chapters were short, so it didn’t take long to swap between them. The writing style was very descriptive and it helped paint a vivid picture of what was happening. I particularly enjoyed reading the descriptions of the appearances & smells of the demons. The book really detailed how vile they were. The descriptive nature also assisted with visualising the terror associated with the battles with the demons & hellhounds. Overall, a lot of thought has gone into the storyline and the underlying magic system and the effects the evil has on the characters on a physical and mental level.
Thank you to Wesley Walker for gifting me copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Trigger Warnings - Drug Addiction, Drug Use & references to Suicide.
avaf's review
4.0
4.5 stars~~
Demons, angels, mystery, time jumps, and magical intrigue, found family - what else could there be missing from a good book?!?
This book was very enjoyable. Originally, I enjoyed the concept, but I was a bit hesitant to read it because of the religious influences on it. I'm not one for huge religious influences on books as I want to escape reality for a bit. HOWEVER I loved this book. The religious influences were not as large as I thought the would be. Of course they still play a large part in the book, but it didn't feel like it was getting force fed down my throat, which is what I was afraid of.
This entire adventure has become one of my favorites! The mystery that was plagued in the book made me want to keep reading, reading, and reading to see if I was right or if another curveball was going to be thrown my way! I wouldn't classify this book as a full mystery, but there was definitely large, mysterious parts to it that definitely drove home the ending.
It thrusts you right into the middle of the action, which was enjoyable, but a tad confusing when trying to find your footing. That's the ONLY reason this book is getting half a star redacted. It just was confusing a bit at the beginning.
The dialogue was amazing and it felt like real people would say those things, and it wasn't full of narration and inner-monologues. People actually talked and responded to on another- amazing. I haven't read a book in a hot minute that had that much dialogue and made me want to enjoy it and keep reading. I enjoyed the characters and how much their personalities differed from one another. It felt like it was real people talking to each other, and they didn't really stray from the character that was set up at the beginning, enjoyable. Sometimes it feels like overarching character developments try to be made in some books and it doesn't work out because of how much the characters changed, but this book didn't do that. I still felt character development took place, but it didn't change the entire character!
I have throughly enjoyed reading this wonderful piece of self published work and I seriously want you to read it, too!
(Thank you to Mr. Walker for sending me a copy of his book for my unbiased review! I really enjoyed it and I cannot thank you enough!!!)
Demons, angels, mystery, time jumps, and magical intrigue, found family - what else could there be missing from a good book?!?
This book was very enjoyable. Originally, I enjoyed the concept, but I was a bit hesitant to read it because of the religious influences on it. I'm not one for huge religious influences on books as I want to escape reality for a bit. HOWEVER I loved this book. The religious influences were not as large as I thought the would be. Of course they still play a large part in the book, but it didn't feel like it was getting force fed down my throat, which is what I was afraid of.
This entire adventure has become one of my favorites! The mystery that was plagued in the book made me want to keep reading, reading, and reading to see if I was right or if another curveball was going to be thrown my way! I wouldn't classify this book as a full mystery, but there was definitely large, mysterious parts to it that definitely drove home the ending.
It thrusts you right into the middle of the action, which was enjoyable, but a tad confusing when trying to find your footing. That's the ONLY reason this book is getting half a star redacted. It just was confusing a bit at the beginning.
The dialogue was amazing and it felt like real people would say those things, and it wasn't full of narration and inner-monologues. People actually talked and responded to on another- amazing. I haven't read a book in a hot minute that had that much dialogue and made me want to enjoy it and keep reading. I enjoyed the characters and how much their personalities differed from one another. It felt like it was real people talking to each other, and they didn't really stray from the character that was set up at the beginning, enjoyable. Sometimes it feels like overarching character developments try to be made in some books and it doesn't work out because of how much the characters changed, but this book didn't do that. I still felt character development took place, but it didn't change the entire character!
I have throughly enjoyed reading this wonderful piece of self published work and I seriously want you to read it, too!
(Thank you to Mr. Walker for sending me a copy of his book for my unbiased review! I really enjoyed it and I cannot thank you enough!!!)
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