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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
This wasn't the typical action packed Iron Druid installment, my husband refers to this book as the keystone in the series. The character development amd overarching story progressed and I am looking forward to the next book.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
I wanted to savor it more, but it's so good you must devour as quickly as possible. between Oberon and Owen the witty dialogue never ends.
I have mixed feeling on this one. I really like the three voices. But there is so little interaction between our 3 main characters that I felt like reading three short stories. Something was missing to make it one single story.
It's good. interesting, fun characters. I didn't mind the multiple view points, as the books are about druids so it stands to reason they'd all have a pov. I did sort of start at the end but I still followed along pretty well. I'll be starting the first one tonight and if I like it any better I'll probably read the rest.
three stars bc it was mildly enjoyable but I wouldn't say riveting. the cantankerous Owen was my favorite and since he's a new addition as of this book, I'm not sure how I'll feel about the others.
three stars bc it was mildly enjoyable but I wouldn't say riveting. the cantankerous Owen was my favorite and since he's a new addition as of this book, I'm not sure how I'll feel about the others.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Just got this from a pre-order. Isn't the next one ready yet??
Kevin Hearne continues what has made this series successful and, as always, does it well. I like the liberties he takes with pretty much every religion out there and the way he playfully uses any pantheon he takes a liking to. It makes for a fun romp.
This one was slightly less enjoyable than the others due to the frequent and oft times confusing perspective changes. The way this is handled is jarring at some points and well done at others. I'm not sure how to fix the problem I had with it, which is that he perspectives had to go back in time so the characters were in sync by the end of each shift. While a nice literary device at times I think it was overused in the book.
That only detracted slightly from my enjoyment of this. Outside of that minor complaint it was everything I expected. This series is not and never will be high brow literature. It is entertainment for the sake of entertainment and at that it excels. You can tell the amount of research Hearne does for the different religions by the way it shines through in the story. And he does a good job of writing Granuaile with a female perspective.
Supposedly there are only two books left in the series and I hope that it's left that way. Too many authors fall prey to continuing a series past where they wanted to and the series suffers for it. I really enjoy this series and wishing for that to end might seem odd but if you consider the series that didn't end when the author thought they should I think you'll understand my position. I do want to see what Hearne does next because he's one of my favorite "for the sake entertainment" authors. Hell it could even be in the same world as long as Atticus' story ends where he intends for it to end.
This one was slightly less enjoyable than the others due to the frequent and oft times confusing perspective changes. The way this is handled is jarring at some points and well done at others. I'm not sure how to fix the problem I had with it, which is that he perspectives had to go back in time so the characters were in sync by the end of each shift. While a nice literary device at times I think it was overused in the book.
That only detracted slightly from my enjoyment of this. Outside of that minor complaint it was everything I expected. This series is not and never will be high brow literature. It is entertainment for the sake of entertainment and at that it excels. You can tell the amount of research Hearne does for the different religions by the way it shines through in the story. And he does a good job of writing Granuaile with a female perspective.
Supposedly there are only two books left in the series and I hope that it's left that way. Too many authors fall prey to continuing a series past where they wanted to and the series suffers for it. I really enjoy this series and wishing for that to end might seem odd but if you consider the series that didn't end when the author thought they should I think you'll understand my position. I do want to see what Hearne does next because he's one of my favorite "for the sake entertainment" authors. Hell it could even be in the same world as long as Atticus' story ends where he intends for it to end.