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jourdemayne's review
4.0
I wanted to give this 3-1/2 stars. I didn't like it as well as [a:Devon Monk|1375697|Devon Monk|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223964416p2/1375697.jpg]'s Allie Beckstrom series, but then I'm only one book in here. [b:Night Child|2369498|Night Child (OSI, #1)|Jes Battis|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266766482s/2369498.jpg|2376324] is one of those rare books which compels me to carry a map of the city (Vancouver, in this case) to identify the geography as I read.
The characters are well drawn: flawed but interesting, and not too stupid. The level of detail is appropriate. I like to know details such as what is being eaten and worn. There seems to be a lot of detail/ background about biological stuff, and it is interesting.
I moved seamlessly from book one to book two, without even considering reading anything else, in spite of this book having developed no real momentum for me until well into the second half. Still, I was happy to be reading it, happy to buy the remaining existing books in the series, happy to subscribe to [a:Jes Battis|169523|Jes Battis|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]'s newsletter.
The characters are well drawn: flawed but interesting, and not too stupid. The level of detail is appropriate. I like to know details such as what is being eaten and worn. There seems to be a lot of detail/ background about biological stuff, and it is interesting.
I moved seamlessly from book one to book two, without even considering reading anything else, in spite of this book having developed no real momentum for me until well into the second half. Still, I was happy to be reading it, happy to buy the remaining existing books in the series, happy to subscribe to [a:Jes Battis|169523|Jes Battis|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]'s newsletter.
pandemoniumpizza's review
3.0
I purchased this book a couple of years ago when I was just getting into the urban fantasy genre and wanting to find as many books as I could on the topic. I have finally picked it up and can say that I quite enjoyed it.
Night Child, started off with a really interesting first line and I was hooked into the mystery of the dead vampire and what could have happened to him. From the beginning, events kind of spiral out and there were so many interesting things going on.
I do have to say that I didn't really like some of the things that Tess did. I just felt that she defied orders sometimes for no reason. Then she would be in trouble but she just didn't care and it seemed like the bosses didn't really care either. It was a little odd.
The magic in this story is interspersed with science and I thought that was so interesting. It talked a lot about blood types and how that affects vampirism and things like that.
I felt like the ending reveal felt a little weak and I just felt like it was a little bit of a letdown. It actually took me a couple of days to get through the last 50 pages. I dunno, it just felt a little bit cheap or weaker than the rest of the story.
Overall, I enjoyed Night Child. I'll definitely pick up the next book in the series as I really loved the scientific aspect of the magic and so I am interested in seeing how the next book develops this idea.
Night Child, started off with a really interesting first line and I was hooked into the mystery of the dead vampire and what could have happened to him. From the beginning, events kind of spiral out and there were so many interesting things going on.
I do have to say that I didn't really like some of the things that Tess did. I just felt that she defied orders sometimes for no reason. Then she would be in trouble but she just didn't care and it seemed like the bosses didn't really care either. It was a little odd.
The magic in this story is interspersed with science and I thought that was so interesting. It talked a lot about blood types and how that affects vampirism and things like that.
I felt like the ending reveal felt a little weak and I just felt like it was a little bit of a letdown. It actually took me a couple of days to get through the last 50 pages. I dunno, it just felt a little bit cheap or weaker than the rest of the story.
Overall, I enjoyed Night Child. I'll definitely pick up the next book in the series as I really loved the scientific aspect of the magic and so I am interested in seeing how the next book develops this idea.
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