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woody1881's review
4.0
Second in the Joe Pitt series. A real go-to author for a great story with amazing storytelling ability.
mdstepp1998's review
5.0
Book #2 of Charlie Huston's urban vampire crime series means means more foul language, questionable moral decisions, and of course havoc on a New York City sized scale. If you loved the series opener, [b:Already Dead|21277|Already Dead (Joe Pitt Casebooks, #1)|Charlie Huston|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167321241s/21277.jpg|1154196], you won't be able to put down No Dominion.
At the end of Already Dead, Joe Pitt was still alive by the skin of his teeth, but had gained a very angry enemy, The Coalition. The largest (and most well fed and armed) of the vampyre clans, who strive to keep their kind a secret from humans, want Pitt to pay for him ruining their plans of researching the vyres through the human owned Horde Bio Tech Company. The Coalitions natural enemy, The Society, has come to Pitt's aid already, so he is keeping a low profile and spending time with his human girlfriend Evie.
That is until a drugged up vampyre shows up to his bar. Only problem is, the vyres destroys drugs that enter the body, so how could a vampyre be that coked out? This question leads to a job for Pitt at the expense of the Society, but takes him head to head with a number of powerful clans and old time vampyres.
The story is as action packed as the first, yet oozes even more intraclan plotting and politics. Pitt is just as amoral as ever, but his emotional attachments begin to show around the edges. Don't think you know how Pitt will traverse these issues while still staying alive because No Dominion will is wide eyed, wild ride from beginning to end.
At the end of Already Dead, Joe Pitt was still alive by the skin of his teeth, but had gained a very angry enemy, The Coalition. The largest (and most well fed and armed) of the vampyre clans, who strive to keep their kind a secret from humans, want Pitt to pay for him ruining their plans of researching the vyres through the human owned Horde Bio Tech Company. The Coalitions natural enemy, The Society, has come to Pitt's aid already, so he is keeping a low profile and spending time with his human girlfriend Evie.
That is until a drugged up vampyre shows up to his bar. Only problem is, the vyres destroys drugs that enter the body, so how could a vampyre be that coked out? This question leads to a job for Pitt at the expense of the Society, but takes him head to head with a number of powerful clans and old time vampyres.
The story is as action packed as the first, yet oozes even more intraclan plotting and politics. Pitt is just as amoral as ever, but his emotional attachments begin to show around the edges. Don't think you know how Pitt will traverse these issues while still staying alive because No Dominion will is wide eyed, wild ride from beginning to end.
pizzasteve's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Another fun addition in the Joe Pitt vampire noir series
jakewritesbooks's review
3.0
-Hey Jake.
-Hello, Pretend Me.
-Like gritty NYC crime novels?
-You bet I do.
-Like Charlie Huston?
-Read some of his books years ago. Loved em.
-Well guess what?
-What?
-Charlie Huston has a whole series of gritty NY crime thrillers.
-Awesome!
-And they’re set in the LES.
-Whohoo!
-Where the protagonist operates as a guy who does “favors for friends.”
-Can I get a Marc Albert YES!?
-There’s one catch.
-Okay.
-Just a small detail.
-Yeah.
-They’re vampire books.
-Oh.
-And while still gritty, they feature a lot of boring vampire stuff.
-Dangit!
-On top of that…
-It gets worse?
-…it has a plot in book two that addresses racism in this fantasy world…”
-Hey that’s not bad!
-But Huston writes Black characters in the laziest, most stereotypical way possible.
-That is bad!
-So it’s kinda like a vampire…
-Stop.
-Half alive and half dead.
-Damn you.
-You’re still gonna read the rest of the series, aren’t you.
-Sigh. Yes.
-Hello, Pretend Me.
-Like gritty NYC crime novels?
-You bet I do.
-Like Charlie Huston?
-Read some of his books years ago. Loved em.
-Well guess what?
-What?
-Charlie Huston has a whole series of gritty NY crime thrillers.
-Awesome!
-And they’re set in the LES.
-Whohoo!
-Where the protagonist operates as a guy who does “favors for friends.”
-Can I get a Marc Albert YES!?
-There’s one catch.
-Okay.
-Just a small detail.
-Yeah.
-They’re vampire books.
-Oh.
-And while still gritty, they feature a lot of boring vampire stuff.
-Dangit!
-On top of that…
-It gets worse?
-…it has a plot in book two that addresses racism in this fantasy world…”
-Hey that’s not bad!
-But Huston writes Black characters in the laziest, most stereotypical way possible.
-That is bad!
-So it’s kinda like a vampire…
-Stop.
-Half alive and half dead.
-Damn you.
-You’re still gonna read the rest of the series, aren’t you.
-Sigh. Yes.
breadandmushrooms's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
creolelitbelle's review
4.0
The second installment of the Joe Pitt casebooks was just as intriguing, if not more so, than the first book. I am already working on number 3.
litwrite's review
3.0
Right after the noir goodness of Already Dead I dive back into the hard knock life of Joe Pitt - who has a girlfriend that he loves who is eventually going to die of aids, has made an enemy out of one of the most powerful vampyres in New York, and now finds himself in the middle of a turf war, driven by an exciting new drug that has made its way onto the Vampyre scene.
I liked the beginning of this book more than the end. The idea of a powerful vampyre drug that is making them act crazy is neat, but the execution really suffered especially towards the ending. Huston tried to put too many twists and turns and ultimately the ending came up much more convoluted than really it had to be. Sometimes simple is best, people.
I liked the beginning of this book more than the end. The idea of a powerful vampyre drug that is making them act crazy is neat, but the execution really suffered especially towards the ending. Huston tried to put too many twists and turns and ultimately the ending came up much more convoluted than really it had to be. Sometimes simple is best, people.