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A review by meliaraastair
Night Child by Jes Battis
4.0
Tess, an Occult Special Investigator, Level 1 is at a very clean scene with a dead vampire. Barely any clues to follow. On top of that, she's got to keep her nose down and go by the book on this one - she's way too old to still be a Level 1, so it's either a promotion or getting let go - and her boss seems to have it out for her. It doesn't help that Meg, the girl tangled up in all of this, reminds Tess too much of her past.
There were definitely some confusing plot points in this, a few times when I was a little unsure of the timeline, and a few character relationships that didn't quite make sense. There's a lot of backstory I still don't understand - and in some ways, felt like I was reading book two of the series where I should have already known certain things that I still don't. I'm hoping they get this cleared up in later books because there are several more in this series. Overall though, it was an enjoyable read. There are some great characters (Tess's best friend is a great character), a great magical world set up here. This book reminded me of a cross between the Harry Dresden novels and CSI, which was an enjoyable cross!
I'll go 8 of 10 overall and 4 of 5 for readability. There was a lot of CSI-esqe terminology, but it didn't seem to bog down the story line for me. I managed to read this in a few hours last night, and I've already started the second one! If you like CSI or crime novels and you are a fan of urban fantasy, I'd suggest you check this book out!
For more reviews, check out bedroopedbookworms.wordpress.com!
There were definitely some confusing plot points in this, a few times when I was a little unsure of the timeline, and a few character relationships that didn't quite make sense. There's a lot of backstory I still don't understand - and in some ways, felt like I was reading book two of the series where I should have already known certain things that I still don't. I'm hoping they get this cleared up in later books because there are several more in this series. Overall though, it was an enjoyable read. There are some great characters (Tess's best friend is a great character), a great magical world set up here. This book reminded me of a cross between the Harry Dresden novels and CSI, which was an enjoyable cross!
I'll go 8 of 10 overall and 4 of 5 for readability. There was a lot of CSI-esqe terminology, but it didn't seem to bog down the story line for me. I managed to read this in a few hours last night, and I've already started the second one! If you like CSI or crime novels and you are a fan of urban fantasy, I'd suggest you check this book out!
For more reviews, check out bedroopedbookworms.wordpress.com!