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White Trash Warlock
by David R. Slayton
I was surprised by this one. As a free option with an Audiable subscription, I really wasn't expecting much, and I was expecting even less as it was my very first "freebie" of my shiny new Audiable subscription. Having been a Kindle Unlimited member for several years, I knew what kind of digging was required to find those gems in the ruff, and I definitely expected to sift through a lot of gravel before I found an author that clicked with me.
So color me shocked when White Trash Warlock actually ended up sucking me in the very first chapter, AND kept me engrossed through out. I keep expecting it to go weird, or overly kitchy/less serious like the quirky title implied, or the writing quality would peeter out... but it kept right on being good and well-written and engrossing and not at all what I expected. There are some small editing blubs - names being switched on accident, a misplaced word or poorly restructure sentence here and there, but honestly? The thing was still pretty damn solid despite those little errors.
It *does* have a number of sappy bits, but I can get past those if it keeps giving me loads of action and twisty plots and roller-coaster emotions and weirdly wholesome background family dynamics made more unique for the stark contrast to the main family dynamics. The underlying Big Bad is creepy and unsettling and just horrifying enough without going overboard with violence and gore; the Other is beautiful and complicated and terrifying without feeling contrived and fake; the characters are multidimensional and full of shades of grey. It reminded me of a mildly dark impressionist painting with just a tiny dash of gothinc horror for flavor, and I am definitely going to be continuing the series. Here's hoping book 2 and 3 live up to their potential.
So color me shocked when White Trash Warlock actually ended up sucking me in the very first chapter, AND kept me engrossed through out. I keep expecting it to go weird, or overly kitchy/less serious like the quirky title implied, or the writing quality would peeter out... but it kept right on being good and well-written and engrossing and not at all what I expected. There are some small editing blubs - names being switched on accident, a misplaced word or poorly restructure sentence here and there, but honestly? The thing was still pretty damn solid despite those little errors.
It *does* have a number of sappy bits, but I can get past those if it keeps giving me loads of action and twisty plots and roller-coaster emotions and weirdly wholesome background family dynamics made more unique for the stark contrast to the main family dynamics. The underlying Big Bad is creepy and unsettling and just horrifying enough without going overboard with violence and gore; the Other is beautiful and complicated and terrifying without feeling contrived and fake; the characters are multidimensional and full of shades of grey. It reminded me of a mildly dark impressionist painting with just a tiny dash of gothinc horror for flavor, and I am definitely going to be continuing the series. Here's hoping book 2 and 3 live up to their potential.