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A review by xangemtheelibrarian
Hexed by Kevin Hearne
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I struggled to get through the first two-thirds of this one. Book 2 of the Iron Druid series felt incredibly disconnected throughout most of the story, as if Atticus was spending all his time reacting to various situations and barely being able to keep up with the events happening. He gets dragged around by witches, Coyote, and the Morrigan and Brigid, gets iced out by a vampire, and almost murdered by a particular group of frenzied women. There are characters that feel incredibly random-- the priest and the the Rabbi-- and none of these events or characters start to make sense as a whole plot until the final third of the story. You finally get all the answers, you get a really cool bit of Atticus's backstory, and everything makes sense.
I use thirds rather than halves because the main story actually ends around page 265. The remaining 80 or so pages are the acknowledgements, notes, etc etc, and most notably, the short story "Grimoire of the Lamb," a prequel to the Iron Druid series.
I enjoyed the short story a lot! For as little as I know about Celtic mythology, I know just as little about Egyptian mythology (it's a really complicated world that I am only familiar with through the lens of Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles). The magic used in Grimoire of the Lamb was at times, really disturbing, and other times really cool. It was another really cool bit of backstory and I like that the author did take time to preface it with a note that mentions Atticus's "ill-gotten gains" from his heist at the Library of Alexandria.
I use thirds rather than halves because the main story actually ends around page 265. The remaining 80 or so pages are the acknowledgements, notes, etc etc, and most notably, the short story "Grimoire of the Lamb," a prequel to the Iron Druid series.
I enjoyed the short story a lot! For as little as I know about Celtic mythology, I know just as little about Egyptian mythology (it's a really complicated world that I am only familiar with through the lens of Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles). The magic used in Grimoire of the Lamb was at times, really disturbing, and other times really cool. It was another really cool bit of backstory and I like that the author did take time to preface it with a note that mentions Atticus's "ill-gotten gains" from his heist at the Library of Alexandria.