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A review by kirkw1972
Demon Lights by Michael M. Hughes
3.0
This is the third book of the Blackwater trilogy. I recently read and reviewed the second in the series 'Witch Lights' and commented that the trilogy reads as a serial. There's no recap it went straight into story and you have to just go along with it a try and figure out who anyone is. I was hoping the third book would change that but it doesn't. It doesn't change the enjoyment of the book but for anyone starting at the wrong end there's no character arcs to have.
Having read the previous one this time I did enjoy it more. It rattles along at a real speed I had it read in just over a day. The characters are all separated now: young William in a school for gifted children run by the evil Lily (the less talented ones 'go home' you can read the book to find out where 'home' actually is. Yup really evil and deserves everything she gets). Ray is trying to embrace his talents and find his son and girlfriend Helen along with wisecracking Mantu. I mentioned this in another review where there was a secondary character seemingly on the ASD spectrum that as a parent wiwth an ASD child I really like it when they appear and are portrayed in a positive manner. Well Vinod is one ass kicking mofo so thank you.
It's fast, it's furious, its ambiguous good guys against outright bad guys and the genuine good guys win. Sort of... even though it's the final book and it seems to be the end of it I had the feeling there could be more. There probably isn't but just a hunch I think the tale could go on so we'll see.
The quibble I had was with Ellen. She really didn't seem to play much of a part in this. I'm a bit surprised Ray and the others remembered her. I struggled to. I think she could have done more.
Overall I enjoyed it more than the second book. It's an enjoyable read. Thumbs up
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Having read the previous one this time I did enjoy it more. It rattles along at a real speed I had it read in just over a day. The characters are all separated now: young William in a school for gifted children run by the evil Lily (the less talented ones 'go home' you can read the book to find out where 'home' actually is. Yup really evil and deserves everything she gets). Ray is trying to embrace his talents and find his son and girlfriend Helen along with wisecracking Mantu. I mentioned this in another review where there was a secondary character seemingly on the ASD spectrum that as a parent wiwth an ASD child I really like it when they appear and are portrayed in a positive manner. Well Vinod is one ass kicking mofo so thank you.
It's fast, it's furious, its ambiguous good guys against outright bad guys and the genuine good guys win. Sort of... even though it's the final book and it seems to be the end of it I had the feeling there could be more. There probably isn't but just a hunch I think the tale could go on so we'll see.
The quibble I had was with Ellen. She really didn't seem to play much of a part in this. I'm a bit surprised Ray and the others remembered her. I struggled to. I think she could have done more.
Overall I enjoyed it more than the second book. It's an enjoyable read. Thumbs up
Free arc from netgalley