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A review by roxanamalinachirila
Hunter of Demons by Jordan L. Hawk
3.0
Sometimes, I read a series and I really like it - and then I see the author has written several series and I stash them somewhere for a rainy day (especially if other fans of the author confirmed the series are good and won't be huge disappointments).
That's the story here, too. I read "Whyborne and Griffin" and loved it, and I noticed Jordan L. Hawk had written contemporary romance, too, so I put the rest of her work on my tbr list and left it there for a while, until I felt that I needed something fun to pick me up from a reading slump. Therefore, I started "Hunter of Demons", which I finished almost in one sitting. And while it didn't wow me, I liked it and I'll be starting the next book in the series tonight (which is great, considering I bought the whole pack of books, rather than just a volume).
The story's shorter than I'd expected - at 127 pages, it's more of a novella than a novel. That isn't an issue, but there isn't a lot of room for Hawk to develop the world, the characters and the story in, so it feels more like a set-up for what's to follow than a book in itself. That's fine, but I'll need to see the rest of "Spectr" before I can love it.
So, in a contemporary world where some people have supernatural powers and demons sometimes make their appearance, Caleb hid his (minor) magical talent for fear that he'd be discriminated against. Unfortunately, his brother has been killed by a demon which possessed the corpse, so now Caleb allied himself with his sister-in-law and her friends to put his brother to rest - for real, this time. Except his new allies are chillingly anti-magic, the paranormal police might get involved and discover his secret powers, and the possessing demon is acting strange and way more powerful than it should have been.
That's the story here, too. I read "Whyborne and Griffin" and loved it, and I noticed Jordan L. Hawk had written contemporary romance, too, so I put the rest of her work on my tbr list and left it there for a while, until I felt that I needed something fun to pick me up from a reading slump. Therefore, I started "Hunter of Demons", which I finished almost in one sitting. And while it didn't wow me, I liked it and I'll be starting the next book in the series tonight (which is great, considering I bought the whole pack of books, rather than just a volume).
The story's shorter than I'd expected - at 127 pages, it's more of a novella than a novel. That isn't an issue, but there isn't a lot of room for Hawk to develop the world, the characters and the story in, so it feels more like a set-up for what's to follow than a book in itself. That's fine, but I'll need to see the rest of "Spectr" before I can love it.
So, in a contemporary world where some people have supernatural powers and demons sometimes make their appearance, Caleb hid his (minor) magical talent for fear that he'd be discriminated against. Unfortunately, his brother has been killed by a demon which possessed the corpse, so now Caleb allied himself with his sister-in-law and her friends to put his brother to rest - for real, this time. Except his new allies are chillingly anti-magic, the paranormal police might get involved and discover his secret powers, and the possessing demon is acting strange and way more powerful than it should have been.