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paladinrook 's review for:
Hounded
by Kevin Hearne
Ok, so I know I only gave this book 3 stars, but I loved it. On an entertainment-only scale, I would give this book 5 stars any day of the week. The only reason I felt unable to rate this book higher was its complete lack of depth. I mean, not only does it not even try for any depth, it runs away from depth naked and laughing with its pet talking Irish wolfhound. On the other hand, it made for an amazing escape!
Atticus is a 2000-some-year-old druid living in Tempe, Arizona. There is some great mythology here that I really enjoyed, having read much less about Celtic mythology than many other varieties. The god-like entities in the story (the Tuatha Dé Dannan) were pretty much completely new to me, with the exception of the Morrigan, and I was only really familiar with her name.
The whole story is basically a great adventure romp where everyone wants to kill or manipulate Atticus for one reason or another, but Atticus is actually a huge druidic badass who can draw unlimited power from the ground, has an invincible sword with ridiculous magical powers, and has a pack of massive Icelandic werewolves for lawyers. So... not really sure why everyone thinks they can mess with Atticus.
There's a little bit of sex (but no romance), a fair amount of fighting, fun magical hijinks, a dog who wants to be Genghis Khan, werewolves, a vampire, some nasty Polish witches, and a lot of humor. I will probably read the sequels, because why not when a story's this much fun?
Edit: Ok, I upped it to 4 stars. :)
Atticus is a 2000-some-year-old druid living in Tempe, Arizona. There is some great mythology here that I really enjoyed, having read much less about Celtic mythology than many other varieties. The god-like entities in the story (the Tuatha Dé Dannan) were pretty much completely new to me, with the exception of the Morrigan, and I was only really familiar with her name.
The whole story is basically a great adventure romp where everyone wants to kill or manipulate Atticus for one reason or another, but Atticus is actually a huge druidic badass who can draw unlimited power from the ground, has an invincible sword with ridiculous magical powers, and has a pack of massive Icelandic werewolves for lawyers. So... not really sure why everyone thinks they can mess with Atticus.
There's a little bit of sex (but no romance), a fair amount of fighting, fun magical hijinks, a dog who wants to be Genghis Khan, werewolves, a vampire, some nasty Polish witches, and a lot of humor. I will probably read the sequels, because why not when a story's this much fun?
Edit: Ok, I upped it to 4 stars. :)