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A review by staticdisplay
Fever Season by Barbara Hambly
5.0
I had a pretty good idea about the mystery from the beginning, because I have just a little knowledge of New Orleans history. this seems to be intensively researched (I'm not qualified to evaluate the research per se but even the afterword about the historical record was informative and well-written, and interesting to get a sense of the author's personal voice vs narrative of Benjamin). it gave me a new way of understanding what life was like during this time period in a more granular way than reading a non-fiction, high school history-type of book. it seems absolutely unbearable.
I only wanted 2 things; a map, because I had a hard time following where/how Benjamin was going as he went to a variety of locations by boat, train, etc. and 2 I hope some of the books in this series will not put Ben in mortal peril as it can become repetitive and unrealistic - not in the sense that people can't be imperiled but that he would continuously somehow survive. all these injuries would take a toll over the years... what I'm saying is please cut him a break!
as an aside I loved his mother's 2 fat cats, possibly the only cozy thing about the story.
I only wanted 2 things; a map, because I had a hard time following where/how Benjamin was going as he went to a variety of locations by boat, train, etc. and 2 I hope some of the books in this series will not put Ben in mortal peril as it can become repetitive and unrealistic - not in the sense that people can't be imperiled but that he would continuously somehow survive. all these injuries would take a toll over the years... what I'm saying is please cut him a break!
as an aside I loved his mother's 2 fat cats, possibly the only cozy thing about the story.