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A review by selinadragonair
Bones and Bourbon by Dorian Graves
4.0
Wow, this was a crazy and fun trip!
Aggressive unicorns, huldras and hollows with no internal organs, faerys, undead, curses, snakelike lamia, japanese furaribi and the Harvester. What have I gotten into?
The answer is simply put: a darn good adventure.
The author kept me interested from page one until the very end. The writing was fluent and fun. There were so many (actual) mythological creatures to explore and I was glad the author kept reminding me who had internal organs and who didn't and how that affected the characters thoughts and actions. This was really well done. Same goes for worldbuilding and continuity.
I loved the cast of characters and the dynamics between them! What a crazy family the Gallows are, mother is a huldra, father an undead plant faery, hairdesser and bonebreaker Retz has a necromancer in his head and hunter Jarrod has a lot of personal issues. Farris was also adorable, he often made me laugh with his comments and doings. But the most intriguing character for me was Nalem. He had a lot of facets - as expected from an thousand years old necromancer -and I enjoyed that.
Retz being named after an austrian city was a nice extra. Is it really that obvious he has a german name? He should be lucky his parents didn't marry in Böheimkirchen or Afterbach. :D
I very much enjoyed reading "Bones and Bourbon" and I will be back for more.
Aggressive unicorns, huldras and hollows with no internal organs, faerys, undead, curses, snakelike lamia, japanese furaribi and the Harvester. What have I gotten into?
The answer is simply put: a darn good adventure.
The author kept me interested from page one until the very end. The writing was fluent and fun. There were so many (actual) mythological creatures to explore and I was glad the author kept reminding me who had internal organs and who didn't and how that affected the characters thoughts and actions. This was really well done. Same goes for worldbuilding and continuity.
I loved the cast of characters and the dynamics between them! What a crazy family the Gallows are, mother is a huldra, father an undead plant faery, hairdesser and bonebreaker Retz has a necromancer in his head and hunter Jarrod has a lot of personal issues. Farris was also adorable, he often made me laugh with his comments and doings. But the most intriguing character for me was Nalem. He had a lot of facets - as expected from an thousand years old necromancer -and I enjoyed that.
Retz being named after an austrian city was a nice extra. Is it really that obvious he has a german name? He should be lucky his parents didn't marry in Böheimkirchen or Afterbach. :D
I very much enjoyed reading "Bones and Bourbon" and I will be back for more.