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A review by roxanamalinachirila
Master of Ghouls by Jordan L. Hawk
4.0
Since I have this as an e-book, I only really noticed the cover now - why is the guy on the cover naked? I mean, ok, sexy, but when the ghouls come out, the clothes stay on. There is no naked hunting of paranormal creatures here.
Well, never mind the cover.
Caleb is possessed by a demon-who-hunts-demons called Gray ("Not a demon," Gray repeatedly says whenever this is brought up) who is mostly very indifferent to human morals, but follows Caleb's lead when it comes to what's right and what's wrong. John is a paranormal policeman whose day job is to exorcise the possessed, among other things. But Gray doesn't seem to be exorcisable at the moment.
That's pretty lucky, because as they come across a case in which somebody is creating an army of ghouls, Gray can help out.
I like how Jordan L. Hawk is dropping hints of bigger things going on and setting up the scene for future installments - she doesn't tell us exactly where the problem lies, but points us in the general direction.
I'm still a bit disappointed by how short these stories are, but what can you do? I think I'd rate this as 3.5 stars instead of 4, but I'm rounding up this time because I'm also reading another book which is. Just. Argh. So hard to go through and grating. Thank the goddess that Hawk's here to save my goddamned sanity with something enjoyable. (what goddess? the one sworn by in SPECTR)
Well, never mind the cover.
Caleb is possessed by a demon-who-hunts-demons called Gray ("Not a demon," Gray repeatedly says whenever this is brought up) who is mostly very indifferent to human morals, but follows Caleb's lead when it comes to what's right and what's wrong. John is a paranormal policeman whose day job is to exorcise the possessed, among other things. But Gray doesn't seem to be exorcisable at the moment.
That's pretty lucky, because as they come across a case in which somebody is creating an army of ghouls, Gray can help out.
I like how Jordan L. Hawk is dropping hints of bigger things going on and setting up the scene for future installments - she doesn't tell us exactly where the problem lies, but points us in the general direction.
I'm still a bit disappointed by how short these stories are, but what can you do? I think I'd rate this as 3.5 stars instead of 4, but I'm rounding up this time because I'm also reading another book which is. Just. Argh. So hard to go through and grating. Thank the goddess that Hawk's here to save my goddamned sanity with something enjoyable. (what goddess? the one sworn by in SPECTR)