A review by spootilious
Besieged by Kevin Hearne

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

 

Read: January 10, 2023 

Title: Besieged 

Series: The Iron Druid Chronicles #9 

Author: Kevin Hearne 

Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal 

Rating: 2/5 

Review: 

A series of short stories, some of which are required reading for book 10. Honestly I understand that this is Hearne’s livelihood and that he needs to make money but I really REALLY hate having to read a bunch of little irrelevant stories to get to the ones that I have to in order to understand the rest. It’s a mechanic to make money and I understand this but this is the third time I’ve had to read novella’s for this series and it’s starting to weigh on me. 

 

That being said some of these stories were fun and I still love the characters but they were so repetitive it was almost torture. The stories are pretty much cookie cutters. Big bad druid defeats <insert supernatural being> and doesn’t get thanked. Other big bad druid defeats <different supernatural being> and doesn’t get thanked. 

 

TBH I would have skipped this whole book minus the last few pages if I knew which story was the important one and still managed to continue the series without issue. 

 

 

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