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This book is a lot like the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. You as the reader are literally dropped into the middle of Trixa's universe with no idea what the hell is going on. Now for Kate this worked great, but for Trixa I am just finding everything insanely confusing had no idea what the overall point of the plot was supposed to be.
One thing really annoyed me was the sheer amount of time spent on describing everyone's looks down to their bra cup and the price of their designer jeans. Instead of spending so much time describing the characters wardrobes and measurements I would rather be reading about the universe in which they are living.
And as other people have mentioned the ending totally blew away this book. I won't say anything that happened but just say how it made me feel. And that was blindsided. I felt as if I had been lied to for the entire book. And sadly all of this could have been avoided if the book had not been written in first person. First person POV allows the reader to know the main characters most inner most thoughts and feelings, yet Trixa doesn't follow this MO at all. Don't get me wrong, everything is answered, concluded, and tied up with a big pretty bow, but it was just so completely UNEXPECTED considering the first person POV that it almost felt wrong.
It was this ending that made me waffle between 2 and 3 stars. I didn't care about this book most of the time I was reading it. And I actually almost stopped reading it several times, but decided to tough it out. While the ending was crazy and unexpected the few characters that I did enjoy, namely Leo, Zeke, and Griffin ended up in great places, and its for them that I rated the book 3 stars.
Between the ending, the absolute change in all characters, and the complete lack of interest I had in the characters in the first half of the book I am not so sure I will be reading the next book in the series. Although I heard from another reviewer that the every book in the series will be told from by different narrators. Maybe a change in perspective will allow me enjoy the books more. And oh would I love that perspective to be Leo or Zeke! That would be so weird yet awesome!
*****
Great Excerpt! (Although severely paraphrased and a perfect example of Thurman's excellent sarcastic and humorous attitude through her books.)
Griffin: It's time for a tutoring session.
Zeke: We could die today and you want to tutor me?
Griffin: A grandmother with a stroller carrying twin babiesand a cocker spaniel puppy are crossing the road. They're about to be hit by a bus. About 2 blocks down the street, a low-level demon is eating breakfast at an outdoor cafe and reading the paper. Do you save Granny kiddies, and pup, or go kill the demon?
Zeke: There's a puppy in the stroller?
Griffin: Yes.
Zeke: Is it cute?
Griffin: It's a spaniel puppy. On a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 10 in cute, and yes, ten is the highest level of cute.
Zeke: Damn. The Demon is 2 blocks away. Do I have a clear shot?
Griffin: No.
....After about an hour of debate on Zeke's part the Granny, tots, and world's cutest puppy are dead, but a demon had his breakfast interrupted with a shotgun slug to the head...
Trixa: (to Zeke) I think you got that one wrong.
Zeke: It's the puppy. I should always go with the puppy
...After some continued thought...
Zeke: What if I shot the bus driver, then...
Trixa and Griffin: NO
One thing really annoyed me was the sheer amount of time spent on describing everyone's looks down to their bra cup and the price of their designer jeans. Instead of spending so much time describing the characters wardrobes and measurements I would rather be reading about the universe in which they are living.
And as other people have mentioned the ending totally blew away this book. I won't say anything that happened but just say how it made me feel. And that was blindsided. I felt as if I had been lied to for the entire book. And sadly all of this could have been avoided if the book had not been written in first person. First person POV allows the reader to know the main characters most inner most thoughts and feelings, yet Trixa doesn't follow this MO at all. Don't get me wrong, everything is answered, concluded, and tied up with a big pretty bow, but it was just so completely UNEXPECTED considering the first person POV that it almost felt wrong.
It was this ending that made me waffle between 2 and 3 stars. I didn't care about this book most of the time I was reading it. And I actually almost stopped reading it several times, but decided to tough it out. While the ending was crazy and unexpected the few characters that I did enjoy, namely Leo, Zeke, and Griffin ended up in great places, and its for them that I rated the book 3 stars.
Between the ending, the absolute change in all characters, and the complete lack of interest I had in the characters in the first half of the book I am not so sure I will be reading the next book in the series. Although I heard from another reviewer that the every book in the series will be told from by different narrators. Maybe a change in perspective will allow me enjoy the books more. And oh would I love that perspective to be Leo or Zeke! That would be so weird yet awesome!
*****
Great Excerpt! (Although severely paraphrased and a perfect example of Thurman's excellent sarcastic and humorous attitude through her books.)
Griffin: It's time for a tutoring session.
Zeke: We could die today and you want to tutor me?
Griffin: A grandmother with a stroller carrying twin babiesand a cocker spaniel puppy are crossing the road. They're about to be hit by a bus. About 2 blocks down the street, a low-level demon is eating breakfast at an outdoor cafe and reading the paper. Do you save Granny kiddies, and pup, or go kill the demon?
Zeke: There's a puppy in the stroller?
Griffin: Yes.
Zeke: Is it cute?
Griffin: It's a spaniel puppy. On a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 10 in cute, and yes, ten is the highest level of cute.
Zeke: Damn. The Demon is 2 blocks away. Do I have a clear shot?
Griffin: No.
....After about an hour of debate on Zeke's part the Granny, tots, and world's cutest puppy are dead, but a demon had his breakfast interrupted with a shotgun slug to the head...
Trixa: (to Zeke) I think you got that one wrong.
Zeke: It's the puppy. I should always go with the puppy
...After some continued thought...
Zeke: What if I shot the bus driver, then...
Trixa and Griffin: NO
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