Overview;
Eric is a vampire and Eric has problems. His business is losing money. His girlfriend want to become undead He can’t
remember how he ended up killing a werewolf last night, and now the entire pack
is out for vengeance.
"Somewhere in the middle of my rant it occurred to me that I'd killed whoever it was I'd been yelling at, so arguing was no longer important."
Review;
J.F. Lewis’ Staked is the first novel in the Void city
series. Staked shows much promise. Eric is an interesting character because he
is in no way a hero. He is the
protagonist of the story and much of the novel is told from his perspective. Lewis does not waste time and effort trying
to get his readers to consider Eric a good vampire, he merely is. I loathe when authors try to justify their characters
bad behavior and appreciate Lewis just letting Eric be.
The novel’s perspective shifts between Eric an older vampire
and Tabitha a newly turned vampire. This
adds an interesting dynamic to the story as well as allowing Lewis to engage in
a more natural world building. The rules
for Lewis’ vampires and werewolves very slightly from the traditional myths and
as Tabitha discovers the rules, so do the reader.
The narrative follows Eric’s attempts to discover how he
came to kill a werewolf while blacked out.
The mystery is very intricately conceived and laid out expertly. With each reveal I was satisfied and at no
point felt cheated by huge jumps in logic.
The fight sequences in Staked occur regularly and Lewis has
a great ability to combine movement in some incredibly creative throw
downs. J.F. Lewis combines all these
elements with a dark detached humor that is incredibly effective, bringing
Void City to life.
In the end;
If you are in the mood for a great mystery with some great
bloody supernatural throw downs this is the novel for you. Eric and Tabitha are well conceived characters
deserving a wide audience.
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