Wednesday 9 March 2011

Review 15- Greywalker

This is a really good start to a series. At the start you can't help but wonder how everything is going to come together, how all of the characters will turn out, what will happen when Harper (the protagonist) starts working properly, how her investigations will come together in the end. It takes a while for it to get fully into the story, but once it did, I was gripped. Harper Blaine is an amazing character and a good narrator to follow the story with. As a private investigator you know that she would be used to some slightly strange situations, and you see her professional view on things come out in different situations, and slowly it begins to be revealed that maybe her clients aren't all who they seem to be.

We see the characters coming together, not because they want to, but because they have to work together. Doing this we get to see a range of paranormal creatures and we get a sense of mystery from the different investigations. Kat Richardson has done an amazing job rounding these characters, giving them emotion, flaws, it's an amazing group characters to say the least.

For the plot, it was very complicated, but not in a bad way. You have so many things going on, Harper trying to deal with becoming a Greywalker and accepting all of these things that are happening to her, her two main cases, the love aspect we see, Quinton and what goes on with him, then Mara and her problems. I think it could have been extremely rushed and badly done, but Kat Richardson does it well, she's able to balance it all out and make it so that you see all the things that are needed, without it being rushed. This is something that could have been missed, with the rush and the action it could have been done terribly, but she paces it well, keeps it action packed and fast paced but gives us all the detail we need.

Overall it's an amazing start to the series, a fantastic read, action packed, with an amazing set of characters, and just a good book in general. If you read and enjoyed books like Working for the Devil (Lilith Saintcrow) and Guilty Pleasures (Laurell K. Hamilton)

Rating?- 8 out of 10
Would I read anything else by this author?- Yes definitely want to read the next one

Thanks for reading guys! x

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