Rob Thurman's "Madhouse", #110
Oct. 4th, 2009 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatMy brother had spent a lifetime - mine, at least - telling me that I was normal, that I wasn't a monster. With his help, I';d finally realized that as long as I could remain who I was, I could survive what I was. It was only bad genes.......
Half-human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, aren't exactly prospering with their preternatural detective agency. Who could have guessed that business would dry up in New York City, where vampires, trolls, and other creepy crawlies are all over the place?
But now there's a new arrival in the Big Apple. A malevolent evil with ancient powers, dead set on making history with on orgy of blood and murder, is picking off humans like sheep. And for Cal and Niko, this is one paycheck they're going to have to earn..if they live long enough to collect it.
Review: The Sawney Beane case was interesting and I loved the part that focused on Robin, his past and his relationship with Ishiah. But!
Everything else felt like watching a merry-go-round, for real. They went after Sawney and got their butts kicked, they went after Sawney and got their butts kicked, they went after Sawney and got their butts kicked... Someone tried to kill Robin and failed, someone tried to kill Robin and failed, someone tried to kill Robin and failed. Cal bemoaned Georgina and slept with another girl, Cal bemoaned Georgina and slept with another girl... If the author cut the book in half, it would have been much denser and much more enjoyable.
Also, I love Cal, Nick and Robin, but Promise and Georgina? Two-dimensional at best. The author should either take the time to flesh them out or she shouldn't make them the be-all and end-all of the brothers' love life. Though I'm interested in seeing more of Ishiah and his relationship with Robin.
Overall? The weakest book in the series yet.
Half-human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, aren't exactly prospering with their preternatural detective agency. Who could have guessed that business would dry up in New York City, where vampires, trolls, and other creepy crawlies are all over the place?
But now there's a new arrival in the Big Apple. A malevolent evil with ancient powers, dead set on making history with on orgy of blood and murder, is picking off humans like sheep. And for Cal and Niko, this is one paycheck they're going to have to earn..if they live long enough to collect it.
Review: The Sawney Beane case was interesting and I loved the part that focused on Robin, his past and his relationship with Ishiah. But!
Everything else felt like watching a merry-go-round, for real. They went after Sawney and got their butts kicked, they went after Sawney and got their butts kicked, they went after Sawney and got their butts kicked... Someone tried to kill Robin and failed, someone tried to kill Robin and failed, someone tried to kill Robin and failed. Cal bemoaned Georgina and slept with another girl, Cal bemoaned Georgina and slept with another girl... If the author cut the book in half, it would have been much denser and much more enjoyable.
Also, I love Cal, Nick and Robin, but Promise and Georgina? Two-dimensional at best. The author should either take the time to flesh them out or she shouldn't make them the be-all and end-all of the brothers' love life. Though I'm interested in seeing more of Ishiah and his relationship with Robin.
Overall? The weakest book in the series yet.
