Reviews

Days Gone Bad by Eric R. Asher

vchrisp_22's review against another edition

4.0

While I'm generally a fan of most paranormal fantasy stories, the ones with a kind of snarky, off-beat humor are my favorites, and Days Gone Bad is definitely in that category. The first in a series, this book has action, humor and great characters with interesting relationships. I'm adding the rest of Asher's books to my wishlist and look forward to reading more of his work in the future.

erin_penn's review against another edition

3.0

Not a bad book - I got a Harry Drezden-ish vibe toward the end. Reads like a first book with the author flaying around for a plot - spends times developing the characters and locations first instead of a twisted cord of plot and characters like more experienced writers do.

The book shows the writer's potential to grow. The eventual story had a lot of action and solid relationships built during the first half. Days Gone Bad isn't bad "as is", but could be so much better with a couple full content edits to tighten up the story and better balance the story and character development.

My biggest peeve while reading the story was the constant joking between characters. Normally I like this type of thing, but these read like a sitcom with canned laughter - everyone laughs and smiles at the jokes all the time. It's like Mr. Asher did not trust the reader to find things funny and lit up a big sign "laugh here" to make sure the audience knew when a joke was said.

That said - some extreme gore, an uneven mix of total not knowing about the magic world and unlimited power and access by the main character, and ... oh, that is a spoiler, I will just leave it out.

Good enough story to support the author so he gets better at writing.

Picked up as part of the Modern Magic pack - 12 paranormal novels, all first novels of a series.

thatkellylynnegirl's review against another edition

3.0

Story of a necromancer who is fighting against an older and more powerful evil necromancer with the help of vampire and faries.

fuzzysasquatch's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this book and I am looking forward to the rest of them. I’ve read it before a while ago and I’ve read another series by this same author. This time I listened to the audible and I enjoyed the book on a different level. I highly recommend anything this author writes.

sumayyah_t's review against another edition

3.0

Damien Valdis Vesik. Necromancer. Owner of a new age magic shop. Brother of a vampire. Landlord to fairies who live in his clock. This is the first book in a new series, but the first few chapters are confusing, and read more like the second or third book in a series. I kept getting the feeling that I should have known what was going on, and who the people were. In any case, Damien receives a call from his master, one Zola Adannya, who has been missing for a while. She presents him with a doll that houses a tainted aura and attempt sot train him. Story is, someone is trying to raise a demon, and is making zombie puppets out of vampires. This leads to a treasure hunt for fae artifacts, fights against zombies, malicious destruction of property, and a lot of blood and guts. Surprisingly, there is no romance, except between secondary characters. Beginning in chapter 3, it held my attention, though there were a few parts that forced me to read two or three times. Reading the sequel is a strong possibility, but mainly to see if there are more (better) explanations for some of the events and villains. 2.8 stars. Warnings for blood, gore, violence, death, and language.

momotaa's review against another edition

3.0

The writing style was a bit more tell than show at times. I could get the dynamic between characters from conversations and reactions and then things would feel stiff and out of place. There was a lot happening. Lots of magical/paranormal characters and items and it was too much sometimes . Vivid and gory at times and sometimes I couldn’t follow why everyone was so chill or able to laugh so easily. Tons of potential, i may give the next one a go and see if some of the things that bothered me in this smooth out in the next.

rhiviewed's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

warwriter's review against another edition

2.0

What have I missed? I had to go back to see if I was reading the third book in the series, not the first. Not enough information. His sister's a vampire? And he's a necromancer? There's a story there, but to tell you the truth, there's so much confusion I don't really want to plow through the hidden jokes to find out what the story is. I think that I can write a better story than this.

warwriter1939's review against another edition

2.0

What have I missed? I had to go back to see if I was reading the third book in the series, not the first. Not enough information. His sister's a vampire? And he's a necromancer? There's a story there, but to tell you the truth, there's so much confusion I don't really want to plow through the hidden jokes to find out what the story is. I think that I can write a better story than this.

reading_since_10's review against another edition

5.0

I loved the humor in this book though at some moments I felt there was too much of it. Not every situation has to be followed by a smirk or a smile. Nevertheless I'd love to see how this series develops and I'll most likely read book 2 in the nearest future.
Also good to note that this was a freebie and I gave it a chance and I'm not regretting to have found a new UF author and series.