A review by abookishtype
Beasts of the Earth by James Wade

challenging dark tense fast-paced

3.0

Harlen LeBlanc is a haunted man. If anyone bothered to look closely at him, they’d be able to see it. His house barely has any furniture. He only seems to use his kitchen to brew coffee and always orders the same meal from the cafe in a broken-down town in Texas. He’s always on time for his job as a groundskeeper at the lone local high school and never asks for a raise or a promotion. It isn’t until several chapters into Beasts of the Earth, by James Wade, that we find out why Harlen shuns company. We don’t have to wait that long, however, to learn that his loyalty to good people will pull him out of his reclusiveness. Harlen, you see, cannot abide injustice...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration. 
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