A review by nannyf
Days Gone Bad by Eric R. Asher

4.0

Damian Valdis Vesik is a necromancer. He is also a shop owner, but it's not your everyday shop. He runs Death's Door, a shop selling magical goods. He has friends of various species, from fairies to vampires.

Damian's master, Zola, returns after a few years away and brings with her some bad news. Something which she has not encountered before is coming, something evil, something Damian is not yet prepared for. Zola tutors him in further magical ways of trying to deal with what is approaching, but can she prepare him enough?

Damian and Zola attempt to recover talismans which were used to trap evil spirits many years ago, before anyone, or anything, else finds them.
They uncover secrets along the way, both good and bad.

Together they have to face the evil, try to stop it in its tracks, before it accomplishes its goal and destroys both them and the world as they know it.

Damian has a wicked sense of humour, and I can almost feel the authors humour coming out in a few places. On the first page he writes -

" I pressed a few buttons on my personal chef, a.k.a. microwave"!

This is just a typical male thing and it works so well.

He also causes an incident at the wedding of his ex which is beyond anything I could ever imagine anyone doing as a prank! All I will say is exploding pigeons! Very very funny!

I liked this book a lot. The author uses a lot of description, which felt slightly too much at times. I wanted the action to start straight away. But the build up is worth it as you get through the story.

I felt like I wanted to read the prequel though, as there's so much we don't find out. I'd love to read the story of Damian and Zola when they first met, and how she helped him discover and mold his powers.

There is a lot of promise in this book and I look forward to finding out more about Damien, Zola, and the rest of the characters the author introduces us to.