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