A review by mdpenguin
Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Police thriller stories aren't generally my thing, but I still enjoyed reading this one. It is full of cliches, but it uses them right and it doesn't feel lazy so much as a purposeful attempt to couch a familiar kind of story in a world with supernatural people. In that sense, I think that this book successfully did what it set out to do. The bundle I got this in also had the next two books in the series and, although I'm not ready to dive directly into them now, I definitely won't shy away from them if they pop up in my reading list later.