A review by pulpfan
Crimson Halo by Daniel May

Did not finish book. Stopped at 80%.

I struggled to finish this one, and started and stopped several times before formally DNFing. There are interesting things here, but ultimately the story felt disjointed and tonally inconsistent. There are a handful of secondary characters that sort of blur together and don't really contribute to the story or offer much of interest. The sex scene was confusingly written and I actually had to reread it to understand what was going on. I liked Blondie and Drew, and I liked some of the things May did with Seth, but Seth didn't feel consistent or interesting to me. This one is very much a YMMV. It seems to be intentionally written to go against the grain, but ultimately it's a miss for me. I like the second book in the series a lot better, and I'm glad I read it first.