A review by thefool
The Lovers by John Connolly

5.0

This has become one of my all-time favorite Parker novels out of the series thus far! One of the most pleasing aspects of these books are the supernatural elements to them. Vague, subtle but apparent at the same time, a contradiction that makes more sense when you read them. They aren't the sort that are too 'in your face' either for those who don't relish seeing 'werewolves' at the counter of Starbucks, or monsters that are somehow able to freely wander out in the open [especially when we can't even handle our own prejudices in the real world, we - as readers - are supposed to believe that monsters can just waltz about without consequence????]. There has always been the outstanding question of what exactly happened with Charlie's father that caused him to break and kill two unarmed teenaged lovers in cold blood. The answers are unveiled in this book.

I don't think it will come as a terrible surprise to discover that Charlie Parker is certainly not who he thought he was...