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A review by mackle13
The Cambion Cycle: Quincy Harker Year Two by John G. Hartness
3.0
A pretty good continuation of the series, but I didn't like it as much as the first book.
The thing I liked most about the first book was that it was made out of short stories/vignettes, and none of the cases felt like they overstayed their welcome.
Not so with this "cycle", which is really just one, overly long story broken into parts.
The new characters were interesting - the grandson of John Watson and the great-granddaughter of John Henry - and the case itself wasn't bad, but it felt too familiar and, really, it just needed to be edited and be tighter with less repetition in both plot line and dialogue.
(Also, I forgot to mention this in my review for the first book, but there are definite typos in both books so far. I know it's a self-pubbed, and it's good for a self-pub - one of the better ones I've encountered - but the typos and wrong word usages still kind bug me.)
Anyway -
I'll probably be continuing the series, but not straight away. I could see myself burning out real fast on these if I tried to binge them.
***
Collects:
Heaven Sent - the origin of Harker's guardian angel Glory
Heaven's Door - there's a murderer on the streets of Charlotte, but he's killing angels!
Heaven Help Us - Harker is on the run, and nothing is as it seems in this small town.
Heaven Can Wait - Can Harker and the Shadow Council save the world from a demon invasion?
The thing I liked most about the first book was that it was made out of short stories/vignettes, and none of the cases felt like they overstayed their welcome.
Not so with this "cycle", which is really just one, overly long story broken into parts.
The new characters were interesting - the grandson of John Watson and the great-granddaughter of John Henry - and the case itself wasn't bad, but it felt too familiar and, really, it just needed to be edited and be tighter with less repetition in both plot line and dialogue.
(Also, I forgot to mention this in my review for the first book, but there are definite typos in both books so far. I know it's a self-pubbed, and it's good for a self-pub - one of the better ones I've encountered - but the typos and wrong word usages still kind bug me.)
Anyway -
I'll probably be continuing the series, but not straight away. I could see myself burning out real fast on these if I tried to binge them.
***
Collects:
Heaven Sent - the origin of Harker's guardian angel Glory
Heaven's Door - there's a murderer on the streets of Charlotte, but he's killing angels!
Heaven Help Us - Harker is on the run, and nothing is as it seems in this small town.
Heaven Can Wait - Can Harker and the Shadow Council save the world from a demon invasion?