Rock Paper Sorcery by L.J. Hayward

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Another brilliant instalment in L.J. Hayward's Night Call series.

Bad ass, monster head kicker, and psychic warrior, Matt Hawkins normally works with his sole partner - Mercy the vampire. But lately his been getting a few jobs with P.I. Erin McRae and the latest is a stakeout on a suspect in a monkey heist.

Well the stakeout goes sideways - massively. Who knew there could be so much trouble to find a few missing monkeys.

Matt gets a new partner. A texan sorceror with oodles of charm covering a dreadful wound. Randy Devantier has an agenda of his own and a rogue sorceror in Matt's home town is his personal target.

With sorcerous battles occuring left and right, a cranky under-fed vampire giving him the cold shoulder, and a rogue sorceror dabbling in the most dangerous magic Matt's ever seen. It's enough to drive a man berserk - permanently.

Matt faces his toughest challenges yet in this precisely plotted delight of a novel.

L.J. Hayward writes with a deceptively easy to read prose that laces humour over drama, and reveals a deeply felt and beautifully nuanced presentation of friendship and love triumphing over darkness (both internal and external).

I'm quite blown away - please L.J. give me more of this.

Absolutely recommend this for anyone who loves a good story (just read the first and second books first).






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