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A Single Light
When Rick Hendry is contacted by a federal agent to help investigate a growing number of mysterious vanishings across Australia, he finds himself immersed in a world where normal is a very narrow view of reality. The two men are joined by a doctor, an archeologist, a journalist, and an Afflür Hunter.
They soon discover that in the bush, south of Sydney, among the beach goers, walkers and picnickers, a menace grows. The mysterious Bledray monsters are preparing for a Gathering; a feast of epic proportions. Only the Afflür Hunter and Guardians can stop them, but their strength is failing and humans are needed to help prevent a second holocaust.
A Single Light is an urban fantasy tale of ghoulish monsters and non-human protectors battling to save humanity amid the spectacular and rugged landscapes of the Royal National Park south of Sydney.
They soon discover that in the bush, south of Sydney, among the beach goers, walkers and picnickers, a menace grows. The mysterious Bledray monsters are preparing for a Gathering; a feast of epic proportions. Only the Afflür Hunter and Guardians can stop them, but their strength is failing and humans are needed to help prevent a second holocaust.
A Single Light is an urban fantasy tale of ghoulish monsters and non-human protectors battling to save humanity amid the spectacular and rugged landscapes of the Royal National Park south of Sydney.
274 pages, Paperback
Published February 17, 2016
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4 books31 followersPatricia Leslie is an Australian fantasy author with a penchant for hidden history, myths, and mystery.
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July 23, 2016
I must confess at that I know the author Patricia Leslie, however I can assure you that this has not influenced my review. If I read a book by someone I know and I don’t like it, then I simply will not rate or review it. Gladly, though this is not the case with this book – I loved it.
Patricia Leslie’s first book The Ouroboros Key was a good read, but with A Single Light, she has surpassed herself. (To see my earlier interview with Patricia on A Single Light, click here. (http://tracymjoyce.blogspot.com.au/20...)
A Single Light is urban fantasy, but I believe it could easily be classed as a paranormal fantasy too. It has been suggested that it could also be classed as a horror story, but I think that's inaccurate. I didn't find it horrific in the least - engrossing yes, horrific no.
Within the story there are three groups of beings. 1. The Afflür; 2. The Bledray; 3. Humans. The Afflür and Bledray can exist in different planes of reality and take different forms. Amongst the Afflür there are “hunters”, who serve to protect humans from the Bledray. The Bledray are soul sucking vampires; they feed off the life force of humans, consuming them totally.
Set in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Cronulla – the Sutherland Shire, this story centres around a series of mysterious disappearances and the ensemble cast who gather to investigate them.
One of the first characters we meet is Lael, a hunter who is drawn to the area by the “disappearances.” Next we meet veteran journalist Rick Hendry who is covertly contacted by a federal agent, Anthony, to assist with the investigation into the missing people. As the story is unveiled they are joined by three others – journalist Gabriela, Jaime - a doctor from the coroner’s office and her boyfriend Ben.
By now you would have inferred from my earlier paragraph that these missing people are the work of the Bledray; you’d be correct. In fact the Beldray are gathering in huge numbers…and the threat to humanity feels very real.
The book opens with a passage from “The Journal of Malaik”, a former hunter. It was this passage that had me hooked on this story. Leslie’s writing immediately immersed me in this scene, the imagery was such that I was able to clearly visualise the blasted, blackened world depicted here. Each chapter is preceded by a short excerpt from this journal and the writing in these passages has an interesting rhythmic structure and a kind of poetry that makes it genuinely read like the mystical musings of another race. It adds to the story by providing cryptic clues, and enhances the storytelling atmosphere beautifully.
No matter the writing, stories are always diminished if the characters are not realistic, fortunately I enjoyed the characterisations within A Single Light. Hendry comes across as the jaded, experienced journalist in every way from his permanently dishevelled state, his style of life and his bitterness. Gabriela was his young protégé, now friend, and tries to get him to “hold” his life together. The relationship dynamic between the two, younger protégé turned watchful guardian against his further decay is realistic. The curious, yet frightened, Jaime and her boyfriend Ben, curious without caution, are portrayed very well. The dialogue is excellent and struck me as being just what I’d expect to hear Australian’s in this situation say - I believed it and them.
Overall this book comes across as more polished, tighter and more confident than Leslie’s last book, The Ouroboros Key. I found myself reading sentences and pausing, thinking, “Gee, I like that phrase,” or “What a good way to express that.” I get all sorts of writing to review and I rarely stop and think this.
The pacing was excellent and rarely, maybe the odd half page here and there, did I get impatient and want things to speed up. Seriously, I think this was just because I was totally hooked. The action sequences will suck you in and the climactic scene met all my expectations – thank goodness.
If you like paranormal fantasy / urban fantasy I urge you to read A Single Light. It ticks all the expected boxes, but Leslie puts her own twist on the genre. I can’t wait to read her next book.
Five Stars!
Patricia Leslie’s first book The Ouroboros Key was a good read, but with A Single Light, she has surpassed herself. (To see my earlier interview with Patricia on A Single Light, click here. (http://tracymjoyce.blogspot.com.au/20...)
A Single Light is urban fantasy, but I believe it could easily be classed as a paranormal fantasy too. It has been suggested that it could also be classed as a horror story, but I think that's inaccurate. I didn't find it horrific in the least - engrossing yes, horrific no.
Within the story there are three groups of beings. 1. The Afflür; 2. The Bledray; 3. Humans. The Afflür and Bledray can exist in different planes of reality and take different forms. Amongst the Afflür there are “hunters”, who serve to protect humans from the Bledray. The Bledray are soul sucking vampires; they feed off the life force of humans, consuming them totally.
Set in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Cronulla – the Sutherland Shire, this story centres around a series of mysterious disappearances and the ensemble cast who gather to investigate them.
One of the first characters we meet is Lael, a hunter who is drawn to the area by the “disappearances.” Next we meet veteran journalist Rick Hendry who is covertly contacted by a federal agent, Anthony, to assist with the investigation into the missing people. As the story is unveiled they are joined by three others – journalist Gabriela, Jaime - a doctor from the coroner’s office and her boyfriend Ben.
By now you would have inferred from my earlier paragraph that these missing people are the work of the Bledray; you’d be correct. In fact the Beldray are gathering in huge numbers…and the threat to humanity feels very real.
The book opens with a passage from “The Journal of Malaik”, a former hunter. It was this passage that had me hooked on this story. Leslie’s writing immediately immersed me in this scene, the imagery was such that I was able to clearly visualise the blasted, blackened world depicted here. Each chapter is preceded by a short excerpt from this journal and the writing in these passages has an interesting rhythmic structure and a kind of poetry that makes it genuinely read like the mystical musings of another race. It adds to the story by providing cryptic clues, and enhances the storytelling atmosphere beautifully.
No matter the writing, stories are always diminished if the characters are not realistic, fortunately I enjoyed the characterisations within A Single Light. Hendry comes across as the jaded, experienced journalist in every way from his permanently dishevelled state, his style of life and his bitterness. Gabriela was his young protégé, now friend, and tries to get him to “hold” his life together. The relationship dynamic between the two, younger protégé turned watchful guardian against his further decay is realistic. The curious, yet frightened, Jaime and her boyfriend Ben, curious without caution, are portrayed very well. The dialogue is excellent and struck me as being just what I’d expect to hear Australian’s in this situation say - I believed it and them.
Overall this book comes across as more polished, tighter and more confident than Leslie’s last book, The Ouroboros Key. I found myself reading sentences and pausing, thinking, “Gee, I like that phrase,” or “What a good way to express that.” I get all sorts of writing to review and I rarely stop and think this.
The pacing was excellent and rarely, maybe the odd half page here and there, did I get impatient and want things to speed up. Seriously, I think this was just because I was totally hooked. The action sequences will suck you in and the climactic scene met all my expectations – thank goodness.
If you like paranormal fantasy / urban fantasy I urge you to read A Single Light. It ticks all the expected boxes, but Leslie puts her own twist on the genre. I can’t wait to read her next book.
Five Stars!
March 12, 2016
A Single Light by Patricia Leslie
Published by Odyssey Books,
With A Single Light, Patricia Leslie melds city grit and ethereal myth, the twin demands of Urban Fantasy, to form a perfect unity. The plot is simple, a good and evil battle to save humanity from extinction. Yet there is nothing simple in its execution, Leslie demonstrating both a depth of knowledge of her subject and writerly finesse.
Protagonist Rick Hendry, along with a federal agent, a doctor, an archeologist and a journalist, are thrust into a realm of angels and ghouls through a spate of mysterious deaths and disappearances in suburbs surrounding one of Sydney's natural parklands. They are joined by a Hunter, one of the Afflur whose eternal task is to protect humanity from the evil Bledray. On the face of it, scarcely a unique tale, but as with most stories that comply with the strictures of genre fiction, the originality is all in the telling.
Urban Fantasy is a blend of crime and fantasy fiction. In A Single Light, Leslie displays mastery of both genres. As I was reading, I could imagine the author producing a fabulous crime novel one moment, an epic fantasy tale the next. Yet A Single Light also contains elements of horror, the reader forgiven for sensing echoes of Stephen King. It's a fair comparison, Leslie's storytelling, imbued with a mounting dread, and her detailed depictions of the acts of the Bledray, easily sit inside the horror genre, the quality of writing, fairly compared to King's.
"A shift in the light; shadows moving across the room, horrendous and distorted, and then settling into a more recognisable form as they reached the windows. The curtains dropped as the window closed. The back door opened with a creak and the shadows left. Only the fan kept moving, blowing warm air and a trail of dust around the room, back and forth back and forth ..."
Leslie's characters are well-crafted and come alive on the page with all their foibles. Equally so, the otherworldly figures, the Afflur and the Bledray. Each shift in perspective clearly defined. Each scene carefully crafted.
"At once her whole form relaxed, hair-neat and pulled back in the cab of the truck-escaped its bonds to caress her shoulders, bright eyes became tired and lined, tight lips softened into a tanned face well-used to travelling at the whim of a hooked thumb and a driver's caprice."
The narrative is well-paced, the reader carried along by the dramatic tension established from the first page. A perfect mix of action and introspection, held together with vivid descriptions, never overdone, enshroud the reader in a reality so convincing, the very existence of A Single Light's fantasy figures endures beyond the page.
Leslie's prose is commensurate with the Urban Fantasy sub-genre, which demands both the earthy realism of crime and the imaginative transcendence of fantasy. It's a fine balance, one that Leslie achieves with flair. The voice is unselfconscious, mature and poised, absent the pretensions of over-adornment, or the stilted prose the result of an overuse of Occam's razor, one that plonks the reader in an emotional desert. Evident in Leslie's writing, is a balance of sophistication and simplicity that will satisfy those after a work of substance while remaining immediately accessible to the page turner reader.
Published by Odyssey Books,
With A Single Light, Patricia Leslie melds city grit and ethereal myth, the twin demands of Urban Fantasy, to form a perfect unity. The plot is simple, a good and evil battle to save humanity from extinction. Yet there is nothing simple in its execution, Leslie demonstrating both a depth of knowledge of her subject and writerly finesse.
Protagonist Rick Hendry, along with a federal agent, a doctor, an archeologist and a journalist, are thrust into a realm of angels and ghouls through a spate of mysterious deaths and disappearances in suburbs surrounding one of Sydney's natural parklands. They are joined by a Hunter, one of the Afflur whose eternal task is to protect humanity from the evil Bledray. On the face of it, scarcely a unique tale, but as with most stories that comply with the strictures of genre fiction, the originality is all in the telling.
Urban Fantasy is a blend of crime and fantasy fiction. In A Single Light, Leslie displays mastery of both genres. As I was reading, I could imagine the author producing a fabulous crime novel one moment, an epic fantasy tale the next. Yet A Single Light also contains elements of horror, the reader forgiven for sensing echoes of Stephen King. It's a fair comparison, Leslie's storytelling, imbued with a mounting dread, and her detailed depictions of the acts of the Bledray, easily sit inside the horror genre, the quality of writing, fairly compared to King's.
"A shift in the light; shadows moving across the room, horrendous and distorted, and then settling into a more recognisable form as they reached the windows. The curtains dropped as the window closed. The back door opened with a creak and the shadows left. Only the fan kept moving, blowing warm air and a trail of dust around the room, back and forth back and forth ..."
Leslie's characters are well-crafted and come alive on the page with all their foibles. Equally so, the otherworldly figures, the Afflur and the Bledray. Each shift in perspective clearly defined. Each scene carefully crafted.
"At once her whole form relaxed, hair-neat and pulled back in the cab of the truck-escaped its bonds to caress her shoulders, bright eyes became tired and lined, tight lips softened into a tanned face well-used to travelling at the whim of a hooked thumb and a driver's caprice."
The narrative is well-paced, the reader carried along by the dramatic tension established from the first page. A perfect mix of action and introspection, held together with vivid descriptions, never overdone, enshroud the reader in a reality so convincing, the very existence of A Single Light's fantasy figures endures beyond the page.
Leslie's prose is commensurate with the Urban Fantasy sub-genre, which demands both the earthy realism of crime and the imaginative transcendence of fantasy. It's a fine balance, one that Leslie achieves with flair. The voice is unselfconscious, mature and poised, absent the pretensions of over-adornment, or the stilted prose the result of an overuse of Occam's razor, one that plonks the reader in an emotional desert. Evident in Leslie's writing, is a balance of sophistication and simplicity that will satisfy those after a work of substance while remaining immediately accessible to the page turner reader.
June 3, 2016
This was not good. I liked the idea of an Australian supernatural thriller; I had hoped to learn about Aboriginal cultural tales. I didn't. This is about ghouls that feed off of energy, particularly sexual energy. There are bad ghouls that kill people and good ghouls that protect them. This could have been the premise of a great monster erotica but sadly it's trying to be an episode of X-Files and failing to keep my interest. I skimmed through the last 40% and at least there was a nice ending.
If you wanted a supernatural thrill ride set in Australia I recommend Blood Work.
If you wanted a supernatural thrill ride set in Australia I recommend Blood Work.
March 24, 2016
A Single Light is a book that, to me, revamps the para-fiction genre a bit. We've had so many werewolf/vampire/blah blah books come out in the last 10+ years, that it's hard to find a book that will recapture the wonder do your first para-fiction book. A Single Light, however, aside from focusing on Ghouls and Guardians and Hunters, and the politics/massacres that go along with them, offers a taste of apocalyptic fiction, of magic, and it's set in the middle of the Australian bush. Yay for the Aussies!
There are some downsides - fourth-wall breaking, for example, when one of the main characters wonders at the fact that all Chosen Ones die; the fact that it's only a 4-hour read; the ending didn't really draw too hard against the heartstrings, generally owing to revelations about the characters' present states - but they are few and far between and offer very little distraction from the action of the final scene.
There's a lot of good in this book, and you'd do well to read it.
There are some downsides - fourth-wall breaking, for example, when one of the main characters wonders at the fact that all Chosen Ones die; the fact that it's only a 4-hour read; the ending didn't really draw too hard against the heartstrings, generally owing to revelations about the characters' present states - but they are few and far between and offer very little distraction from the action of the final scene.
There's a lot of good in this book, and you'd do well to read it.
January 29, 2021
‘All are equal in the face of eternal hunger.’
For the Bledray, Maliak, Moriah, Jedidiah and Laeh, the humans exist only to be protected or to be hunted. On the plains below the high country lie millions of souls, a feast to gorge on. I found that the hunger of the creatures is somehow believable- it’s the idea of insatiable appetite taken to extremes. The sense of menace grows as the hunters of souls and the hunters of Bledray converge upon one another for a climatic encounter as bush fire rages. (The fire scenes seemed particularly struck me in the light of the huge fires in NSW last summer covering some of the same ranges.) The author’s attention to detail and sense of place in the descriptions of these highlands in serves to ground the story.
For the Bledray, Maliak, Moriah, Jedidiah and Laeh, the humans exist only to be protected or to be hunted. On the plains below the high country lie millions of souls, a feast to gorge on. I found that the hunger of the creatures is somehow believable- it’s the idea of insatiable appetite taken to extremes. The sense of menace grows as the hunters of souls and the hunters of Bledray converge upon one another for a climatic encounter as bush fire rages. (The fire scenes seemed particularly struck me in the light of the huge fires in NSW last summer covering some of the same ranges.) The author’s attention to detail and sense of place in the descriptions of these highlands in serves to ground the story.
February 22, 2016
I have a hard time rating this book. I don't know whether I should give it a 3.5 or a 4 stars. This book was okay. It had nothing to do with the writing style or the characters, I liked them book. It's mostly how it was told. The beginning was a little dull for me and confusing. Even after reading this, I'm still confused about most things, especially with that ending. The characters did explain it, but I'm probably not that smart enough to understand them.
The Bledray were awesome, I can best describe them as soul-sucking vampires. The way the author writes them, they weren't like ghouls you think about. That was my first time reading ghouls like them, which is refreshing.
Wait, as I write this, I just had a "OMG' moment. Okay. I didn't expect that, I just remember who the stranger is. Okay. I have a goofy smile on my face now. She got me good.
Okay, my two favorite characters were Lael and Gabriella. Like good head badass women, I see you. I didn't care so much for the doctor and the archaeologist, but I see why they were important to the story, I just didn't connect with them. Rick really didn't get on my nerves like I thought he would from reading in his POV in the beginning. The detective was...I don't know how I feel about him to be honest, I like him I guess.
The battle scenes were awesome, I flew right through them, devouring every page.
The ending though. That ending. I didn't expect that at all...like at all. I definitely stared at my Kindle in complete shock for a solid minute. I'm still not over it and I finished this book at 6:30 AM. I don't know what to do with myself.
I would recommend this, it's an enjoyable read, definitely different from my normal reads.
The Bledray were awesome, I can best describe them as soul-sucking vampires. The way the author writes them, they weren't like ghouls you think about. That was my first time reading ghouls like them, which is refreshing.
Wait, as I write this, I just had a "OMG' moment. Okay. I didn't expect that, I just remember who the stranger is. Okay. I have a goofy smile on my face now. She got me good.
Okay, my two favorite characters were Lael and Gabriella. Like good head badass women, I see you. I didn't care so much for the doctor and the archaeologist, but I see why they were important to the story, I just didn't connect with them. Rick really didn't get on my nerves like I thought he would from reading in his POV in the beginning. The detective was...I don't know how I feel about him to be honest, I like him I guess.
The battle scenes were awesome, I flew right through them, devouring every page.
The ending though. That ending. I didn't expect that at all...like at all. I definitely stared at my Kindle in complete shock for a solid minute. I'm still not over it and I finished this book at 6:30 AM. I don't know what to do with myself.
I would recommend this, it's an enjoyable read, definitely different from my normal reads.
June 14, 2016
fading and in order to stop the Beldray monsters they need the help of some humans
It's been a while since I've picked up any Urban Fantasy that feels different. A Single Light really is different! I'll be honest, when I first started reading this and it was full of hunters and guardians I really wondered if this would be my kind of book. However when the story begins to be told by the human protagonists everything began to slot neatly in place.
I really enjoy the location that A Single Light was set in, it felt a refreshing change from all the other Urban Fantasy books I have read over the past few years. I like it when a book is set in a different location, books are a great way to travel!
So what didn't I enjoy about A Single Light? My main bug bear were the short extracts from Malaik's journal that were found between chapters. I don't feel like they added anything to the story, and in fact were for me, detrimental as the broke up the flow of the book.
Other than the above dislike, A Single Light is a solid read. There is plenty of action and a compelling story-line. The author takes time to let the read get to know the main characters, but as soon as the action starts it doesn't let up. The book also manages to cover the story-line from the monsters point of view, as well as both hunter and humans. This gives the book a well rounded feel. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
****Disclaimer - I was kindly given this book in exchange for my honest review from NetGalley and Odyssey. This is my honest review****
It's been a while since I've picked up any Urban Fantasy that feels different. A Single Light really is different! I'll be honest, when I first started reading this and it was full of hunters and guardians I really wondered if this would be my kind of book. However when the story begins to be told by the human protagonists everything began to slot neatly in place.
I really enjoy the location that A Single Light was set in, it felt a refreshing change from all the other Urban Fantasy books I have read over the past few years. I like it when a book is set in a different location, books are a great way to travel!
So what didn't I enjoy about A Single Light? My main bug bear were the short extracts from Malaik's journal that were found between chapters. I don't feel like they added anything to the story, and in fact were for me, detrimental as the broke up the flow of the book.
Other than the above dislike, A Single Light is a solid read. There is plenty of action and a compelling story-line. The author takes time to let the read get to know the main characters, but as soon as the action starts it doesn't let up. The book also manages to cover the story-line from the monsters point of view, as well as both hunter and humans. This gives the book a well rounded feel. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
****Disclaimer - I was kindly given this book in exchange for my honest review from NetGalley and Odyssey. This is my honest review****
November 8, 2016
The Afflür, in the form of Guardians and Hunters, have kept humanity safe from and unaware of the vampiric Bledrey for as long as time can remember. Now a town’s entire population going missing, unexplainable autopsy results and ritual-style killings has brought together ta small team of professionals to investigate the mysteries. When reporter Rick Hendry, usually the last person to believe in monsters, ties them to all to his abnormal dreams and a strange woman appears telling them of an upcoming holocaust, the team must prepare to fight back the dreaded Bledrey. 48 hrs earlier, they hadn’t even known they existed.
Patricia Leslie’s second book is definitely not one to start late at night. This fast-paced urban fantasy brings action to southern NSW, and it difficult to put down once started. The characters are excellently written, and the plot, despite taking place in a relatively short time frame, does not feel rushed. Just fast. Very fast. Yet it does not shy away from the philosophical question of the accepted norm, reversing the roles of protector and protégé, blurring those of Hunter and Ghoul, and demonstrating reality to be little more than perception.
While the journal entries commencing each chapter fill out much of the background information in a very efficient way, there is clearly much more to the world of the Bledray and Afflür than is contained in this novel. Rather than feel like anything is lacking though, it has left me in the hope of a sequel or spinoff. Either way, I am looking forward to Leslie’s next release.
Patricia Leslie’s second book is definitely not one to start late at night. This fast-paced urban fantasy brings action to southern NSW, and it difficult to put down once started. The characters are excellently written, and the plot, despite taking place in a relatively short time frame, does not feel rushed. Just fast. Very fast. Yet it does not shy away from the philosophical question of the accepted norm, reversing the roles of protector and protégé, blurring those of Hunter and Ghoul, and demonstrating reality to be little more than perception.
While the journal entries commencing each chapter fill out much of the background information in a very efficient way, there is clearly much more to the world of the Bledray and Afflür than is contained in this novel. Rather than feel like anything is lacking though, it has left me in the hope of a sequel or spinoff. Either way, I am looking forward to Leslie’s next release.
August 4, 2017
Okay, I’m a sucker for detective stories, plucky journalists who doggedly pursue a story, medical thrillers, or something new in the paranormal field. A Single Light is all of these, and the new factor is ghouls who live among us–ghouls–some of whom are the good guys.
Legendary lone-wolf reporter Rick Hendry, with his badgered female coworker, get sucked into this mess of intrigue and murder via two channels. One is a policeman who has a Mulder Moment and realizes that a lot of missing persons and what looks like a bizarre serial killer are probably related. Rick might have blown him off, but then there was that second factor. Those lifelike, impossible dreams. Dreams that had him recognizing the crime scenes through someone else’ eyes.
The reporter friend ends up involving a forensic pathologist, and she’s caught up in the “no known human alleles” DNA results of her latest slabbed patient. An internet search and an inhuman DNA sequencing later, due to horrific events they are all drawn into the inescapable conclusion that something is indeed out there. But then they meet one of the Hunters, Lael. She has the same inhuman nature as the hungry Bledray but is protective of humans rather than lethal in intent. There are not enough Hunters, and she needs all their help. Because the Bledray are Gathering, and about to hit a species event/tipping point where if they are not stopped they will hit critical mass and destroy all of humanity.
Legendary lone-wolf reporter Rick Hendry, with his badgered female coworker, get sucked into this mess of intrigue and murder via two channels. One is a policeman who has a Mulder Moment and realizes that a lot of missing persons and what looks like a bizarre serial killer are probably related. Rick might have blown him off, but then there was that second factor. Those lifelike, impossible dreams. Dreams that had him recognizing the crime scenes through someone else’ eyes.
The reporter friend ends up involving a forensic pathologist, and she’s caught up in the “no known human alleles” DNA results of her latest slabbed patient. An internet search and an inhuman DNA sequencing later, due to horrific events they are all drawn into the inescapable conclusion that something is indeed out there. But then they meet one of the Hunters, Lael. She has the same inhuman nature as the hungry Bledray but is protective of humans rather than lethal in intent. There are not enough Hunters, and she needs all their help. Because the Bledray are Gathering, and about to hit a species event/tipping point where if they are not stopped they will hit critical mass and destroy all of humanity.
May 26, 2016
A copy of this book was provided via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Maybe I'm the only one feeling like this, but this story seemed a bit... foggy?
Don't get me wrong, the book is well written, but somehow I couldn't get into the story. The 3rd person narrative is not my favourite, still after some time I'm usually in the magical world of books.
Well, usually...
I get the idea what the characters are supposed to be (as much as I can after reading about 20 per cent), but overall I still don't know what's going on... it's like everybody is laughing over a good joke, but you didn't listen and just go with it.
All the time the characters are switched and you see their point of view... that was the idead, but it left me confused.
I liked the idea, but I just wasn't able to connect to the book.
Oh, it's set in Australia and that is awesome.
Maybe I'm the only one feeling like this, but this story seemed a bit... foggy?
Don't get me wrong, the book is well written, but somehow I couldn't get into the story. The 3rd person narrative is not my favourite, still after some time I'm usually in the magical world of books.
Well, usually...
I get the idea what the characters are supposed to be (as much as I can after reading about 20 per cent), but overall I still don't know what's going on... it's like everybody is laughing over a good joke, but you didn't listen and just go with it.
All the time the characters are switched and you see their point of view... that was the idead, but it left me confused.
I liked the idea, but I just wasn't able to connect to the book.
Oh, it's set in Australia and that is awesome.
February 23, 2016
Australian supernatural thriller
Having read and reviewed The Ourobouros Key by Patricia Leslie, I was sent this novel to review. It is OK but nothing special.
This is the story of Rick, a journalist, who gets involved in a struggle between Ghouls and the Guardians and their Hunters. As the Ghouls gather to consume mankind, the Hunter, Lael, gathers together a small group to defeat them.
Relatively engaging and quite descriptive, this is a novel which some will enjoy but, ultimately, it’s not really my cup of tea.
Having read and reviewed The Ourobouros Key by Patricia Leslie, I was sent this novel to review. It is OK but nothing special.
This is the story of Rick, a journalist, who gets involved in a struggle between Ghouls and the Guardians and their Hunters. As the Ghouls gather to consume mankind, the Hunter, Lael, gathers together a small group to defeat them.
Relatively engaging and quite descriptive, this is a novel which some will enjoy but, ultimately, it’s not really my cup of tea.
June 7, 2016
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
A little difficult to get into, I must admit. Nothing to do with the writing, but the pacing perhaps was not even, a little plodding? Good premise, and the idea of Ghouls, Guardians and Hunters a very good one. Just let me down a bit, that's all.
A little difficult to get into, I must admit. Nothing to do with the writing, but the pacing perhaps was not even, a little plodding? Good premise, and the idea of Ghouls, Guardians and Hunters a very good one. Just let me down a bit, that's all.
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