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Red Sky: Rising
Hayden Flynn is no hero. In fact, he's on the run from monsters. Not the kind that go bump in the night, but the kind that eat away at your soul. He's crossed countless miles and decades trying to escape them; however, when the legendary Dracula is reborn in the body of a powerful child, Hayden becomes trapped in a hunt where no one's survival is guaranteed.
The salvation of our deeply divided world now rests on the weary shoulders of one vampire and the curiously quiet girl, Quinn Merrin, who crosses his path. Is it destiny or divine intervention that brought them together? Either way, they will stop at nothing to find the new Prince of Darkness―even if it means leaving a path of bodies and blood in their wake. Because, after all, what price is too high for salvation?
The salvation of our deeply divided world now rests on the weary shoulders of one vampire and the curiously quiet girl, Quinn Merrin, who crosses his path. Is it destiny or divine intervention that brought them together? Either way, they will stop at nothing to find the new Prince of Darkness―even if it means leaving a path of bodies and blood in their wake. Because, after all, what price is too high for salvation?
377 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 13, 2018
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August 26, 2018
Warning: This review will have spoilers in it, because I really don’t know how to tell you about it in another way.
I’m going to ease in by saying that I liked the two main characters and their interaction with each other. It’s also action packed and the action is done well with some odd light humour. There is a lot of potential.
But Red Sky Rising is a weird book. Besides the over-enthusiastic use of exclamation marks and eccentric use of typeset, the plot and setting is disjointed and frustrating. There’s a sudden viewpoint change late in the book. It was so abrupt that it took me a while of rereading to figure out what was going on.
So here is my experience reading this book:
The book: It’s about a vampire… lots of vampires. It’s mostly about vampires.
Me: Solid start. The main character, Hayden, is a bit of a pick though.
The book: Ah, he might NOT be the type of person you introduce to your parents, but he’ll definitely help you carry a couch. Or bail you out of jail.
Me: Fair enough. I’ve known people like that. Continue.
The book: It’s a post-apocalyptic world after a vampire war with a walking dead vibe.
Me: Cool, I’m following you.
The book: Horror and monsters.
Me: Makes sense. Gory.
The book: Thunderdome!
Me: Okay, so like a Matthew Reilly death-maze kind of thing?
The book: Conspiracies!
Me: Is it though? Where are you going with this? Why are these people so upset?
The book: Quinn as a super bad-ass vampire!
Me: Agreed. I like her. There’s a lot of blood.
The book: Cities in the sky!
Me: Wait, what?
The book: There’s a nice picture of them.
Me: I can see that, but when did this turn into sci-fi?
The book: Pensioners are trying to kill you!!
Me: Where did they…?
The book: Robots!!!
Me: Hold on!
The book: Mutants!!!!
Me: I thought this was about vampires.
And then it turns into some weird Borderlands fever dream. You know what? A dream is a good way to describe it. It’s that loose fitting pieces that is interesting on their own, but makes no sense when strung together and said out load.
The ending being the most frustrating. It’s setting up for a series, but it was so… no, I don’t have another word. Frustrating.
I’m going to ease in by saying that I liked the two main characters and their interaction with each other. It’s also action packed and the action is done well with some odd light humour. There is a lot of potential.
But Red Sky Rising is a weird book. Besides the over-enthusiastic use of exclamation marks and eccentric use of typeset, the plot and setting is disjointed and frustrating. There’s a sudden viewpoint change late in the book. It was so abrupt that it took me a while of rereading to figure out what was going on.
So here is my experience reading this book:
The book: It’s about a vampire… lots of vampires. It’s mostly about vampires.
Me: Solid start. The main character, Hayden, is a bit of a pick though.
The book: Ah, he might NOT be the type of person you introduce to your parents, but he’ll definitely help you carry a couch. Or bail you out of jail.
Me: Fair enough. I’ve known people like that. Continue.
The book: It’s a post-apocalyptic world after a vampire war with a walking dead vibe.
Me: Cool, I’m following you.
The book: Horror and monsters.
Me: Makes sense. Gory.
The book: Thunderdome!
Me: Okay, so like a Matthew Reilly death-maze kind of thing?
The book: Conspiracies!
Me: Is it though? Where are you going with this? Why are these people so upset?
The book: Quinn as a super bad-ass vampire!
Me: Agreed. I like her. There’s a lot of blood.
The book: Cities in the sky!
Me: Wait, what?
The book: There’s a nice picture of them.
Me: I can see that, but when did this turn into sci-fi?
The book: Pensioners are trying to kill you!!
Me: Where did they…?
The book: Robots!!!
Me: Hold on!
The book: Mutants!!!!
Me: I thought this was about vampires.
And then it turns into some weird Borderlands fever dream. You know what? A dream is a good way to describe it. It’s that loose fitting pieces that is interesting on their own, but makes no sense when strung together and said out load.
The ending being the most frustrating. It’s setting up for a series, but it was so… no, I don’t have another word. Frustrating.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 4, 2019
Red Sky Rising is an action packed and exciting novel about a world filled with vampires and monsters. The main character, Hayden, narrates the story with humour and excitement which drives the action and the plot. The author puts the troubled friendship between Hayden and Quinn at the books core and the vivid storytelling is a joy to read. The book is punctuated with fantastic pictures and artwork that compliment the story - I will be looking forward to more from this author and this series.
May 25, 2018
Straight from the first chapter I was hooked. The mix of action and humour had me laughing and that great mix continued throughout the whole book. Hayden Flynn lives in a post apocalyptic world where humans and vampires live peacefully alongside each other. Mostly. Hayden is a vampire. And when a young girl gets kidnapped by a monster, he sets out to save her but finds out there's a lot more problems in the world than he thought.
So I should start off by saying this is a gory book. There is a lot of horror and blood and guts here. But the mix of horror and humour was excellent. Haydens reactions to the things happening were hilarious and so relatable. And the humour never took away from the intense plot Another thing to mention, this may be a book about vampires but there is absolutely zero romance plot. No love story. None. The relationship between the two main characters was excellent, they basically hated each other but cared because they were stuck with each other and didn't have anyone else. It was such a fresh and unique take compared to relationships in most books and I really loved it. Having two main characters who found the other SO annoying was actually really funny to read. The main reason this book didn't get five stars for me is that the ending left me a bit unsatisfied. But this is the first book in a series and that does tend to happen for series sometimes. So if you want to read a funny, gory vampire book with zero romance I'd recommend it!
So I should start off by saying this is a gory book. There is a lot of horror and blood and guts here. But the mix of horror and humour was excellent. Haydens reactions to the things happening were hilarious and so relatable. And the humour never took away from the intense plot Another thing to mention, this may be a book about vampires but there is absolutely zero romance plot. No love story. None. The relationship between the two main characters was excellent, they basically hated each other but cared because they were stuck with each other and didn't have anyone else. It was such a fresh and unique take compared to relationships in most books and I really loved it. Having two main characters who found the other SO annoying was actually really funny to read. The main reason this book didn't get five stars for me is that the ending left me a bit unsatisfied. But this is the first book in a series and that does tend to happen for series sometimes. So if you want to read a funny, gory vampire book with zero romance I'd recommend it!
January 22, 2019
I received Red Sky: Rising by Ben Archer in exchange for an honest review. I have given this book three out of five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book contains quite a lot of gore and horror, but the mixture between the two genres: action and horror, was absolutely brilliant!
The part of this book that stood out most to me was the comedic, funny narrator throughout the book which I thoroughly enjoyed reading over. It kept the book alive and had me laughing out loud at several scenes that took place in the story.
I really enjoyed the two main characters in this book, who were called; Hayden Flynn and Quinn Merrin. Their relationship works very well and I found it was very humorous, especially as they are not a great fan of one another in this book and reading over their experiences and thoughts of each other was very funny. Furthermore, it was very interesting to be able to read from both of their perspectives in this book as you're then able to get a good understanding of a two sided story. It was quite nice to read a book which had no romance involved in the slightest, as that normally is the main plot of a story.
This book kept at a great pace considering it covers a lot of action throughout, however there were times whilst reading over scenes that I felt I was jumping from place to place and had to slow down as I couldn't keep up with the sudden events that occurred. I really liked Archer's great use of descriptive writing in this story!
I did notice that there were several mistakes grammatically, with words being placed around the wrong way, fore example "there's no else one here", when it should've been "there's no one else here". This caught me off guard and I managed to easily switch the two words around when I came across these types of grammatical errors but it's still something to change especially as this occurs more than three times.
The ending of this book was a little disappointing for me however I find this happens a lot with the first book of a series at times, so I look forward to seeing where the next instalment will take us! The next instalment of this series is called Red Sky: Nightfall, and I can't wait to find out what happens ... especially with Quinn!!
This book contains quite a lot of gore and horror, but the mixture between the two genres: action and horror, was absolutely brilliant!
The part of this book that stood out most to me was the comedic, funny narrator throughout the book which I thoroughly enjoyed reading over. It kept the book alive and had me laughing out loud at several scenes that took place in the story.
I really enjoyed the two main characters in this book, who were called; Hayden Flynn and Quinn Merrin. Their relationship works very well and I found it was very humorous, especially as they are not a great fan of one another in this book and reading over their experiences and thoughts of each other was very funny. Furthermore, it was very interesting to be able to read from both of their perspectives in this book as you're then able to get a good understanding of a two sided story. It was quite nice to read a book which had no romance involved in the slightest, as that normally is the main plot of a story.
This book kept at a great pace considering it covers a lot of action throughout, however there were times whilst reading over scenes that I felt I was jumping from place to place and had to slow down as I couldn't keep up with the sudden events that occurred. I really liked Archer's great use of descriptive writing in this story!
I did notice that there were several mistakes grammatically, with words being placed around the wrong way, fore example "there's no else one here", when it should've been "there's no one else here". This caught me off guard and I managed to easily switch the two words around when I came across these types of grammatical errors but it's still something to change especially as this occurs more than three times.
The ending of this book was a little disappointing for me however I find this happens a lot with the first book of a series at times, so I look forward to seeing where the next instalment will take us! The next instalment of this series is called Red Sky: Nightfall, and I can't wait to find out what happens ... especially with Quinn!!
October 3, 2018
After the world of humanity fails with a war between vampires and humans – the world is thrust into a new normal, where colonies of people survive under the rule of tyrants. Something unique was seeing how one of our main characters, Hayden is turned into a vampire. This book is violent, suspenseful and humorous. The grudging friendship between Hayden and Quinn is done well, but don’t think that there is romance in this book, there isn’t. But the friendship that they find in each other works very well.
This is an action packed book, and it keeps a good pace. There was a couple spots that threw me off a bit and felt a bit disjointed, but I was a little disappointed in the ending. I know this is setting up for a series, but it didn’t feel like it should have ended at the point it did. Still, the dry humor does a lot to break up the horror of the book, and it was a good read and I’d definitely pick up the next book. Reviewed by Cyrene
This is an action packed book, and it keeps a good pace. There was a couple spots that threw me off a bit and felt a bit disjointed, but I was a little disappointed in the ending. I know this is setting up for a series, but it didn’t feel like it should have ended at the point it did. Still, the dry humor does a lot to break up the horror of the book, and it was a good read and I’d definitely pick up the next book. Reviewed by Cyrene
March 23, 2020
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One star is a generous rating. Worst drivel ever. I am a bit anal and had to read it through.I would be hard pressed to read anything else from this author if this is a prime example of his work
One star is a generous rating. Worst drivel ever. I am a bit anal and had to read it through.I would be hard pressed to read anything else from this author if this is a prime example of his work
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