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Talons
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an immortal beast re-emerges from time forgotten to confront the chief of police with a simple request: Help him back into society in exchange for his expertise with criminal investigations. However, before the creature has the opportunity to make his existence known to the world, he stumbles upon a murder, and must protect the only two witnesses, a single mother and her young son, from the murderer until the trial. Will his beast prevent him from showing the world that he's still human inside?
93 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2018
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April 5, 2019
From the moment I started reading this book, I was hooked. The authors writing style makes the story flow so well.
Talons is a fantastic character. He was once a human who was cursed to live as a reptile being.
With an investigative background, he winds up helping a family that witnessed a crime. I thoroughly enjoyed the relationship between Karl, a cop that he befriends and Talons. It’s hard to write more in depth without spoilers.
I’m so glad I decided to read this book and cannot wait for more of this reptile’s story.
Talons is a fantastic character. He was once a human who was cursed to live as a reptile being.
With an investigative background, he winds up helping a family that witnessed a crime. I thoroughly enjoyed the relationship between Karl, a cop that he befriends and Talons. It’s hard to write more in depth without spoilers.
I’m so glad I decided to read this book and cannot wait for more of this reptile’s story.
August 28, 2020
An easy to read book with a great main character and a great story. Too bad it's not the start of a series with the character. :(
September 23, 2023
In this book, a man was cursed, transforming into a lizardman who happens to be immortal, and after centuries of solitude, he realizes he can't hide forever, so he approaches the chief of police with an offer to help with his enhanced senses and skills of his previous life as a crime investigator, in return for the chief helping to gradually introduce our main character into society, but a murderer menacing an innocent woman and her young son makes things difficult for all involved. As a fan of the genre of heroic creatures (be they non-humans or humans transformed into something else) who are very protective and want to befriend normal people in spite of how they may be shunned because of their looks, I had to get this book. It definitely gave me vibes of Gargoyles and a good many cartoons I grew up with.
The story is very simple and it's helped by likable characters. Our protagonist, Talons, is quite an engaging character, wanting to be accepted but still has that trepidation that people will shun him and fear him because of how he looks, and tends to struggle with the fact that he still has and develops feelings like a human but he keeps trying to deny this. He's protective and kind, but also has a bit of a temper, and even a sense of humor on occasion. Chief Karl Harris is a very reasonable authority figure, showcasing that Talons was right to approach him, and I really enjoyed their budding friendship and his good advice to Talons along with how much he comes to totally trust and support him. Wendy and Tommy, the mother and child who find themselves menaced by the killer, are likable enough as well and you want them to be safe; Tommy is clearly in awe of Talons, finds him very cool and becomes quite attached to him, and their interactions are adorable, while Wendy shows vulnerability and is very accepting of Talons and very grateful to him, which he does tend to make difficult by trying to keep his distance for his own reasons, which also becomes a plot point. And the killer himself is such a smarmy, horrible person but also quite crafty and provides a challenge to Talons despite our protagonist being immortal.
The story also moves at a fast pace and never gets boring, with good action scenes and character interactions. Now, there are a couple of negative things here. The first is that the dialogue sometimes feels rather old-fashioned and too proper, which can make characters sound unrealistic in a way; it's perfectly understandable for Talons to speak that way, as he has been alive for centuries, but the modern day humans also speak in this way at times, and it's especially egregious when it comes to Tommy, who's around 5 or 6 years old and at times doesn't sound like it. My only other negative is that the book is so short and it's also only this one installment! I feel like it could easily have been longer and still be just as engaging as it already is, plus it feels like it sets things up for it to be a series of books, which I would have really liked, yet it's only a standalone. It's a bummer that we only got to spend such a short time with this likable cast.
Overall, this was ultimately a simple story about a heroic lizardman protecting people in need while hoping to find his place in a growing modern world. It didn't need to be anything else and I appreciate that. I quite enjoyed it and really wish there had been more.
The story is very simple and it's helped by likable characters. Our protagonist, Talons, is quite an engaging character, wanting to be accepted but still has that trepidation that people will shun him and fear him because of how he looks, and tends to struggle with the fact that he still has and develops feelings like a human but he keeps trying to deny this. He's protective and kind, but also has a bit of a temper, and even a sense of humor on occasion. Chief Karl Harris is a very reasonable authority figure, showcasing that Talons was right to approach him, and I really enjoyed their budding friendship and his good advice to Talons along with how much he comes to totally trust and support him. Wendy and Tommy, the mother and child who find themselves menaced by the killer, are likable enough as well and you want them to be safe; Tommy is clearly in awe of Talons, finds him very cool and becomes quite attached to him, and their interactions are adorable, while Wendy shows vulnerability and is very accepting of Talons and very grateful to him, which he does tend to make difficult by trying to keep his distance for his own reasons, which also becomes a plot point. And the killer himself is such a smarmy, horrible person but also quite crafty and provides a challenge to Talons despite our protagonist being immortal.
The story also moves at a fast pace and never gets boring, with good action scenes and character interactions. Now, there are a couple of negative things here. The first is that the dialogue sometimes feels rather old-fashioned and too proper, which can make characters sound unrealistic in a way; it's perfectly understandable for Talons to speak that way, as he has been alive for centuries, but the modern day humans also speak in this way at times, and it's especially egregious when it comes to Tommy, who's around 5 or 6 years old and at times doesn't sound like it. My only other negative is that the book is so short and it's also only this one installment! I feel like it could easily have been longer and still be just as engaging as it already is, plus it feels like it sets things up for it to be a series of books, which I would have really liked, yet it's only a standalone. It's a bummer that we only got to spend such a short time with this likable cast.
Overall, this was ultimately a simple story about a heroic lizardman protecting people in need while hoping to find his place in a growing modern world. It didn't need to be anything else and I appreciate that. I quite enjoyed it and really wish there had been more.
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