Swords of Haven

Hawk & Fisher #1-3

by Simon R. Green

Now in one volume, the first three action-packed adventures of Hawk & Fisher--from Simon R. Green, the New York Times bestselling author of the Deathstalker series....THEY'RE LOVERS.
THEY'RE PARTNERS.
THEY'RE COPS.

They're the battle-scarred crimebusters of a never-ending urban war. Hawk rules the streets by battle-axe. Fisher cracks down on outlaws with sword and dagger. Their merciless beat is the sinister city misnamed Haven: a dark and violent town overrun with spell casters, demons, and thieves--a place where money will buy anything...except justice.

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Science Fiction

540 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Simon Richard Green is a British science fiction and fantasy-author. He holds a degree in Modern English and American Literature from the University of Leicester. His first publication was in 1979.

His Deathstalker series is partly a parody of the usual space-opera of the 1950s, told with sovereign disregard of the rules of probability, while being at the same time extremely bloodthirsty.

Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fun read from the always-reliable Simon Green. The Hawk & Fisher series of which this omnibus collects the first 3 novels is a mix of fantasy, crime, and mystery with a touch of horror. The series has an early grimdark style that is laced with humor and plenty of action.

[Kaa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Honestly, I hated this from page one and only read as far as I did (to the end of the first book) out of spite. And because it was for a book group. The setting was a generic fantasy land filled with cliches that we barely got to see because this is a locked-house mystery. The characters were caricatures, lacking any real personality except being very good at things, and the women were all props and/or sex objects (including one literal succubus and one woman who "just wanted [a man] to tell her what to do"). Half of the mystery was predictable and the other half reminded me horrifically of my least favorite Veronica Mars plotline. And the writing was bland and filled with descriptions of things that I didn't care about and that were unhelpful in making the setting or characters feel more real.

I was amused by how often the characters went to the bathroom, pretended to go to the bathroom, or talked about going to the bathroom, though.

[Mr. Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished this book and actually had to create a new shelf in goodreads. There's High Fantasy (Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and things of that ilk) involving epic battles between powerful Empires and forces. There's Dark Fantasy (Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, and stuff along those lines) that are usually waist deep in blood, betrayal and revenge. There is Urban Fantasy (Jim Butcher, Larry Correia, and such) where it is today only with elves and faeries and magic. And then there is Low Fantasy.

Low Fantasy describes the world where Hawk & Fisher live. It's a fantastical world where, sure, there's magic, but the end of the world is not on the line. Instead, Simon R. Green invites readers into a world where two city guards, Hawk & Fisher, are trying to make ends meet, keep the ne'er-do-wells in line, and solve cases that happen to fall their way. Awesome. They are not "The Ones" who are prophesied to save reality itself. They are just two ordinary people who pull through extraordinary scrapes by the skin of their teeth. How refreshing?!

The stories in this three volume book reflect this gritty, rough and tumble world. Heck, in the first case that falls their way, they are charged with protecting a prominent politician, a Reformer, who is pushing for the little guy. And he gets killed. Hawk and Fisher fail in their primary mission! Great stuff. They spend the rest of the book trying to figure out who killed the politician. Of course there are competing and hidden agendas and I was surprised with the twist at the end. Fun!

Throughout all three stories the author does a great job of keeping his stories on a very common - even pedestrian - level and it makes for a very refreshing change from other fantasy titles out there. The writing itself is enjoyable with lots of action and some interesting twists. Unfortunately, the refreshing perspective is not enough.

There was something missing from the book(s). Maybe it was because I read three books in a row without a break, but I found my interest in Hawk & Fisher waning by the time we got to the God Street mystery. I started looking ahead to the next book on my To Read list instead of enjoying the moment. Maybe that is what separates the 3 star book from the 4 or 5 star book? When I read a 4 or 5 star book I dread reaching the ending. The ride is over and I have to get off. In the case of Hawk 7 Fisher I was ready to get off. The thing is I can't really pinpoint what it was that made me feel that way. Nothing was terrible, I was just ready to move on.

A solid three stars. Not great, not terrible. Good.

[Echo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank goodness for junk store finds. I'd never heard of Hawk and Fisher, or even Simon R. Green for that matter, until I saw this book for 25 cents in a second hand store. It looked interesting enough, so I picked it up. And now I just adore this man's books.

Well, I hate bothering with plot summaries in my reviews, but there's no summary up, so I guess I'll cave in and give a very brief one. Hawk and Fisher are a husband and wife who work on the guard (police force) in Haven, a very corrupt city in a fantasy setting. They're quite possibly the only honest guards in the entire force. The book is actually three shorter books combined into one. In each of the stories, Hawk and Fisher are working together to solve some mystery in Haven.

I've never really read urban fantasy before this, but I really enjoyed the city setting. I love the characters, and especially the relationship they have with one another. They may be tough as nails, but they're also very devoted to each other. I also love the goodness of Green's characters. They may be gritty and coarse and all of that, but they're also honorable and good. Plus, once again, he's got a dry sort of wit in his books that I just love.

[Emory · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was surprised, because I LOVE Simon Green's urban fantasy work, but the Hawk and Fisher books did nothing for me. They seemed formulaic and the characters were extremely flat. I never cared what they were doing or what happened to them, and I barely managed to get to the end, only because I hate leaving a book unfinished. This just doesn't seem to be the genre Green belongs in - he needs something darker to really shine.

[Anne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disappointed with this book. I read this book because I had enjoyed Green's Nightside series, even in that series the plots can be somewhat lacking but the world he creates makes up for it. Unfortunately Haven is not nearly as exciting a place as the Nightside and so the thin plots show through more. There are some interesting characters, unfortunately these are not the main characters and are not explored very fully, I find Roxanne and Mendely particularly interesting.

One thing that really does annoy me about Green's writing is the way that when he starts a new book he pretty much copies and pastes character and place descriptions and since this is a trilogy it is particularly obvious.

[R · Rating 2 out of 5]

An okay read. The first novel of the three was clumsy and simplistically structured. The second and third much better, but after reading these I would recommend his later works over this one. "Drinking Midnight Wine", for instance, was better than the early Hawk and Fisher books.

[Gökçe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simon R. Green dünya yaratmayı biliyor. Yavaş yavaş küçük bir olay ile başlayıp, gittikçe büyütüyor. Bu üç roman da öyleydi. Çok eğlenceliydi.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great collection to get started with Hawk & Fisher, as it has their first three adventures in the Guard.
These are just the type of adventure stories you would expect to come from Simon Green, fast paced and full of action. I did find it amusing that they consider themselves old and they're only around 30 and I love that Fisher (the woman) is the one that likes to solve everything with force.
The three stories combined make a perfect novel and Hawk & Fisher kick butt.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now this - THIS - is what Fantasy used to be like. Action, tension and detail, and craziness presented with no apologies or reservations. That these stories were published in the early 90's doesn't surprise me - no one writes like this anymore.

I didn't realize when I purchased the second trilogy that it was the second of two, but this first one is superior by far by dint of not breaking its ankles and smashing its face on pavement on the third title. This compilation is a bit experimental, different from the second in all the good ways and none of the bad ones, and consistently fun from start to finish. The politics and cases are grim, the stakes are high, the body counts are even higher, and both the action and the description move at a good crisp pace. There are three stories here, all fully fleshed out and engaging, and it only takes 540 pages to get through them all. Brevity is an art form, and Green has it down pat here.

Of course, dear reader, it's not perfect. Nothing is. Green's tendency toward narrow and simple punctuation is no different here than it was in the first, as is his fondness for unnecessary capitalization. Maybe that was more prevalent in the second book, or maybe I was just more used to it this time, because it didn't bother me very much this time. There's also even less for consistent worldbuilding here than in the other one, with Haven clearly being a stand-in for some British metropolis (probably London), complete with religious peculiarities and political parties straight from the UK. The Hawk and Fisher series feels like pulp offerings with little solid cohesion, and mentioning Conservative and Reformer politics and Christian practices in a setting with benevolent and malevolent deities smacks of self-insertion. And I noticed that there's a pattern in the stories being told, where both volumes start with a murder mystery, and the books in general have that 'who done it?' thread to tie them all together, which made the scope of six total stories feel a bit narrow.

Now, all that said, I feel like those negatives are more like quibbles. I got used to Green's writing style easily enough, the real-world inserts were novel enough to not bother me, and the similar theme to the stories wasn't a problem because they were well told enough, each with a through-thread of consistency and variety, that I was engaged regardless. Green has a knack for making every character, even the ones we'll never see again, feel like a person, and even the secondary characters have interesting and real motivations presented in quick and simple doses that don't overstay their welcome. These details gave the characters some great grounding and were enough to make the world seem much more alive in the absence of the various languages and cultures and superficialities that modern Fantasy writers preoccupy themselves with.

I mentioned that this title felt more experimental than the second, and whether that's because Green was still feeling out the characters and ideas he was working with, or because he was trying enough different things and didn't have a set writing style in place, this book gives a more intimate look at the characters than the second one did. There's a theme of love and relationships in each story, for instance, whether successful or broken or uncertain, and the theme of how this drives people was present in each story. I didn't expect this since the second book was more boots-on-the-ground, but I feel like this human element gave the book some heart that the other one lacked, and this freedom to address such matters while keeping things consistent and not wallowing in melodrama is what made Fantasy, and storytelling as a medium, so great.

In conclusion, I'd hoped that this title would be a bit more experimental and strange than the second one, and I was not disappointed. Instead I was pleasantly surprised, and an improvement on an already great work made for a title I couldn't put down.

5/5 and a salute for the deeply welcome return to what the genre used to be.

[Mary]

going on the didn't finish shelf bc it's been several months and i have no motivation to pick it up again; I finished the first story and found it a little basic and was also highly disappointed in Fisher's wasted potential. I was promised a power couple who work together but it turns out her husband Hawk both wins the fight and solves the mystery, and though they're equal in rank he calls all the shots for no reason that's clear to me. I refuse to read the next two stories hoping for a scrap of agency for her when there are plenty of well-written women in other books.

[Mitch L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this series as a teenager. Revisited it as an adult and I have a newfound appreciation for it. Green does a great job of world building and sets the dark, gritty tone with ease. These books are bloody, funny, and feel like a murder mystery combined with a D&D one-off campaign.

[Ηλίας Τσιάρας · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read! Fun and action packed! Definitely not high literature, although it sure isn't just hack and slash with a splash of magic. I loved it

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Swords of Haven and Guards of Haven are a collection of six related mystery novels written by Simon Green. Each has three of the novels in it, and I'm going to write one review for the entire collection. This series follows up on two characters that were introduced in his earlier novel, "Blue Moon," though they've come a long way in their lives. Guards Hawk and Fisher are husband and wife, as well as partners, and attempt to patrol the most crime-ridden area of the most crime-ridden city in the lower kingdoms. Each novel in the collection contains a standalone mystery these characters tackle.[return][return]Hawk and Fisher are great characters, and the town of Haven is squarely in the tradition of Green's other settings: widely imaginative, gritty, violent, and often gruesome. I enjoyed the traditional mystery-novel stereotypes set in a fantasy/horror world with the added twist of magical rules that the Guards must deal with when solving crimes. As for the stories, Green attempts a couple of locked-house mysteries that are below par for him. The situations stretch credibility and the charaters do stupid things to move the plot along that I found very annoying. The other stories, however, are quite good, especially the final entry in the series.[return][return]I think the main interest in these books is as antecedant to Green's later, greater "Nightside" and "Deathstalker" series. You can see him trying out some of the ideas that will make those other works so unique and entertaining. I recdmmend reading Green's other series first and then reading these books to explore his development as an author."

[K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. First things first, this cover is pretty terrible. Hawk and his badassery aren't TOO bad, but Fisher is sort of a trainwreck.

ANYWAY.

This book is actually three stories in one. They're all under 200 pages, so I guess they're technically novellas rather than short stories?? The first is a classic locked door mystery. The second deals with mystical attempts at political assassination. And the third involves rather a lot of murders on the Street of the Gods. So these are really crime books as much as they are fantasy, I suppose.

I love Hawk and Fisher, particularly the allusions to the fact that we've seen them both before under their previous identities (Blue Moon Rising is absolutely phenomenal and I love everything about it). To me, this feels a lot like a gorier, less diverse version of any of the Discworld books that focus on the Watch. Hawk and Fisher remind me quite a lot of Sam Vimes - they're both honest cops who refuse to take bribes and take personal offence to murders happening in their city. They're not afraid to fight dirty, and they piss off the nobility on a regular basis.

This DOES get pretty disgusting at times - there's lots of gore (as one expects from Simon R. Green), an attempted rape, and some domestic violence that's dealt with in a fairly blasé manner. But there are also some phenomenally badass female characters, so...yeah.

It's occasionally a little on the clunky side, and this definitely isn't Green's best work, but I love Hawk and Fisher so much that I'm willing to look past all of that.

[Rhiana · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was brain candy. It continues with characters from Blue Moon Rising, which I loved, then makes them totally boring. The fun that they had in them is now gone.
The first book was okay, and actually, the themes of each of these were decent. The mysteries were alright. However, the author lost big points in my book for essentially copy-pasting descriptions of characters during their introduction from one of the three books in this volume to the next.
If you want a mindless fantasy romp, this works. I recommend the author's other work before this however.

[Sally · Rating 2 out of 5]

HAWK AND FISHER
Classic whodunit murder mystery set in Ye Olde Fantasie Lande with dialogue in modern British idiom. Odd, yet entertaining.

WINNER TAKES ALL
The first obvious thing is that the first couple of pages, describing our heroes' appearance, seem to have been directly cut-and-pasted from the last book: lazy.

THE GOD KILLER
Plenty of plot but full of formula, echoes and reiteration from the last two tales in the trilogy.

Entertaining, but insubstantial whole, and the books gain nothing from being bound together.

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually more like 3.5 It's been years since I read these but I remember enjoying them at the time. They are the equivalent of Light buttered popcorn. May not be as delicious as real buttered popcorn (such as The Lies of Locke Lamora or The Blade Itself) but they're a decent fantasty/action/adventure literary snack.

[Alice · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only read the first book in the 3 book set. I was not enamoured of it and am not really interested to read more. I adore the Nightside series, but this one was just boring.

[Fangirl · Rating 1 out of 5]

This fantasy, featuring a husband and wife team, was very disappointing. The was no chemistry between the characters and the plot was boring. I gave this book away.

[Allie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not gonna lie. I forced myself to read this entire book out of spite. It's been on my shelf for a long time and I just wanted to take it off my tbr. The description of the book was way more interesting than the actual book. By book 2 i was skimming the chapters to get the gist of what was going on. The chapters were super long for no reason. A lot of the writing wasn't needed and was information we didn't really need. The chapters were over wordy for really no reason. I literally could skim 2/3 of the chapter and still understand what was going on in the chapter. All three were who done it murder mysteries that were honestly super cliche and the dynamic between the two guards, who are married, never felt like they were married except for the fact the husband got mad when his wife got hurt. No romance, no love between them. They acted more like close colleagues rather than husband and wife. The whole book was just weird. I clearly am not the targeted demographic of this book.

[Carl Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now I remember why I have a rule about reading more than one book in a series back to back. This book contians the first three books in the Hawk and Fisher series. While the books are short (100+ pages each), I kinda felt like they drug on in some places, until suddenly Hawk or Fisher put all the pieces together in a hastily tacked on "Eureka!" moment. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book. The moments with Hawk and Fisher as husband and wife were entertaining (the one that sticks in my mind is when they were searching Gaunt's house and Fisher tried to convince Hawk they needed a giant tub), and the supporting characters gave some much needed flavor. I hope to see more of that insane pyromaniac Roxanne in future books. All in all, a good read.

[Alexandra Ciardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ce deuxième tome est totalement différent du premier. Ce dernier était un vrai roman de Fantasy. Celui-ci est un recueil d’enquêtes surnaturelles.
En effet, la princesse Julia et le prince Rupert sont devenus capitaines de la garde de Haven, Fisher et Hawk, mariés, droits et intègres.
Dans une ville gangrenée par la corruption et la violence, ils mènent des enquêtes, déjouent des complots politiques et combattent des êtres surnaturels.
Tout étant plus sombre, il y a moins d’humour.
C’est un autre genre, mais j’ai aimé.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, poor proofreading

I love Simon R. Green books, and the Blue Moon/Hawk and Fisher are the most enjoyable. Fantasy with humour running through this. But, whoever put this omnibus together needed to get it proof read properly - spellings and punctuation had errors all over the place, sometimes it was distracting. The speech marks that became 99 is a prime example. Great stories, poorly transfer to ebooks. I'd drop a star for it, but that's not fair on the author who has spent time and effort into his writing.

[Reyne Derrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

So here’s the thing. I’m a fan. But I think there is an issue with the stories here. You see in the first story I was enthralled beginning to end with no in between. While the following two stories I struggled to read, the second in particular took me two years to read because I found it so hard to get into. That being said however I found the last third of the last two stories particularly fantastic. I just wished some of what made them fantastic was spread across the whole book.

Glad this is finally done.

[Brian Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduces Captains Hawk & Fisher of the Haven city guard.
Renowned for being honest and brutal in equal measure, they come across a selection of low and high society during their cases.

The stories are told well, being a mix of police work with fantasy/magic trappings added on to them.

Most of the stories are a bit predictable in places, but they have well written characters and keep going at a good pace.

[Lauregul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hawk und Fisher sind die beiden besten und berühmtesten Stadtwachen in Haven. Daher bekommen sie die wichtigsten und schwierigsten Fälle, die sonst keiner verhindern oder lösen kann.

Diese Ausgabe sammelt die ersten drei Bände der Hawk and Fisher-Reihe. Daher reviewe ich die drei Bände jeweils separat.

Hawk & Fisher

In Hakw & Fisher werden die beiden namensgebenden Stadtwachen beauftragt, den Ratsherren Blackstone auf einer zu beschützen, da er in akuter Gefahr schwebt. Doch trotz ihrer Aufsicht passiert das unmögliche und der Ratsherr wird auf mysteriöse Weise verstorben in einem verschlossenen Raum aufgefunden. Um den Stadtwachen die Lösung des Falls zu ermöglichen, wirkt der Zauberer Gaunt einen Zauber, der das Haus für 24 Stunden von der Außenwelt abschottet. So beginnt ein magischer Kriminalfall, in dem jeder Partygast der Mörder sein könnte...

Das erste Buch ist eine fantastische Einführung in die Welt, in der die Bücher spielen. Schon auf den ersten Seiten wird klar, dass Haven eine düstere Stadt ist, die durch die Kriminalität ihrer Bewohner geprägt ist. Green schafft es, diese Kriminalität sowohl in den unteren Bevölkerungsschichten als auch in der Politik hervorragend aufzuzeigen.

Auch Hawk und Fisher werden brillant eingeführt. Bereits in diesem Band wird dem Leser schnell klar, dass die beiden nicht nur meisterhafte Kämpfer sind, sondern auch über einen messerscharfen Verstand verfügen. Schön ist dabei auch, dass beide sich in eine gleichwertige Stellung innerhalb ihrer Beziehung einnehmen und sich im Kampf sowie bei ihren Ermittlungen gegenseitig ergänzen.

Der Fall selbst ist eine gut ausgearbeitete Version eines Mordes in einem verschlossenen Raum. Die Fantasy-Elemente werden dabei klug für den Fall genutzt und während des gesamten Verlaufs der Geschichte war ich motiviert, mitzuraten. Ab einem gewissen Punkt war es leider für den Leser sehr offensichtlich, wer der Täter sein musste. Nicht etwa, weil Hawk und Fisher klare Beweise entdeckt hatten, sondern auf Basis von Informationen, die der Leser aus der POV des Täters sammeln konnte.

Insgesamt ein starker erster Band, der spannende Helden und eine tolle Fantasy-Stadt einführt. Obendrein bietet das Buch eine durchweg spannende Story, die zwar durch die zu frühe Offenbarung des Täters etwas leidet – allerdings nicht genug, um meine Bewertung ernsthaft zu beeinflussen.

Winner Takes All

In Winner Takes All geht es auch wieder darum, dass Fisher und Hawk einen politischen Kandidaten derselben Partei, James Adamant, wie im ersten Band beschützen müssen. Diesmal jedoch müssen sie dies nicht in einem derart beschränkten Umfeld tun. Stattdessen muss der James Adamant mehrere Tage überleben, um die nächste Wahl zu überstehen und zu gewinnen. Leider macht es das für die beiden Stadtwachen nicht einfacher. Dazu kommt, dass vieles in dessen Umfeld nicht so ist, wie es scheint.

Tatsächlich erinnere ich mich zum Zeitpunkt des Reviews kaum noch an den zweiten Band – ganz im Gegensatz zum ersten. Teilweise verantwortlich ist dafür sicherlich die Story, die derart ähnlich ist.

Hawk und Fisher stellen sich in diesem Fall meiner Meinung nach nicht besonders geschickt an. Letztendlich tut James Adamant, was er will und was er für nötig hält, um die Wahl zu gewinnen – auch wenn er dabei sein Leben aufs Spiel setzt. Dazu kommt noch, dass Fisher sich ungeschickterweise gefangen nehmen lässt. Auch den Maulwurf im Umfeld von Adamant finden Hawk und Fisher nur durch Glück.

Dafür jedoch unterstreicht dieser Band das Worldbuilding des ersten. Die politischen Machtkämpfe werden noch deutlicher, ebenso wie die Kriminalität in Haven.
Ein solider Nachfolger, der allerdings wenig Neues tut – dafür aber meiner Meinung nach einen der coolsten Titel hat, den ich je gesehen habe.

The God Killer

In The God Killer müssen Fisher und Hawk einen Mörder finden. Anders als gewöhnliche Mörder treibt er sein Unwesen in der Straße der Götter, wo er einen Gott nach dem anderen tötet. Die Götter beginnen sich zu fürchten, während ihre Anhänger immer wütender werden. Daher werden Fisher und Hawk gerufen und müssen das God Squad, die Abteilung der Stadtwache, die für die Straße der Götter zuständig ist, unterstützen. Die Situation droht den beiden Stadtwachen jeden Moment zu entgleiten – und die Zusammenarbeit mit dem God Squad der Stadtwachen hilft dabei auch nicht sonderlich...


Der dritte Band glänzt vor allem durch sein hervorragendes Worldbuilding in Form der Straße der Götter. Diese ist bisher die interessanteste Gegend in ganz Haven. Denn hier gibt es Götter für allerlei Dinge sowie eine Gegend, die geradezu getränkt ist von Magie.

Die Story bleibt durchweg spannend, allerdings bleibt der Ermittlungsaspekt etwas auf der Strecke, da der Fokus eher auf dem Worldbuilding liegt.

Auch der dritte Band ist gut, kann aber nicht so ganz an den Reihenstart heranreichen. Dennoch empfehlenswert.

Fazit

Alles in allem scheint Hawk & Fisher eine gute Fantasy-Reihe zu sein, die starke Helden, interessante Kriminalfälle und großartiges Worldbuilding in Form von Haven liefert. Wer nach coolen Fantasy-Städten und/oder guter Heroic Fantasy sucht, ist hiermit gut bedient.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best part of this collection is the Street of Gods; a block in Haven packed with churches, cults and holy beings/worshipers in an eccentric reality (bigger on the inside...) When Hawk and Fisher have to solve a murder they're assigned this block and; of course, their religion comes up.

"Christians, said Rowan disdainfully... I thought you believed in love and peace and turning the other cheek.
We're not very Orthodox, said Hawk."

[Matti Tornio · Rating 2 out of 5]

This collection of three short novels was a pretty mediocre read. The stories are entertaining enough, but the writing is often clumsy and the actual mysteries are not very engaging. The novels are also rather formulaic, which is very apparent in a collection like this.

[Cal Bowen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won't continue the series.
This was simply okay. The first story was decent enough to try story #2, which was boring and I decided to not even try story three.

This is just not really to my liking.