Member Reviews
I got just over halfway with this book and had to DNF it. It was so confusing. The line between reality and not was just so hard to keep track of. Nick/Nate was not a very likeable character. I found him misogynistic and just an obnoxious show off and I'm very sorry to the author and publisher for this but I simply could not continue. Was he possessed by murderous demons, or did it happen in another reality or simply in his imagination? Who the hell knows - I am sure someone will love this book, but unfortunately I couldn't.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I've been picking up more and more urban fantasy, so when I saw this, I knew that I had to give it a try. A demonologist telling people that ghosts aren't real, even though he knows they are? Sounded right up my ally,.
I did enjoy the story, and the paranormal aspect of it. But it bounced around a lot and there were a lot of times that I was confused. I will probably do a re-read of it though to clear up my own confusion.
I will try this author again as I did like the story and hope he writes more of the same kind of genre.
3.5 stars.
Unfortunately this is one book I wasn't able to finish. Don't get me wrong, there are interesting elements, interesting characters, and a unique plot, but there are far too many inconsistencies, leaps of logic, and plot turns that don't get grounded before we're leaping into the next scene, and then the next. This could've been a very engaging book but it felt like these issues just weren't going to resolve themselves by the 60% Mark and I was done.
Nash Baxter is a famous demonologist riding around the country on his Harley telling people ghosts aren’t real and “banishing” them. This is the only normal thing that happens in this book and if you aren’t paying attention you will get LOST. An epiphany hits Nash when he stops in a small town to get a bite to eat and learns of a demon living in his head. “All of Creation” loves him and the demon in his head and tells him to do a bunch of crazy shit like shoot the place up so Creation can bring everyone back to life so she can do it again in a different way. The demon in his head makes Nash wipe out on his bike and suffer extreme injuries so he can find out he has super healing powers. Nash gets put into a tug of war battle with Creation and the demon and it’s up to him to find out who is telling the truth. Killing off the wrong one could end everything.
Nash Baxter is a liar. He’s the famous skeptic who rides his motorcycle across the country debunking hauntings everywhere he goes. Yet he knows ghosts are real – suffering remnants of the departed, held fast to this world and tormented by demons. Hell, it seems, exists all across the land, side-by-side with the living world. Nash has the power to see into that hell and destroy the demons by a force of will.
But sometimes demons fight back.
When they do, they possess Nash and force him to commit murder. Not that Nash minds. He does not feel emotions. Not fear. Not horror. That is until a mysterious woman comes into his life and convinces him nothing was ever as it seemed. He has one purpose in life – to save the world from the truest evil, an evil that lives and breathes inside of Nash Baxter himself.
I enjoyed this story, it was well written, had good narrative and good pacing and the characters were well developed and relatable. I read this quickly and would definitely recommend it