Raven's Moon by J.B. DaneMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
DNF at 16%.
A writer casts a spell to bring her fictional paranormal detective into the real world. Meantime the character finds out that someone is killing supernatural creatures in the same way as the characters are murdered in his novels - is the writer copying the murders or could there be a more sinister reason?
I gave up on this book really early because I found the writing style grating. The fictional character, Bram, is a hard-boiled Sam Spade type of detective who uses magic to solve supernatural crimes in the novels. But he uses too many big words like sustenance when he's talking about being served bacon in a dive bar - it's food FFS. Also in only a few pages we have hellhounds, kitsune, trolls, vampires, Renfields, covens, Satan and two or three other creatures. It's too much, slow it down!
Overall, I think there could be a great book in here if you can push past the purple prose but I just couldn't get past it.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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