Roaring Blood DemonHearted Book 2 (Audible Audio Edition) Ambrose Ibsen James Foster Perennial Press Books
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I'm Lucian Colt, and this story is mainly about me punching zombies in the face. Loads of 'em.
You'd think that life would be easy-breezy for a handsome, demonic badass like me, but you'd be wrong. The demon doesn't help me with rent, doesn't help me pick up chicks or anything fun like that. Instead, he's all about violence. Lots of it. So, when this super-powered necromancer shows up in town and starts emptying the city's graveyards, my buddy Gadreel thinks it's go time. Before the Veiled Order knows it, a war is about to break out between the living and the dead. Pretty scary, eh?
Oh, and get this! Turns out that this Demon-Heart gig isn't all it's cracked up to be. The guys who stuck this infernal organ in me left out the fact that, someday, when I die, I'll be heading straight to Hell. Ain't that a bitch?
Join me as I kick some major ass, have an existential crisis, get shot down by cute girls, generally mess everything up for my friends and, just maybe, come out of the deal having learned how valuable my teammates are. It's going to be a wild and filthy ride!
Trigger Warning This book has a lot of guns in it, and sometimes, their triggers get pulled, resulting in devastating headshots. If you're not into that sort of thing, or if you've got issues with dirty words, dirty thoughts or talking spiders, then slowly back away from this book and retreat to your safe space. Wouldn't want you to get your feelings hurt.
Roaring Blood DemonHearted Book 2 (Audible Audio Edition) Ambrose Ibsen James Foster Perennial Press Books
The English writing skills were decent but the urban fantasy field has been pretty well explored by now. Nothing in this book struck me as being truly new or worth reading. I do have a few specific complaints about this book. I intend to address these issues in my review and will certainly include some spoilers. Please feel free to skip my review if this is likely to bother you.First, the protagonist is a whiner. He whines pretty much from the Icee scene at the start of the book and throughout the vast majority of the book. To make this issue more clear, I am going to describe that scene so, if a first scene spoiler bothers you, avert your eyes now. The protagonist was literally complaining about his friend's failure to follow his expert technique about how to pour the perfect Icee. For those of you who aren't familiar with an Icee, it is a soft drink consisting of finely ground water ice, liquid water, a flavoring, and copious quantities of sugar. They are nice to drink on a hot summer day but are they really worth whining about? The answer is "no" but apparently the author decided to start things the way he intended to continue throughout the book.
Second, there is a secret organization in this book that exists for the apparently equally valid purposes of stopping supernatural bad guys from doing bad things and covering up the existence of the supernatural. There really isn't a convincing explanation for this kind of conspiracy but it has still been done to death.
Third, the secret organization sends out a squad of commando style troops, the whining hero, and his fire-casting sidekick to look for zombies that have been popping up in the area. Do the troops sit down and come up with a decent game plan before going out? No, they did not. They then compounded this problem by putting the two non-commandos in charge. When bad things happened, I was forced to cheer for the zombies since they at least had the excuse of being dead for lacking a rational plan.
Fourth, the author spent a decent amount of time describing the protagonist. He is a young, twenty-something, college graduate with a degree in art history. He had sophisticated tastes before he encountered the supernatural, lost his own heart, and received a transplanted demon heart in exchange. He then found himself unable to enjoy many of the finer things he used to enjoy while he began to enjoy many of the more common things that he used to dislike. He doesn't, however, actually lose any knowledge as a result.
Thus, I had to laugh when the protagonist learned that the bad guy's name was Agamemnon. His response was roughly "aga-who". It got worse because nobody else was able to clue him in. Allow me to place this in perspective: If you were to walk onto the grounds of any major university in the western world, hunt down a literature professor, and ask for the titles of the three greatest works in the western literary canon, you would almost always be told that the Greek epic of "The Iliad" has to be listed first. The Iliad begins with the Classical Greek word for "rage" and then goes onto describe the rage of Achilles against Agamemnon during a short time in the seventh year of the ten year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles was the greatest fighter among the Greeks and was also a king of a minor Greek city-state. Agamemnon was not as great a warrior as Achilles but he was king of the most powerful of the Greek city-states and commanded the largest number of fighters.
The Iliad has had a profound impact on western culture. The Trojan War, Achilles, and Agamemnon have appeared in literally thousands of works of art across all genres. Our whining college boy with a degree in art-history would have needed a brain transplant, not a heart transplant, in order to have missed the potential importance of this name given his degree in art history.
It just gets worse when we're told a short time later that the necromancer named Agamemnon has somehow armed himself with the "Scythe of Thanatos". Once again, these names don't ring any bells with the academically challenged art-history major protagonist who asks, "The Scythe of what?" Giving credit where it is due, he eventually figures out that Thanatos was the "god of Death" but misses the point that Thanatos was a minor Greek god often associated with the task of transporting the souls of dead mortals from the lands of the living to the land of the dead.
Fifth, the protagonist and other characters then sit around and tried to figure out how a necromancer named Agamemnon might have acquired the Scythe of Thanatos from Thanatos. One obvious way would have been for the great but dead Greek king to have simply begged, borrowed, or stolen it.
Sixth, the protagonist and the author used the word "pandemonium" several times to describe how things would turn out if the bad guy won and let loose a bunch of horrible supernatural critters upon the unsuspecting human population. It doesn't appear as if this is a pun. It looks like the author didn't fully understand the meaning of it. Just break it down. "Pan" is a Greek word meaning "all". "Demonium" is a slightly modified form of the word "demon". The original meaning of the word pandemonium roughly referred to things going very badly because all of the demons were running amuck. The college educated hero with the demon heart doesn't know this. None of the other people who have been dealing with the supernatural notice it. People who are professionals in a given field tend to be aware of the history, terminology, equipment, etc. that is related to their professions. Except, all of these professionals seem to be ignorant. Why?
Why does all of this bother me?. The lack of attention to details coupled with an unlikable hero suggests that the author did not care enough about his own book to get this stuff right. It also suggests that he doesn't care enough about his readers to spend the time needed to write a better book.
In conclusion, this was a mildly entertaining book with some real problems. If you are thinking about buying this book, I suggest that you spend some time reading the negative and neutral reviews. Pay attention to the negative issues that reviewers have identified and ask yourself if these kinds of problems are likely to bother you.
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Roaring Blood DemonHearted Book 2 (Audible Audio Edition) Ambrose Ibsen James Foster Perennial Press Books Reviews
the first book in the series was pretty good. But, this one? This one is just crap. I could not finish it.
This is a first... I couldn't find a single editing mistake! Well done. This book is a great continuation of the first one and rounds out the main character but with some serious issues. He's like a kid with too much talent and too big an ego. He can't handle what he's been given and is acting like he is too big for his britches. He does well in the end and we see some improvement in his attitude but it's not enough for the bosses. I'm anxious to see how he returns in the next book.
This book was better than the last, even! Thef interplay between characters has gotten tighter as the author has gotten more familiar with his subject matter and loosened up.
I devoured the first book in this series and part 2 was non-stop action and filled out the characters personalities. I was completely immersed in this novel and didn't come up for air until I finished the last page. I was a little worried about zombies being in the story, as this has been done to death, but they are portrayed in such a fresh and new way that I felt my old interest in the undead rekindled. If you haven't read part one, run don't walk and read it. You will love it and will be thankful part two is already finished so you can dive right into it.
It was a good book, I loved it. Literally the only thing that I didn't like was a mistake with the effects of a Brazilian wandering spider's venom.
You see, the author said it causes Priapism, then said that it causes erectile dysfunction. Priapism is the exact opposite of erectile dysfunction in fact. The venom gives a fair number of people bitten a massive erection for days. The confusion probably comes from the fact that massive erections for days can seriously damage the plumbing if untreated. The venom is actually being studied to see if a viagra-like drug can be derived from it.
Anyway, loved the book! Hope you make it!
This is the second of the Demon-Hearted series--it is eh... nothing special in my opinion. The main character is a tough guy type and the story meanders around his various adventures after receiving a demon heart transplant. --eh... as a creative writing class story in high-school. This is probably good. As a work of fiction in the real world? --Not so good. Unfortunately for me, I bought both of the books in this series on a whim when I bought another 10-15 books to read all at once. Not one of my finer moments. Good luck!
A little slow at first, but then I got engaged and I could not stop reqding. the story held my interest through out. the characters were pretty funny at times. Lucy was really halarious, he really cracked me up. Waiting for the next novel.
The English writing skills were decent but the urban fantasy field has been pretty well explored by now. Nothing in this book struck me as being truly new or worth reading. I do have a few specific complaints about this book. I intend to address these issues in my review and will certainly include some spoilers. Please feel free to skip my review if this is likely to bother you.
First, the protagonist is a whiner. He whines pretty much from the Icee scene at the start of the book and throughout the vast majority of the book. To make this issue more clear, I am going to describe that scene so, if a first scene spoiler bothers you, avert your eyes now. The protagonist was literally complaining about his friend's failure to follow his expert technique about how to pour the perfect Icee. For those of you who aren't familiar with an Icee, it is a soft drink consisting of finely ground water ice, liquid water, a flavoring, and copious quantities of sugar. They are nice to drink on a hot summer day but are they really worth whining about? The answer is "no" but apparently the author decided to start things the way he intended to continue throughout the book.
Second, there is a secret organization in this book that exists for the apparently equally valid purposes of stopping supernatural bad guys from doing bad things and covering up the existence of the supernatural. There really isn't a convincing explanation for this kind of conspiracy but it has still been done to death.
Third, the secret organization sends out a squad of commando style troops, the whining hero, and his fire-casting sidekick to look for zombies that have been popping up in the area. Do the troops sit down and come up with a decent game plan before going out? No, they did not. They then compounded this problem by putting the two non-commandos in charge. When bad things happened, I was forced to cheer for the zombies since they at least had the excuse of being dead for lacking a rational plan.
Fourth, the author spent a decent amount of time describing the protagonist. He is a young, twenty-something, college graduate with a degree in art history. He had sophisticated tastes before he encountered the supernatural, lost his own heart, and received a transplanted demon heart in exchange. He then found himself unable to enjoy many of the finer things he used to enjoy while he began to enjoy many of the more common things that he used to dislike. He doesn't, however, actually lose any knowledge as a result.
Thus, I had to laugh when the protagonist learned that the bad guy's name was Agamemnon. His response was roughly "aga-who". It got worse because nobody else was able to clue him in. Allow me to place this in perspective If you were to walk onto the grounds of any major university in the western world, hunt down a literature professor, and ask for the titles of the three greatest works in the western literary canon, you would almost always be told that the Greek epic of "The Iliad" has to be listed first. The Iliad begins with the Classical Greek word for "rage" and then goes onto describe the rage of Achilles against Agamemnon during a short time in the seventh year of the ten year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles was the greatest fighter among the Greeks and was also a king of a minor Greek city-state. Agamemnon was not as great a warrior as Achilles but he was king of the most powerful of the Greek city-states and commanded the largest number of fighters.
The Iliad has had a profound impact on western culture. The Trojan War, Achilles, and Agamemnon have appeared in literally thousands of works of art across all genres. Our whining college boy with a degree in art-history would have needed a brain transplant, not a heart transplant, in order to have missed the potential importance of this name given his degree in art history.
It just gets worse when we're told a short time later that the necromancer named Agamemnon has somehow armed himself with the "Scythe of Thanatos". Once again, these names don't ring any bells with the academically challenged art-history major protagonist who asks, "The Scythe of what?" Giving credit where it is due, he eventually figures out that Thanatos was the "god of Death" but misses the point that Thanatos was a minor Greek god often associated with the task of transporting the souls of dead mortals from the lands of the living to the land of the dead.
Fifth, the protagonist and other characters then sit around and tried to figure out how a necromancer named Agamemnon might have acquired the Scythe of Thanatos from Thanatos. One obvious way would have been for the great but dead Greek king to have simply begged, borrowed, or stolen it.
Sixth, the protagonist and the author used the word "pandemonium" several times to describe how things would turn out if the bad guy won and let loose a bunch of horrible supernatural critters upon the unsuspecting human population. It doesn't appear as if this is a pun. It looks like the author didn't fully understand the meaning of it. Just break it down. "Pan" is a Greek word meaning "all". "Demonium" is a slightly modified form of the word "demon". The original meaning of the word pandemonium roughly referred to things going very badly because all of the demons were running amuck. The college educated hero with the demon heart doesn't know this. None of the other people who have been dealing with the supernatural notice it. People who are professionals in a given field tend to be aware of the history, terminology, equipment, etc. that is related to their professions. Except, all of these professionals seem to be ignorant. Why?
Why does all of this bother me?. The lack of attention to details coupled with an unlikable hero suggests that the author did not care enough about his own book to get this stuff right. It also suggests that he doesn't care enough about his readers to spend the time needed to write a better book.
In conclusion, this was a mildly entertaining book with some real problems. If you are thinking about buying this book, I suggest that you spend some time reading the negative and neutral reviews. Pay attention to the negative issues that reviewers have identified and ask yourself if these kinds of problems are likely to bother you.
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