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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Review: Hounded by Kevin Hearne

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Description:
Tempe, Arizona is as far removed from paranormal activity as is possible. And that's where Atticus O'Sullivan, rare book salesman, herb peddler, and 2,000 year old Druid - the last of his kind - has decided to set up shop. He's been on the run, guarding a very powerful sword from a very angry ancient Celtic god for over two millennia now.
 
But while these years have been good to him - Atticus has become more powerful than he could have possibly imagined - The Morrigan, a very old god of death, has predicted death and doom for our hero, and it's up to Atticus, with help from a pride of werewolves, and a gorgeous bartender with a secret of her own, to stay alive, hopefully for another thousand years.
 
Details:
Audio CD, Unabridged - Library Ed, 8 discs
Published May 3rd 2011 by Brilliance Audio
ISBN: 1441869999 (ISBN13: 9781441869999)
series: Iron Druid Chronicles #1
(Goodreads)
 
Review:
I don’t think that I can fully express my love for Hounded with words from the English language.  It’s probably best expressed with an approving man-grunt of some kind.  ‘Cause this is a dude’s book.  I mean, completely and totally written by a dude for dudes.
 
We’ve got Atticus O’Sullivan the  two-thousand year old butt-kicking  Druid.  The last of his kind.  He’s awesome.  He blends in to modern society by looking young from drinking his specially brewed Imortali-Tea (I don’t know if I spelled that correctly since this was an audiobook and I couldn’t see how it was spelled, so just roll with it) and talking, dressing, and acting like a  modern twenty-one year old.  Hearne is a freaking genius!
 
Hounded takes all different mystical beings and deities and has them coexisting on the same plane.  Which is really interesting view for this book to take—something that I haven’t seen in a fantasy book before.  Hearne is a master!
 
The flow of the story is perfectly paced.  It’s so entertaining that I was sad that it ended, and I’m so glad that this is only the first in the series, because I want more!  There is so much awesomeness in Hounded that I can’t say too much because it will ruin it for you!
 
There is language, and non-graphic sex, and blood and gore, so be warned, if that’s not your thing, don’t read this book.  But if it is, READ THIS BOOK!
 
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5 Trees: Drop what you’re doing, and read this!  NOW!

Get to reading,
Richard

2 comments:

  1. Well, this sounds TOTALLY like my thing, but if it is by a dude for dudes, then....

    No, I'm just joking. I'm not afraid of a dude's book. I've had my eye on this I just can't read 283290498340 books at a time. I'm super glad you liked it though, because that means that I might like it too.

    Honestly, I never considered audio for this one. That's kinda awesome.

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  2. @Asheley: The audiobook was SO good! See if your library has it. If not, get them to interlibrary loan it!

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