New (to me) author: Kevin Hearne
Apr. 4th, 2014 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneHe's written an urban fantasy series known as the Iron Druid. My friend Dave recommended them to me as "If you like Dresden Files, you'll like these." Well, I've been told that about many authors, the If you like X, you'll like Y, and it just didn't work out. This time, it did.
First, it's set in Phoenix, specifically Tempe. Second, Dave took me to a restaurant/bar prominently mentioned in the book and explained more to me, that helped. Third, it's just a good book. He does a good job dealing with Irish mythology, or so it appears to me. He does a very accurate job of portraying Phoenix and its environs (speaking as a native Phoenician), apparently much more accurate than Butcher's Chicago.
I'm not hugely in to urban fantasy, but it's growing on me. And not many books are page-turners for me, but this one was. I picked it up Wednesday and finished it today, so less than 48 hours to read it. It's not exactly skinny, nor is it 3" thick. Lots of things going on that the main character doesn't know about, and that is handled well since it's written entirely first-person. The series has been around since 2011, there are six books out right now, #7 is due in June with two planned after that, which will end the series (allegedly).
Recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Hearne/e/B004FR1V8O
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Druid_Chronicles
First, it's set in Phoenix, specifically Tempe. Second, Dave took me to a restaurant/bar prominently mentioned in the book and explained more to me, that helped. Third, it's just a good book. He does a good job dealing with Irish mythology, or so it appears to me. He does a very accurate job of portraying Phoenix and its environs (speaking as a native Phoenician), apparently much more accurate than Butcher's Chicago.
I'm not hugely in to urban fantasy, but it's growing on me. And not many books are page-turners for me, but this one was. I picked it up Wednesday and finished it today, so less than 48 hours to read it. It's not exactly skinny, nor is it 3" thick. Lots of things going on that the main character doesn't know about, and that is handled well since it's written entirely first-person. The series has been around since 2011, there are six books out right now, #7 is due in June with two planned after that, which will end the series (allegedly).
Recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Hearne/e/B004FR1V8O
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Druid_Chronicles
