Posts tagged as urban fantasy

Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston

The best way to describe a Charlie Huston book is to compare it to a speeding bullet. “Already Dead” and “No Dominion”, the first two instalments in the ‘Joe Pitt’ series, were both a one-pump shot of pure adrenaline. The third tale about the blood drinking thug in New York is no different, which is [...]

The Devil You Know by Mike Carey

Having already read and assessed Jim Butcher’s “Harry Dresden” series and Charlie Huston’s “Joe Pitt” books, I decided that I might as well go for the trifecta as far urban fantasy is concerned and pick up a “Felix Castor” novel. Mike Carey is probably best known as a comic-author (”Lucifer”, “Hellblazer”), but in 2006 he [...]

No Dominion by Charlie Huston

I finished the first book in this series, “Already Dead”, just before New Year’s Eve came a-knocking, and vowed then to go out and read the sequel as soon as possible. So that’s what I did, and I’m pleased to report that it doesn’t disappoint. Joe Pitt is just as alive undead and kicking as [...]

Already Dead by Charlie Huston

Now this - this! - was fun. Since I finished “The Book of Joby” only yesterday (see the review), I had all but resigned myself with the fact that 2007 wasn’t going out on a high note. That was until I decided to finally give “Already Dead” by Charlie Huston a chance.

This book falls into [...]