Edward V. reviewed on 11/8/2013 + 25 more book reviews

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This is the one that made me put the series down and put everything I own by Rob Thurman up on swap. Her books are usually a little bit loopy, but this one goes off the deep end.

The monster of the week in this book is springheeled jack. The original SHJ was an old Victorian era extra creepy rape ghost with springs for heels. Here he doesn't jump at all, has no apparent sexual urges, or resemble anything anyone would think to call spring heeled jack. He actually is a serial killer much like jack the ripper. No wait, he's actually a storm spirit of some sort. No wait, he was infected by a storm spirit. He's actually a (spoiler)




a damaged angel who has been infected by a storm spirit. But don't worry, angels are actually crystalline beings and storm spirits are really parasites.

And if that mess were all, then it would not have been that bad, but everything else is also getting a little over done. Cal is getting more and more over the top as the author tries harder and harder to wow the audience with how bad ass the character is, but at least his character develops from book to book. None of the other characters do.

The series has been going down hill for the last few books. It has had its moments, but it's just time to give it up.

I'm expecting the monster in the next book to be Frankenstein's monster who is really the greek god hadies, who is really an elephant, but not really an elephant because what we think of as elephants are actually reptile people, and the monster is clearly a giant organic spaceship built by the Navajo who was just worshiped by the ancient Greeks who named it Frankenstein's monster.

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