Kevin Hearne
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.11 | 71959 Users | 6589 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0345522478 (ISBN13: 9780345522474) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Iron Druid Chronicles #1 |
| Characters: | Atticus O'Sullivan, Oberon (Iron Druid), Granuaile, The Morrigan |
| Setting: | Tempe, Arizona(United States) Arizona(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Paranormal Fantasy (2011) |
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Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.Describe Containing Books Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles #1)
| Title | : | Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Kevin Hearne |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | May 3rd 2011 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Fiction. Magic. Mythology |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 71959 Users | 6589 ReviewsCommentary Containing Books Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles #1)
Enjoyable, engrossing read. Definite fun. Atticus is the first praciticing druid I've read about in a long while, and it's nice to have a new take on magic in the urban fantasy line. In fact, all sorts of immortals and deities seem to be present, particularly from Celtic and Norse mythologies. They actually behave a lot like the stereotypes of gods from mythology (at least in the Greek myths I read), which is to say, manipulative, egotistical and randy. Hearne does a nice job of balancing theirIm kind of torn on this one. On the one hand, it was fast paced, exciting, fun, and humorous. On the other hand, its a little muddled, has a couple of plot holes, and is occasionally silly to the point of being cheesy. I enjoyed it, but I honestly dont know whether I would recommend it to someone else. So here is what I liked and what I didnt - you decide.Hounded has an interesting premise - a 2,100 year old Druid, along with the Celtic god of death, a magic sword, a pack of werewolves, and a
**Wow! Amazing 88% price drop to $0.99 at Amazon US, 3/17/14!**What a great Goodreads giveaway win! I started this book feeling a bit underwhelmed. There are a whole lot of deities mentioned in this book along with shifters, the fae, vampires, druids, and witches. Whew! I was a bit bogged down with all of the people to remember and sort through. Honestly, if I hadn't read many UF books before, I would have been completely lost. It just didn't... grab me. I could have dropped the book in the
I jinxed myself. I read the first 5 pages and thought I might actually like it after procrastinating over the decision of: to read, or not to read? I blame myself for settling on the former, as many have compared it to Jim Butcher's writing. Me and that dude do not get on. We are chalk and cheese. The humour is unfunny; it's forced. The info-dump is off-putting; too much, too fast. Dialogue-overload. Not enough description.Atticus claims to be 2,100 or just 21 to humans. He lies to everyone but
A few moons ago, I use to read PNR/UF books like I breathe air, and ate them like potato chips. Then the treads started up with many authors pretty much doing the same thing over and over again. Walking back to the genres has been (so far) very good with the help of many of my GR friends reviews; Ive had a lot of luck with PNR and Romantic UFs, but havent had the true courage to try my hand at a UF until Hounded. Hounded is a book that made me remember why I loved and miss the genre so much!
It's hard for me to read urban fantasy these days and not compare the books to the Dresden files. When the main character is a magic-wielding badass that interacts with mythological figures, it makes it harder to avoid the comparison. When the book is in first person, and the magic wielding badass is also a snarky, sarcastic wise-ass.... well... it's nigh impossible to avoid putting the two books side-by-side in my mind. That said, there are a lot of differences. And the vast majority of the
It's hard for me to read urban fantasy these days and not compare the books to the Dresden files. When the main character is a magic-wielding badass that interacts with mythological figures, it makes it harder to avoid the comparison. When the book is in first person, and the magic wielding badass is also a snarky, sarcastic wise-ass.... well... it's nigh impossible to avoid putting the two books side-by-side in my mind. That said, there are a lot of differences. And the vast majority of the
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