{"id":5291,"date":"2015-06-21T20:48:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T00:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:37:26","slug":"werewolf-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5291","title":{"rendered":"Werewolf Smackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Werewolf Smackdown<\/a><\/em> (2010) Mario Acevedo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’m a sucker for supernatural detectives (See: Simon Green<\/a> & P.N. Elrod<\/a>) so I snatched up the first Felix Gomez books when I came across them, then I seem to have forgotten about them, so when I had the chance to pick up Werewolf Smackdown on sale, I grabbed it.<\/p>\n

There are still many things I like about this series.<\/p>\n

The pictures had been taken at social events, always with people huddling close to absorb the warmth of his charismatic smile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHaints confuse the cloth for water. They won\u2019t cross it because they think they\u2019ll drown.\u201d
\n\u201cDoes it work?\u201d
\n\u201cYou see any haints?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHow come everyone knows so much about me? Did someone post my visit on craigslist?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many bits like those above made me giggle.<\/p>\n

However, towards the end of the book I got really frustrated with Felix and the choices he was making. I think this pretty much sums it up.<\/p>\n

My impulse was to shoot him. Get this over with. Don\u2019t give him a chance to strike back or escape.
\nBut I had questions. He better have answers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As soon as I read that I immediately typed the note (sigh) because I knew precisely what would happen–nothing good.<\/p>\n

For the last quarter or even third of the book, Felix makes lots of those choices. I think at some point my eyes were rolling around in my head like marbles.<\/p>\n

It was as if every time he walked into a situation, he though, “what is the WORST possible choice I could make here? Let’s do that!” (I even rolled my eyes while typing that, thinking of the stupidity,)<\/p>\n

And the other characters made choices that were JUST as stupid, and worse, unbelievable, especially in regards to self-preservation. (Oh, I’ll just make these sacrifices for Felix!) Just… no. People don’t behave like that. Especially the people with whom Felix is interacting.<\/p>\n

So, I’m done with this series (not that I even know whether there are any further books, since I lost track of the series).
\nRating: 4\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by HarperCollins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Werewolf Smackdown (2010) Mario Acevedo I’m a sucker for supernatural detectives (See: Simon Green & P.N. Elrod) so I snatched up the first Felix Gomez books when I came across them, then I seem to have forgotten about them, so when I had the chance to pick up Werewolf Smackdown on sale, I grabbed it. 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