An interesting contemporary fantasy - and highly irreverent
in its tone. Kevin Hearne's gods are just very powerful magicians. (And he
implies, yes, that this does include Jesus and Mary, although it's not
explicit).
Hounded touches all the bases - witches, vampires and
werewolves show up, but not as much in the way of original creatures. His take
on druidry is solid and he's done his research. And while his protagonist
(first person) is at times insufferable, he does rather back it up. I'm not sure
about some aspects of his characterization of the Morrigan, but he does keep
her appropriately scary.
It's probably a funnier book than I found it - I enjoyed it,
but could have done without the tea puns.
Oh, and Hearne knows his dogs, although there's a French
poodle gag that gets old by the past page. Sorry. It was funny once. But the
dog sidekick is written in a very entertaining way.
All in all, a pretty fun read, and remarkably little myth
abuse given how many myths he's using.
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