Francis has potential if he exercises restraint, no pun intended. If the cast had been smaller, their parts edited, or some subculture (or lessons) omitted, we would have had breathing room to enjoy the rest. Even the plotting and pacing was smooth.įrancis simply needs to be more selective.
) The best parts were without explanation. police witch hunts and men in black helicopters. I also liked the author's insight, where leaked into the narrative, e.g. Far from borrowing paranormal tropes two decades old or pop culture expectations even older, he fashions a new, believable paranormal tradition.
He builds in depth -as mentioned- fantastical magic that seamlessly blends with a modern Atlanta that he clearly knows well, specifically Little Five Points, where alternative culture doesn't blink at a moving dragon tattoo or a cat-girl. No Generic Villainous Speech, Lovey-Dovey Scene or Heroic Speech in the thing. Barring the last third, the characters' lines are natural, organic, and unique. When I started Moon, his punchy style immediately drew a smile from me. Specific, concrete, and image-evoking nouns and action verbs always trump vague summary, even more so entire visualized scenes like Clarence and Rary punching into karate instructor Darren Briggs' mitted hands rather than "Two students practiced karate." I can understand Francis' love for detail. This is not a very special episode of Blossom. I have causes too, but let's pace ourselves, ADHD. They cannot sink into the scene if the author intrudes to demonstrate that BDSM culture is harmless or lesbian kisses or whatever his pet subculture-cause of the moment. Secondary characters, while fun, are the novel.) Every character imparts wisdom or lectures about subcultures or magic minutiae. Look, readers complain about invincible, tree-swinging superheroes and Joe Schmo protagonists solving triple homicides, but shadowing Tammy Tattoo or the BDSM twins is no substitute, especially since Francis takes an instructive tone. Who cares about a serial killer? Dakota doesn't do investigations either. In her own words, Dakota Frost's no "bounty hunter" or "detective, or anything like that." She's handed her arse, but mostly she chats alternative culture. Gothic Lolita and calling attacks, which is lame), Goth, tattooing- everything except the WHAM-BAM-POW brawls I associate with UF. Within 284 pages, author Anthony Francis stuffs in BDSM, Magic: The Gathering, anime (e.g. Frost Moon's more alternative culture than urban fantasy.
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