Fiction

NPCs by Drew Hayes
Chapters 23–25
Epilogue [the end]

So, despite what I said the other day, I'm now tempted to continue with the next book in this series. My opinion on the quality of the prose hasn't changed, and that's the main thing putting me off; but the last act of this one finally engaged with some of the ideas the setup had promised, if only for a little bit. So while the prose bugs me, the story and characters have hooked me just enough that I want to find out what happens next.

That said, I can kinda tell this is setting itself up to be serialised across multiple volumes (that's literally what this first book does: finally gets somewhere, then ends on a cliffhanger), and I know there's already five books with the story not yet wrapped up — should I be letting myself in for all that?


Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas by Derrick Belanger
December 11th: The Adventure of the Dreadful Author
Pot, kettle...