And so we embark on another journey into the strange world that is Drew Hayes’ imagination. How this guy can come up with so many different, yet complete universes boggles the mind. This one is similar, on paper at least, to his Super Powereds universe. But it’s very different in some very key ways. Like in Super Powereds, we have people with abilities. These people are called metahumans, or metas. Metas can be formed in different ways. They can gain powers during an accident […]
Don’t ignore the preface of this entertaining monster mash-up
The Fangs of Freelance continues with the entertaining story of Fred the Vampire Accountant and his friends who include alchemists, zombies, mages, therians, a dragon, a sentient house, and some unknowns. This stuff began and continues to be a fun riff on monster-type fantasy fiction. It also plays with the supernatural crime-fighting organization, which gets more attention in this book as we actually get to see Fred go through his interview and skills test to become a contract-based accountant for the Agency where Krystal (demon-contracted […]
An Anatomy of Drew Hayes, but also review of Going Rogue
There are 3 kinds of Drew Hayes books: a) the novels that as complete books are 600+ pages long, have short chapters, and are fairly episodic (ie Super Powereds), b) the novels that are structured more like novels with chapter longer than 1-2 pages and not epic in length (Spells, Swords, & Stealth), and c) the novels that are average in length (under 300 pages) and set up like a series of short stories (Fred the Vampire Accountant). While some of the distinctions come from […]
A Little Too Classic but Still Fun
I finished Super Powereds Year Four a while ago, but I’m only just now getting to reviewing it. I think part of that was life, but more I think it was that I needed to get over the somewhat cliché ending in which everyone good has paired off and leads the lives they probably always wanted (mostly). I’m glad the surviving good guys and gals got happy endings, but everyone living their exact dreams with the person they were obviously meant to be with since […]
Games Begin and Games Continue, and All is Well.
You really can’t go wrong with Drew Hayes. While I haven’t read quite everything he’s ever written, I’ve read more than one of each of his novel series (I think). I’m working on getting caught up, but then there’s the problem or having to wait until the next thing is published. Villain’s Code, Super Powereds, and even the Fred series to some extent all deal with focusing on contemporary world hero ensembles. Split the Party though is a little different. It’s still a group of […]
They’re doing senior-itis all wrong.
Fair warning: this is the fourth and final book in this series. Spoilers for the series are a hazard.