Once again I find myself reading and reviewing a book by Tad Williams.
My thoughts:
When an author does a series the great challenge is for him to step it up for each book. I read and loved book one The Dirty Streets of Heaven. Did I love this one as much?
MORE TAD, MORE!! I loved this one more! The whole concept of the series to begin with is intriguing. What if death and the afterlife is really like that? So I say excellent plot on book two. There is lots of action going on. Never a dull moment! I love the vivid descriptions of hell. All the characters are well developed and I love how dedicated Bobby is to the woman he loves. Sweet and heartbreaking. Makes one think: What would I do, how far would I go for the one I love?
Something else that I feel need mentioning is that it is written in the first person. Very few authors can write in the first person and do a good job. Tad did this in fine style!
Buy link:
http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Hour-Hell-Bobby-Dollar/dp/0756408156/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379048338&sr=1-1
Usually I give a few paragraphs for you to feast your eyes on. I pick something from the book that grabs my attention and put in my review. But the problem is what I really loved, my favorite quote is a whole chapter. Chapter forty-one called 'the pain report' really got to me. So this time I am not going to post a quote and I am just going to say this...GO GET THE BOOK, Once you have read it then get back to me on chapter forty-one!
Blurb:
I’ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count.
But this time I’m actually going.
My name’s Bobby Dollar, sometimes known as Doloriel, and of
course, Hell isn’t a great place for someone like me—I’m an angel. They don’t
like my kind down there, not even the slightly fallen variety. But they have my
girlfriend, who happens to be a beautiful demon named Casimira, Countess of
Cold Hands. Why does an angel have a demon girlfriend? Well, certainly not
because it helps my career.
She’s being held hostage by one of the nastiest, most
powerful demons in all of the netherworld—Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell. He
already hates me, and he’d like nothing better than to get his hands on me and
rip my immortal soul right out of my borrowed but oh-so-mortal body.
But wait, it gets better! Not only do I have to sneak into
Hell, make my way across thousands of miles of terror and suffering to reach
Pan- demonium, capital of the fiery depths, but then I have to steal Caz right
out from under Eligor’s burning eyes and smuggle her out again, past demon
soldiers, hellhounds, and all the murderous creatures imprisoned there for
eternity. And even if I somehow manage to escape Hell, I’m also being stalked
by an undead psychopath named Smyler who’s been following me for weeks. Oh, and
did I mention that he can’t be killed?
So if I somehow survive Hell, elude the Grand Duke and all
his hideous minions and make it back to the real world, I’ll still be the most
hunted soul in Creation. But at least I’ll have Caz. Gotta have something to
look forward to, right?
So just pour me that damn drink, will you? I’ve got somewhere
to go.
Authors bio:
Former singer, shoe-seller, radio show
host, and inventor of interactive sci-fi television, Tad Williams is now a
full-time writer. His 'Memory, Sorrow and Thorn' series established him as an
internationally bestselling fantasy author. The series that followed,
'Otherland', is now a multi-million-dollar MMO launching in 2012 from
dtp/realU/Gamigo. Tad is also the author of the fantasy series, the
'Shadowmarch' books; the stand-alone Faerie epic, 'The War of the Flowers'; two
collections of short stories ('Rite' and 'A Stark and Wormy Knight'), the
Shakespearian fantasy 'Caliban's Hour' and, with his partner & collaborator
Deborah Beale, the childrens'/all-ages fantasy series, the 'Ordinary Farm'
novels. Coming in September 2012 are the Bobby Dollar novels, fantasy thrillers
set again the backdrop of the monstrously ancient cold war between Heaven and
Hell: the first is 'The Dirty Streets of Heaven.'
Tad is also the author of 'Tailchaser's Song': his
first novel spawned the subgenre of cats and fantasy that we see widely today.
'Tailchaser's Song' is currently in preproduction as an animated film from
Animetropolis/IDA.
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