C.Steven Manley

Awakened
(Paragons #1)
by C. Steven Manley
Now this is how to start the new year, with an awesome book! This was a suggestion from a different author from a newsletter. He listed several and I had read all but two and those that I had read I really liked. I assumed then we must have similar tastes so I picked up this one and wow, it is so good! I had the ebook already but forgot about it and the Audible plus has it for free for members!
This has creepy monsters, great characters, wonderful dialogue, suspense, superman-like abilities, action, and so much more! The best of everything rolled up and arranged perfectly! A surprise ending too! Loved it! This goes on my favorite list!… (mais)

So when I first started this book, I wasn’t sure what to think. It seemed so ordinary and based on the description, I was like well, wait, where’s the magic? Then it came into the story with a punch and the entire tone/feeling of the book changed a couple chapters in. What goes from a normal day for Clint working at the hospital turns into something he’ll never be able to forget.

This is an intense urban fantasy story that drew me in the deeper I went into the story. While, I admit at first it was hard for me to get into, I pushed past that, and I’m glad I did. The story is rich with character development and worldbuilding. I loved the idea of the Favored and the use of Hellhounds.

This is definitely a book to check out if you’re sick of the typical tropes of a lot of other fantasy/paranormal books.
… (mais)