kuzumel reviewed on 2/4/2013 + 112 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I gotta admit that if this was the first urban anti-heroic fantasy story I'd ever read, I'm not sure I would like it as much as I do. Sandman Slim is on the extreme side of the modern, urban magic worker who got screwed by his mates and is back for vengeance for his girl friend's murder. But he grows on you, especially since I'm writing this review after reading one of the later books. In this book, you see where he starts out and ends up. There is some character growth ... uh change ... by the end.

The fight sequences almost work as well as Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. The cast of characters are definitely much more varied, with very murky loyalties and motivations. The running joke of the number of cars he "borrows" (I want that knife) is second only to the number of clothes destroyed. And the Devil ends up pawing through a stack of DVD's looking for some quality entertainment down below.

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