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This is the second book in the series, but I think you could start here if you liked. I'd advise reading the first one, though, since in many ways it was tighter.

I really love this universe. Hearne did a great job of pulling together an approach that can potentially include ALL the gods of every pantheon, but restrict their powers here in the Real World. So there's bickering both within and among the pantheons, but the gods can't just fight it out themselves; they have to go through our realm. This suggests an almost infinite number of plots possible, rather as was suggested by some episodes of Xena, but Hearne follows up much better!

The characterizations of the gods are interesting. They don't meet my personal interpretations... but why should they? I think it's funny that Thor, for example, seems to be disliked by everyone he's ever met, across various pantheons! It's both a running joke and, apparently, a significant part of another book in the series.

Similarly the witches. There are various "brands". Atticus, our protagonist, doesn't much care for any of them, but in this book has dealings with 3 varieties, two of which might be allies.

The snark was powerful here- sometimes to good effect, but sometimes it got tedious. The banter with his dog, for example, is best when the dog is focused on a very canine view of the world, and less compelling when the dog makes Star Wars references. I have a dog, and even if you ramped up her intellect a lot, she would care nothing for movies! However, the intense focus on things like sausages, walks/runs, and bitches in heat is pretty plausible!

The plot was fine. There were coincidences that were very useful, sure, but I think they were woven into the overall plot well enough to pass muster. There were also teasers for potential plot arcs in later books.

All in all, I didn't like it quite as much as #1, but I did enjoy it enough to look forward to starting #3.


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Hexed Iron Druid Chronicles Kevin Hearne Books Reviews

I'm not an especially big fan of urban fantasy, but the premise of the first book in this series was interesting enough to draw me in and I liked it enough to give this second book a try. I didn't like it quite as much as book one, but I'll probably try at least one more book in the series. I think the part I liked the most was the dialog between Atticus and Oberon, his pooch. The part I didn't like was that Atticus, who has lived hundreds of years by keeping in the shadows, suddenly seems to want to shine brightly. That seems odd to me and not in character, unless there's an explanation for this that I somehow missed.
I thought there was a lot of potential in the first book of this series, and I am happy to see it is expanded on in Hexed. Here, a coven of evil witches makes a move on Malina’s territory, which also happens to be Atticus’. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the followers of Bacchus have also dropped into town to unleash chaos via uninhibited orgies, there’s a fallen angel killing high schoolers and everyone wants Atticus to kill Thor. Just another day in the life of a druid.

The first book dis appointed me because everything came to Atticus; someone would conveniently tell him what he needed to know so he never had to be proactive. Thankfully, that is not the case here. The book is very fast paced since there are so many fires for Atticus to put out. This means he has to plan, negotiate and work out how to tackle each crisis. There was a lot of planning involved, with Malina’s coven and Leif, plus the return of Laksha. There’s also a lto of humor here, specifically from Atticus’ knowledge and appreciation of pop culture. I love that he’s trying to teach Leif how not to sound like a stuffy vampire!

I did have a couple of issues with the book. The Morrigan and Brighid both make appearances that go on too long and serve no purpose to the current plot. And, a noticeable amount of the book is taken up with setting up the next book, which will no doubt deal with Thor (and everyone wanting him dead). I don’t mind some build-up for the next book; but it should come near the end, and not at the expense of the story currently being told. However, it didn’t stop me from enjoying the story and I do look forward to the next installment.

Overall, a nice improvement over the first book with some character growth and expanded cast. Recommended to fans of urban fantasy.
This is the second book in the series, but I think you could start here if you liked. I'd advise reading the first one, though, since in many ways it was tighter.

I really love this universe. Hearne did a great job of pulling together an approach that can potentially include ALL the gods of every pantheon, but restrict their powers here in the Real World. So there's bickering both within and among the pantheons, but the gods can't just fight it out themselves; they have to go through our realm. This suggests an almost infinite number of plots possible, rather as was suggested by some episodes of Xena, but Hearne follows up much better!

The characterizations of the gods are interesting. They don't meet my personal interpretations... but why should they? I think it's funny that Thor, for example, seems to be disliked by everyone he's ever met, across various pantheons! It's both a running joke and, apparently, a significant part of another book in the series.

Similarly the witches. There are various "brands". Atticus, our protagonist, doesn't much care for any of them, but in this book has dealings with 3 varieties, two of which might be allies.

The snark was powerful here- sometimes to good effect, but sometimes it got tedious. The banter with his dog, for example, is best when the dog is focused on a very canine view of the world, and less compelling when the dog makes Star Wars references. I have a dog, and even if you ramped up her intellect a lot, she would care nothing for movies! However, the intense focus on things like sausages, walks/runs, and bitches in heat is pretty plausible!

The plot was fine. There were coincidences that were very useful, sure, but I think they were woven into the overall plot well enough to pass muster. There were also teasers for potential plot arcs in later books.

All in all, I didn't like it quite as much as #1, but I did enjoy it enough to look forward to starting #3.