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The Eye of the Moon is the sequel to The Book With No Name, which I've read a couple of years ago. Ever since, I was completely unaware of this second book (I had no clue it would be turned into a series) until I was adding my books here on BookLikes. I then just walked in to the second and third book of the Bourbon Kid series.



I decided to just start reading The Eye of the Moon, even though I didn't really recall a lot about the first book (except the obvious genre-mash up and the violence of course; hard to forget those). Things start about a year later, and once again it almost Halloween (You should stay away from Santa Mondega around Halloween, and if you've got a choice, perhaps you'd better stay away all year). The place is crowded with vampires, werewolves, the FBI and the occasional mummy (just to spice things up a bit). Oh, and there is a mass killer only known as The Bourbon Kid, and very few people ever met him and got the chance to tell about it.



This book is by far one of the weirdest books I've ever read. It's a complete mash up of many genres. It's hard (if not impossible) to put a genre on it. It's less Western as the first one though, and the focus seems to be more on the serial killer, paranormal, Da-Vinci-Code-like object hunt, with a side order of Secret services, personal drama and humour, all drenched in a sauce of violence (a lot of violence). The author - who's identity, according to Wikipedia and a quick Google search, still is a mystery - even tries to put in some character development in this book. However, this isn't the strength of this book.



One of the main reasons, there are so many characters! The POV switches between almost any living and undead inhabitant of Santa Mondega, that it is a bit hard to keep track on everyone. All the different plot lines are in the end linked in a logical way (as far as logic goes in this novel), and since only a few people live to see the end, it gets easier.



This book is an absurd mix, but enjoyable nevertheless. I think you really should be in the mood, as it's very violent, fast and absurd. It's not something I want to read all the time. But every once in a while, it's nice to have a little change, and this book was perfect for that purpose. Besides, there really were passages that I quite liked, because they were funny or witty (though not all of it was the kind of humour I like). Now, I can continue in a completely different kind of book; Crippen by John Boyne. The Third book in this series (The Devil's Graveyard), will definitely be read somewhere in the next months.



Based on the book I'd like to make some assumptions on the author. I'd say male, American, quite young. ( )

Well, Mr Anonymous has done it again! This fantastic follow-up to the The Book With No Name sees The Bourbon Kid make a triumphant return to form in this bloody, violent, brutal, and hilarious dark comedy. I was hoping for more of the same and this book duly delivered!

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Those that survived from the first book are back in this sequel to The Book With No Name. So how do you write a follow up to that book? It's more of the same only with bigger and badder bad guys, more blood and gore you can shake a stick at and an even higher body count than the original. So not only do we have vampires and werewolves we also have an Egyptian Mummy to contend with. Add in an origin story for The Bourbon Kid and more details from the past of The Eye of the title then you're all set for another roller-coaster ride during your stay in Santa Mondega. If you've read and enjoyed the first of the series then you won't be disappointed in this one. ( )

Seems like the body count was even higher here than in The Book With No Name. It was still a fascinating story, but didn't seem quite as well thought out. The author tried to give Bourbon Kid a motivation here, whereas in the first book, it was just the way he was - which actually was more in the spirit of the book.

I still really enjoyed it though, and had a very difficult time putting it down. It's wacky enough to appeal to my sense of the absurd, and only occasionally had me wincin...more Seems like the body count was even higher here than in The Book With No Name. It was still a fascinating story, but didn't seem quite as well thought out. The author tried to give Bourbon Kid a motivation here, whereas in the first book, it was just the way he was - which actually was more in the spirit of the book.

I still really enjoyed it though, and had a very difficult time putting it down. It's wacky enough to appeal to my sense of the absurd, and only occasionally had me wincing from the graphic decapitations. ( )

The follow up to the Book With No Name, Eye of the Moon reveals the further adventures of the Bourbon Kid, and the other colourful residents of Santa Mondega, following the fancy dress massacre at the Tapioca Bar.

The Bourbon Kid has vanished following his latest act of mass murder, and Sanchez has a comatose lodger hidden away upstairs in the Tapioca, a lodger he'll do anything to keep hidden. At the local museum, a mummy vanishes. Ulrika Price the nasty librarian has a secret too, and Dante and Kacy are still obliviously in love, but they don't remain oblivious for long. Peto the monk has returned to Santa Mondega in search of the Bourbon Kid, while everyone else is looking for Peto's prize won at the end of the last book - the Eye of the Moon.

Unlikely alliances are formed as the police, Peto the monk and a mysterious mummy all try to find the powerful Eye of the Moon, each for their own reasons. Bloody murder ensues in copious amounts.

Written with plenty of pop culture references, great humour (British?) and plotted to be surefire pageturners, these books have everything: humour, love, revenge, vampires, sex, violence. And bourbon. Anonymous, pour me another, and quickly. ( )