John P Logsdon

I tried

But it just kept bouncing me out of the narrative.

The world building was scattershot: some info dump, some simply missing, little coherence. Instead you get practically irrelevant details or outright confusion. First the MC doesn’t know people’s ‘races’, then she uses her magic and does.

Too much *cool* and not enough basic structure. Plus zero character development. All tell and no show makes for a poor book.

This is a very well written paranormal novel with a decidedly comedic turn. Not what you'd normally expect when reading about the journey of a vampire and a werewolf. And let's not forget Bumache, the assassin that is chasing them. By the way, the name Bumache foreshadows a number of butt references but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

This book by John Logsdon and Christopher Young reminds me of the middle novels in the Myth Adventures series by Robert Lynn Asprin. The pointed references to show more slightly renamed companies and individuals like Microsoft, Apple, and Google allow the authors to air their viewpoint on modern society in a very amusing way. I found this treatment very entertaining yet the book also works on a purely straight road adventure basis. When you get right down to it, The Journey Home is a book about the transformation of a mild mannered character into a stronger more self-reliant one and that's a pretty universal tale.

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This series is really kicking into gear with Cliffs of Eldimar. A fun read, with adventure, laughs, a whole lotta insults and snark. The gaming references threw me off a bit in the first book, as I don't play. But that was like a primer, and now I'm right in the groove. Read on, and laugh out loud - I dare you not to. (Note: not recommended for your tender tweens, unless you want them to know more about sex than you probably do. No explicit sex, but a whole lotta inventive innuendo.)

To soon? Maybe. But Death Vaxxers deftly ignores political issues and jumps right into a post-apocalyptic word where the COVID vaccine has produced a variety of genetic mutations, most notably Fast Zombies and the enhanced humans who hunt them.
Logsdon's first solo effort (can you believe it?) is wry and witty and weird. And while Chuck isn't the hero I'd have picked, he's apparently the hero we need. Lol! Writers have strange brains, fortunately for the rest of us. Give it a read!