Greywalker

[hollyking]

Yesterday I finished katatomic's book Greywalker. I know I said I was going to read Foundation next, but I was distracted by the damp vampires. Greywalker is set in Seattle and involves a P.I., Harper Blaine, and her introduction to the "Grey," the paranormal world beside our own. The book was almost a hit with me, but one thing kept me from enjoying the end. If you like urban dark fantasy you should check it out. Not quite vampire porn, but that's a good thing in my view.

Now I am really going to read Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

Now that I've hidden this to save folks from spoilers, here's my issue with the book. Harper at the beginning of the book Harper has a near-death experience that opens her up to the paranormal world. She fights against the knowledge of ghosts, vampires and magic throughout the entire book. I understand her resistance at first. If you don't believe in ghosts why would you suddenly accept them as fact? The problem is at the end of the book after she has been shown proof of the paranormal she still rails against its existence. I felt that she was just whining and wanting to go home and snuggle her blankie, which was at odds with her hard, no nonsense P.I. personality. It actually made the ending a bit of a let down for me.