Review - Darker Things by Rob Cornell

Twitter is an amazing thing.  It's the perfect place to stalk celebrities like your favorite authors (holla to @longshotauthor and @rob_thurman).  And because I stalk authors, I get other authors following me like Rob Cornell.  It's a brilliant marketing scheme - find users following writers in the same genre and then plug in to an instant audience.  Luckily for me, Mr. Cornell had this great idea.  I now have a new fantasy writer to stalk. O.o

 

 

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After the Twitter follow, I did a little research, read a few synopsis-es (I have no idea what the correct plural should be here) and finally settled on Cornell's e-book Darker Things.  I like dark plots so it sounded right up my alley.

Cornell's writing is solid.  The sentence structure is smooth and the plot has a good flow.  I did run into a few typos and grammar irks but nothing that distracted from the storyline.  The characters are believable and the take on fantasy elements is creative.  There are no sparkly vampires here. ^_^

Darker Things is a fast read and works well with an e-reader.  There is enough action to keep the pages turning and there isn't much of a drag anywhere in the story.  I wasn't too keen on the tidy ending and I felt the story was slightly predictable.  It's a personal opinion but I don't like my stories wrapped up neatly; life is messy, my stories should be as well.  There are also some elements I wanted to delve deeper into but since this is the first in a series I'm sure the hint of more depth is a hook to get me excited about the second installment.  It's a good ploy because I will be buying the next book in the series. 

This is a good book for Urban Fantasy readers and Cornell is a good writer.  It is a very enjoyable read and ranks a high B+ on the Brewed scale.

Happy Reading!