Obsidian Son

Libertarian Batman and Harry Dresden had a baby and the result is this testosterone addled urban fantasy.

I had to think about this one a bit. It left me uneasy for some reason, and I still haven't put my finger on exactly why. I had heard so many people recommend this series that I gave it a chance even when I wasn't wild about it from the beginning.

In any case, I found Nate Temple to be asinine, so I didn't really enjoy reading about him. What's the male equivalent of a Mary Sue? That's Nate. He has money, power, and looks. I cannot imagine any reason a decent person would want to be around him, much less be involved with him, unless they're golddiggers - but Silvers shows women falling at the man's feet. Every time the character's full name came up, the stupid spelling (“Nathin”) annoyed me.

Life is too short to spend it reading things that don't thrill me, so I'm giving up on the series and don't intend to read more of Mr. Silvers' work.