Rhiannon
4.5/5⭐, rounded up
Such a blast to read!
This was a Christmas Eve release in 2024 (Why Duncan? Why would you do that?!?), and it's been sitting on my shelves giving me the Evil Eye for many, many months now, waiting for October to roll around so I could really get into the spirit of the season.
And it did not disappoint.
Brimming with action and nostalgia and a large cast of memorable characters this girthy novel is evocative of King's classic opuses (Operas? Opi?) of the eighties. Comparisons have been made. And comparisons are accurate and apt in all the best ways.
Ralston nails it with his non-stop and wholly engrossing multi-threaded, multi-character narrative of a group of teens and high school teachers who must survive a paranormal Armageddon of epic weirdness and the literal hell that is unleashed when a group of wasteoids perform a ritual that opens a gate and unleashes Them, They, the Multitudinous glory that is Legion (and The Great Pumpkin) upon their small town.
Heroes you love and villains you despise. Crazy action that kept me fully engaged, constantly surprised, and never bored. And of course, there is Ralston's inimitable sense of humour...
A crazy ride that was absolutely worth the possible long term effects of carpal to my wrist.
4.5/5⭐, rounded up
Such a blast to read!
This was a Christmas Eve release in 2024 (Why Duncan? Why would you do that?!?), and it's been sitting on my shelves giving me the Evil Eye for many, many months now, waiting for October to roll around so I could really get into the spirit of the season.
And it did not disappoint.
Brimming with action and nostalgia and a large cast of memorable characters this girthy novel is evocative of King's classic opuses (Operas? Opi?) of the eighties. Comparisons have been made. And comparisons are accurate and apt in all the best ways.
Ralston nails it with his non-stop and wholly engrossing multi-threaded, multi-character narrative of a group of teens and high school teachers who must survive a paranormal Armageddon of epic weirdness and the literal hell that is unleashed when a group of wasteoids perform a ritual that opens a gate and unleashes Them, They, the Multitudinous glory that is Legion (and The Great Pumpkin) upon their small town.
Heroes you love and villains you despise. Crazy action that kept me fully engaged, constantly surprised, and never bored. And of course, there is Ralston's inimitable sense of humour...
A crazy ride that was absolutely worth the possible long term effects of carpal to my wrist.