Frost Moon, Book 1: Gives some good kicks, but is mostly genre candy

Magical tattoos, Christian vampires, were-creatures, and men in black. magicians, lesbians, men in dog suits, blood, gore, blind witches, karate and unanswered questions.

When I first recieved Frost Moon as an e-book advance release from the publisher, I dipped into it and was not impressed. Luckily, a month later I came back to it and had a completely different reaction. The second chance was much better. The characters became tangible and the story more fluid.

• Frost Moon (Anthony Francis)
• 284 pages
• Bell Bridge Books
• ISBN-10: 0984325689
• ISBN-13: 978-0984325689

This is a single serving book, awesome and definitely one I would refer others too, but I would never read it again. This is not a slight against the book as it is directly in line with a lot of books I read. I can state that I am anxious to read the next book in the series as it is released.

The plot of Frost Moon and the Skindancer Trilogy revolves around Dakota Frost, estranged daughter of a police officer. She works in a tattoo parlor and inks 3 dimensional mana infused tats on people. dragons that squirm and writhe, butterflies that can leave the body and flit about a room.

A friend of her father brings her into the police station one morning and requests her assistance on a case. He has the lid of a wooden box covered with human skin inked with magical imagery. He also has a string of murders unanswered for.

Dakota traverses the dark underground of an alternate Atlanta Georgia, putting her fist in the personal space of a number of people. Her wit is quick and sharp.

The cast of characters was interesting and varied, the text was interesting, and story fast paced. The only real drawback was that there wasn't much substance to the book. It was like watching an action film. You get a kick, you are on the edge of your seat to see what happens, but in the end, it is not much more than genre-candy.

I can see the trilogy gaining more substance as it progresses, but the Francis, the author, will be walking a very fine line if he can manage it. Even if it stays candy, I like candy, so who cares. Fast efficient and enjoyable fiction is always welcome in my home.

Worth reading, but dont analyze it, just enjoy it.

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Disclosure: This review is based on a book kindly provided for free by the publisher or author. They gave me the book and instructions not to run with scissors. While this advice came in handy later when I was holding myself back from a foot race while crafting, their sage advice and free book did not sway my opinion.