Review: Dark Halo by Christopher Kokoski
IN A GLANCE: This book really surprised me!
Author: Christopher Kokoski
Publisher: BlackWyrm Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 322 pages
In a town besieged by shadowy, demonic forces, a father races against time to save his family. Thirty-five-year old Landon Paddock has deserted his wife and daughter, abandoned his business, and secluded himself in his late parent's southern Indiana ranch. But he's barely lapsed into a drunken coma when a mysterious, winged stranger appears during a violent lightning storm, chasing him out into the maddening night with his estranged 15-year old daughter. As layer after layer of reality is dissolved by a series of violent encounters, the only way to survive might be for Landon to band together with the family he destroyed to make one last stand against a sinister army of unthinkable magnitude. Hope, family and redemption lay in the outcome.
Dark Halo isn't like any other angel book I have read before and I have read a lot of angel books. Yes I have a few things that I didn't like about it but all in all its a great book. In the beginning Dark Halo grabs you by the collar and doesn't let you go till the end. Yes it does seem a bit rushed toward the end like the author just wanted it to end, but the action and the plot are beautifully written.
I do think there is a bit to much fighting though, there are points in this story where I just wanted something else to happen than just the fighting, don't get me wrong I love fights with good vs. evil, but to much sometimes is to much.
I will say I love the family in the book, the way the author tells this story it really makes you want to root for them and cheer them on as they go through the story. Even though I was rooting for this family, I think some more character development was needed. I needed some more back story for the characters.
I really loved the writing for this story, the author really has a way with words and I would read more books by this author.
All in all this is a good story and would recommend this book to readers who love action packed books.
What is she doing here? Veering toward the section of the street where the woman had disappeared, Landon looked up at the midnight sky, The Nothing that swallowed everything, half-suspecting a giant winged dog to swoop across his vision. He glanced back at the truck. Frank's pasty-white face peered out at him through the sliding window, frowning. Landon turned around, faced the alley and tried not to think about leaving his daughter passed out in the Ford. Frank would take care of her. He'd meet up with them later, when Katie was safely in St. Mary's, and the nightmare was over. He stopped that mouth of the alley, wary to rush in blindly. What is she doing here?
So I would give Dark Halo a Ali's Bookshelf
Plot: 17/20
Characters: 18/20
Writing: 19/20
Creativity: 19/20
Ending: 5/10
Cover: 10/10
88 out of 100 = 3 1/2 Puppy Rating
