Supernatural: Nevermore by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Part of 50bookchallenge, book #15 (2007).
Sam and Dean have hit New York City to check out a local rocker's haunted house. But before they can figure out why a lovesick banshee in an '80s heavy-metal T-shirt is wailing in the bedroom, a far more macabre crime catches their attention. not far from the house, two university students were beaten to death by a strange assailant. A murder that's bizarre even by New York City standards, it's the latest in a line of killings that the brothers soon suspect are based on the creepy stories of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe.
Their investigation leads them to the center of one of Poe's horror classics, face-to-face with their most terrifying foe yet. And if Sam and Dean don't rewrite the ending of this chilling tale, a grisly serial killer will end their lives forevermore.
If this book was a Supernatural episode, I would give it a 'good' score, something like 7/10 because it has a pretty decent story and the characters are relatively in-character, but it's not hitting all the notes that would make it a great or exceptional Supernatural episode.
A great Supernatural episode for me would involve some hair-raising enemy/supernatural creature that would put our two main characters in (constant) jeopardy, lots of tension and great lines, and sinister plots.
Both the plot lines introduced in this book are too easy for Dean and Sam, the female ghost is pretty unthreatening and although the serial killer was kind of creepy and dangerous, he's really more a nutcase than anything.
Introducing the 'network of law enforcements' is interesting, especially when one of them was on both the boys' tail and you were kept wondering which side was the cop on.
The interaction between Sam and Dean was pretty good, probably the part of the book I enjoyed most, along with Dean's struggle with the secret that he's keeping from Sam. It's a book to read if you're missing a Supernatural episode, but not a must read.
Related links:
Keith R.A. DeCandido's website | Keith on LJ | Keith on Wiki
Sam and Dean have hit New York City to check out a local rocker's haunted house. But before they can figure out why a lovesick banshee in an '80s heavy-metal T-shirt is wailing in the bedroom, a far more macabre crime catches their attention. not far from the house, two university students were beaten to death by a strange assailant. A murder that's bizarre even by New York City standards, it's the latest in a line of killings that the brothers soon suspect are based on the creepy stories of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe.
Their investigation leads them to the center of one of Poe's horror classics, face-to-face with their most terrifying foe yet. And if Sam and Dean don't rewrite the ending of this chilling tale, a grisly serial killer will end their lives forevermore.
If this book was a Supernatural episode, I would give it a 'good' score, something like 7/10 because it has a pretty decent story and the characters are relatively in-character, but it's not hitting all the notes that would make it a great or exceptional Supernatural episode.
A great Supernatural episode for me would involve some hair-raising enemy/supernatural creature that would put our two main characters in (constant) jeopardy, lots of tension and great lines, and sinister plots.
Both the plot lines introduced in this book are too easy for Dean and Sam, the female ghost is pretty unthreatening and although the serial killer was kind of creepy and dangerous, he's really more a nutcase than anything.
Introducing the 'network of law enforcements' is interesting, especially when one of them was on both the boys' tail and you were kept wondering which side was the cop on.
The interaction between Sam and Dean was pretty good, probably the part of the book I enjoyed most, along with Dean's struggle with the secret that he's keeping from Sam. It's a book to read if you're missing a Supernatural episode, but not a must read.
Related links:
Keith R.A. DeCandido's website | Keith on LJ | Keith on Wiki