[neverending]

The Blackstone Chronicals by John Saul.

Halfway through the first book of the 5 book series, and it's well written enough, and effective enough, but I'm always aware of the things he's doing to manipulate my emotions- even though I still get manipulated into feeling what he wants me too. It's like he's writing for the lowest common denominator- which of course he is. It's meant to be a page turner and a bestseller.

Even though he's a master of his craft, I don't feel like the book has the soul or the passion of many small press releases I've read in the past few years.