The author consistently uses the word 'affect' instead of 'effect', and the word 'resurrection' is misspelled in a chapter title.

It is not horribly bad, although the writing is clunky and prone to using too many adjectives for dramatic effect. I must confess that I pretty much started skimming through the book as soon as the simplicity was evident. The remaining question is how the heroes will be able to stop it. Everything is pretty much laid out at the beginning: a winged demon (actually the last member of an ancient and forgotten eeeee-vil race) has been imprisoned in a secret vault, and once stupid humans accidentally release it, it starts killing people at night. It is fitting that the main characters play a Dungeons and Dragons type game, because the plotting here has a similar, shall we say modular, quality. It was a good read, if not as scary as I was hoping. The main characters were believable, and I only despised one of them (aside from the main villain Moloch, Katelynn was honestly infuriating and a scaredy-cat, who, even if it meant saving her friends, practically had to be held at gunpoint). The writing is concise and has some nice descriptions. The plot was fast-paced enough that it went by quickly but was easy to keep up with. I actually managed to go through the book in a day or two. (It's not that bad, the descriptions of those scenes leave it more up to the imagination than anything else, aside from a couple plot points). An ancient evil awakens and starts ripping people apart, drinking blood and eating their innards. The tale takes place in a modern day sleepy little city where the worst crimes that happen are usually speeding and drunk driving. I got my copy from the Halloween Story Bundle, and this was the first one I read from it. This book deserves three-and-a-half stars, but I gave it four because, well, it was a pretty good read.

Riverwatch by Joseph Nassise