I frequently found myself thinking, 'show don't tell lazy so and so'. I'd be here all day if I was to outline all my pet hates from this story. This approach is boring and completely unrealistic given the less than stellar cognitive ability of the lead character. I never felt that the main character was in any real danger, he was basically too powerful and too quickly able to resolve situations. There was also no sense of tension, surprise, suspense and so forth. The lead character's relationship with the 'love' interest is vacuous and yawn-inspiring. The delivery of this book is rather disappointing and unimaginative. Tropes can be fine, so can story formulas, and they can give the reader comfort - but it's how you deliver the story that is the measure of the writer. Even so it is still possible to write about a set of events that happens to someone like this in an interesting way, but the author fails to do this. I found the central character of this story annoying, irritating, boring, naive, and lacking in intelligence. If the reader thinks your central character is a boring meat-head then the story can be completely ruined for that reader. But first person stories mean that your central character must carry the audience with his thoughts and actions. First person stories can be tricky and new authors fall into the trap of this approach since it seems easy.

In this case the author has created or otherwise obtained a good idea for an urban fantasy but lacks the ability to create a half decent yarn. Too many science fiction/fantasy writers have no real art for story telling and too many lack the technical competence to write even middling quality novels. Has to eat tons of greasy food and do nothing to keep in shape. Loser guy becomes super cop, and also super hot, and also gets a super obsessed girlfriend who is also super strong but ultra loving and cutesy. I kinda felt like, the story could have been better.

It's trashy but could definitely be a guilty pleasure I dunno maybe read the next one in the series. What does James Patrick Cronin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?Ĭlear reading, good pronunciation, very listenable voiceĭid God Touched inspire you to do anything?

I kept waiting for the main character to put on a fedora and say m'lady. Would you recommend God Touched to your friends? Why or why not? I guess I'd say it's alright if you want something fairly trashy. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

God Touched by John Conroe