Review originally posed at http://fictionvixen.com/review-blood-...I turned, put my hands together, and cracked my knuckles. They popped, releasing tension along the bones of my hands. I closed them into fists just as the magick boiled over and the wall of bullet-ridden seats collapsed.Hells to the yeah.Time to rock and roll.If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my journey into the Deaconverse it’s that anything can happen at anytime and no character is safe. Blood and Magick, the third book in t...

*Genre* Urban Fantasy*Rating* 4.0*Full Review Shortly*This book was gung ho and bloody right from the first page until nearly the last. Packed full of action and villains that are blood thirsty and mean to take Deacon and crew down in their wake. Sad that one of my favorite characters gets written out of the series. Damn you James how could you?!?!? James makes up for it with a very smexy scene betweeen Tiffany and Deacon. This book is a game changer in my opinion. Things are looking to become e...

Freaking Amazingly Awesome!!!I just wanted to cry when the book ended because no i am not ready to give up Deacon just yet. The characters are so amazing. I laugh, cry, scream, cuss, and go through more emotions then a woman suffering menopause while trying tool give up cigarettes and coffee. I love this series. There isn't any better.

Self consciously 'cool' with virtually nothing but non-stop action and a far too over powered hero, I fear I really ought to hate these books, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to admit to finding them a true guilty pleasure. They read faster than a very fast thing and the narrative never stops to draw breath. Tuck has already populated his universe with all sorts of gods, demons, various weres and magical creatures and you really can't help caring at least a little bit for the one's you're suppo...

Decon Chalk has lost his family to monsters and magic. Now he and a mismatched group of believers are fighting for their lives and the lives of everyone around them. Hidden enemies, demons, witches, vampires, all wait in the dark for their chance to let malevolent and wicked powers rule. This time Decon Chalk is teamed up with a government agency. Unsure who he can call friend, he relies on his core team to watch his back. Three witches have come to take the power of children, children Decon lov...

Our Review, by LITERAL ADDICTION's Pack Alpha - Michelle L. Olson:*ARC received from NetGalleyI've been called 'a guys' girl' on more than one occasion because of my tastes... I'm a sports junkie, the more things that blow up or people that get killed during my movie choices the better, and I am constantly on the prowl for books that disturb me or are dark enough to make me chuckle evilly and mutter a proud "hell yeah!". Well, James's DEACON CHALK series delivers and then some! :)I have loved th...

I adore ADORE this series and was thrilled to get a review copy of the third. James R. Tuck did not let me down what so ever. I ended up re-reading the second one and though it is not necessary (Tuck does a great quick recap without tons of info dump), it made my experience even more intense.Lately I have read a bunch of Kim Harrison female-centric UF books and usually male orientated ones leave me bored, but for some reason Tuck manages to balance just the right of compassion, action, snark and...

Badass piece of turd. So cheap it should be printed on toilet paper and sold in rolls. Plot is from some crappy comuic book? or from turning most common wheel of plots? Guns parts are crappy also (well Monster Hunter International Series by Larry Correia did it much better). Original ideas - zero, entertainment - zero, value - below zero.

Deacon Chalk can’t even enjoy a quiet dinner out with his friends and loved ones without witches swooping in and ruining the meal.Witches are a pretty new one to face, especially witches as powerful of these, transforming demon witches, witches that raise the dead and witches that can kill with a word. And they have one target in mind – the Trinity, Sophia’s baby triplets. If they get them, they may have power enough to end the world.And Deacon Chalk faces conflict in his own inner circle as peo...

After enjoying the hell out of the first two books in this trilogy, I was really looking forward to reading the last book in the Deacon Chalk trilogy. BUT, I kept putting it off... for several years! LOL.Anyway, this month I decided it was time to finally find out how his story ends.Deacon fights monsters all the time and, since his encounter with an angel after his family was killed years ago, isn't fully human himself.Monsters are everywhere, so the night he's out having dinner with his girl a...

Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2013/03/06/...I’ve found in the past that I have a hard time getting into urban fantasy series with a male protagonist. I think it probably has something to do with the *usual* lack of a strong romantic sub-plot. However, when I first picked up the Deacon Chalk books, I was pleasantly surprised at just how much I enjoyed the book, the author, and the series overall.Deacon is no stranger to the monsters that haunt the night. Since the bruta...

I received an e-copy of this book from the publishers on the condition that I write an honest review.First things first, I haven't read the first two in this series but I'm now on a mission to find them.I found Deacon to be just the right side of Alpha without coming across as a total Tarzan, "me say you do this, so you do this" type. I found him refreshing and also at times a little vulnerable, especially when he's remembering the family he lost.I wasn't sure at first as to what was going on, I...

MY KIND OF HEROI love me some Deacon Chalk Bounty Hunter. He's my kind of hero. For a man who thought he had no purpose in life after is young family members were murdered by an avaricious man looking for magical powers. Throughout his journey he was transformed from a man who sought revenge and met multiple friends in his journey. He became a redeemed man striving to rid the world of monsters that human minds could not comprehend. I like that life has turned the main character into the best par...

Could be better... but this series is getting better very slowly In its tough story line, but tends to keep repeating story motivations and plot history. (Please stop..Mr. Tuck) if someone has not followed the history of the series we do not need a recap...each book! What I did enjoy was seeing a primary character perish and a twist in the addition of a government agent. We are on to witches with this 3rd book. Brain candy for sure but I look forward to the next installment.

Too over-the-top action without enough character depth. I did like it better than the second book, but not enough to care about any of the characters or what happens next.

Originally published at Reading RealityJames R. Tuck's Deaconverse is an absolutely fascinating version of urban fantasy. And so far, totally different from any other.It's ironic that I started reading it because I was looking for something to tide me over between Dresden Files books, because Harry Dresden would not be welcome in the Deaconverse. There does not appear to be any such thing as a "good" wizard in this world. Only bad ones and dead ones. Unless later on we find out there is a differ...

Another great addition to the Deacon Chalk series! I got this as an ARC through Netgalley and Kensington Press, and I'm so glad I did. This is a series that I follow and am always waiting for the next one. Pure action from start to finish just the way I like it. This time Deacon has to save a friends kids from three murderous witches out for blood, literally. With help from his friends and kick ass girlfriend, Deacon is probably on his biggest baddest adventure yet. Lots of action with a little

This is probably the last time I visit the Deacon Chalk universe. As another reviewer alluded, the writing has gotten somewhat better, there was a lot of action, but Deacon Chalk is an asshat, and gets more asshatted as the story continues.It's tiring to read a character that is always right, no matter what, and every time he calls his girlfriend "little girl," as a Deacon ChAlk term of endearment, I want her to shoot him.

Another great Deacon Chalk book. Sad this is the last one. It was a great adventure thank you. Hope there is more. First series read by this author. I will move on to other series from the him.

Good Pulp Fiction Back to the good old hard ass Deacon from book one. The writing in this book and book one had great flow and and pace and kept me engaged to the finish.