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The Asylum Interviews: Bronx (2012)

by Jocelynn Drake(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harper Voyager

review 1: 5 stars for a novella...from a new-to-me author and series? Crazy, right? What an interesting start to a new series. Magical tattoos, interesting mix of characters, and even with this being so short, there was nothing missing with any of the characters. Certainly some backstory, but I wouldn't expect everyone's deep, dark secrets to be revealed in a prequel of all things. Save that stuff for the books. Speaking of the characters, I really like that this was narrated from a man's POV. Gage, the main character, is a former warlock in training who seems to have run into some trouble and is now under the warlock equivalent of house arrest. He is limited with how and when he can use magic, and in the few scuffles he finds himself in, the forbidden spells would have really come ... morein handy. We do get a short glimpse of some of Gage's friends. Jill is one of his longtime friends, who happens to be dating one of his best friends, Parker the incubus. We didn't get much story pertaining to Jill, but I'm sure more will be revealed about all the characters in the full length series books, which I fully intend to read. I also really liked Gage's new tattoo assistant that he hired - Bronx, the troll. A tattooing troll? Love it. There's also another "interesting" group - the Vestal Virgins. They aren't nearly as innocent as they sound, and I hope to see them in future books.
review 2: MY REVIEWI purchased this novella from Amazon.co.uk. After reading Blood by Midnight which is bascially three novella/short tales in the form of a small anthology, I decided I would like to read more by Jocelynn Drake. The result was me having read The asylum Interviews in the wrong order really, but then it didn't really matter, they were still enjoyable to read and still made sense. The cover depicts Parker, the unfortunate guy, a good friend of Gage. the cover also shows the unique, tattoo Parker has too. A tattoo that turns out to be somewhat more trouble than was intended.As the novella's are title "The Asylum Interviews", they are actually the way that the tattoo artists came to work at the tattoo parlour called Asylum. This particular novella is about Bronx. The novella tells how Gage came to meet Bronx and basically how Bronx ended up working with Gage. This novella is quite funny as it features a tattoo that goes a little wrong, it turns out to be much stronger than at first thought.I like the east going character of Gage, the warlock in training that has escaped the cruel Towers, so long as he doesn't use magic, other than in self defense. If Gage steps out f line Gidean from the dreaded Towers appears and cruelly punishes him for stepping out of line.So did I enjoy the novella? Yes, it made me want to read more about the characters. Would I recommend? Yes, though will point out these seem to be more adult themed books, with incubi and succubi featuring in them. Will I read more of this Series? I already have and intend to read the full length books when possible. Will I read more by Jocelynn Drake? So far all the short tales and novella's I have read have been part of The Asylum Series but I do intend to look at other series by Jocelynn though I do admit that The Asylum Series is the one that appeals most at the moment. less

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