Blood & Sawdust by Jason S. Ridler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Note: This book was received for free from the author after his review inquiry.
Blood & Sawdust is an action-centric urban fantasy story that mixes the supernatural with a murder mystery and professional fighting. Malcolm is a young kid who's at the end of his ropes, until he comes across a professional underdog hiding a dark secret. Their plotlines converge, hijinks ensue, people die, and a bird becomes a major plot focus.
As I said above, this book contains some heavy action and Ridler has a good grasp on how fight scenes play out. The dialog gets a bit repetitive in places, but part of that might be the youth of the main character and the less-educated nature of some of the other characters, so this might have been a conscious choice by the author.
All in all, if you like brutal action scenes or have a fondness for combat sports, you'll probably find something to like in this book.
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