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Review”It may be possible that Hearne and Atticus could be the logical heir to Butcher and Dresden.”–SFFworld.com “Hearne provides lots of zippy plotting and rocking action scenes…fans will be thrilled.”–Publishers Weekly “A page-turning and ofttimes laugh-out-loud amusive caper through a mix of the innovative and the mythic.”—Ari Marmell, author of The Warlord’s Legacy “Celtic mythology and an ancient Druid with innovative attitude mix it up in the Arizona desert in this witty new fantasy series.”—Kelly Meding, author of Three Days to Dead “Kevin Hearne breathes new life into old myths, creating a world both eerily intimate and startlingly original.”—Nicole Peeler, author of Tempest Rising About the AuthorKevin Hearne is a native of Arizona and genuinely appreciates whoever produced air-conditioning. He graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and now teaches high school English. When he’s not grading essays or writing novels, he have a tendancy to his basil plants and paints landscapes with his daughter. He has been known to obsess over fonts, frolic unreservedly with dogs, and stop whatsoever he’s doing in the rare event of rain to commune with the precipitation. He enjoys hiking, the guilty pleasure of comic books, and living with his wife and daughter in a wee, snug cottage.

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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
A Phenomenal Modern Day Odyssey.
By Kale
Odysseus Who? Atticus continues his modern day odyssey in Hammered, and Hearne’s druid is making Homer’s hero look like a little punk with his epic adventures. After all, even Odysseus didn’t go after a full fledge god like Thor.

Too bad Dos Equis isn’t an Irish brew because Atticus could definitely win the bid for the Most Interesting Man in the World. Delight in the oddities and misfortunes that have become Atticus’ life. Drinks with Jesus. A Shakespearean duel with a vampire. Suggestive salad spinning with a young beautiful apprentice. A bareback ride on a giant squirrel. And getting slapped around by the Morrigan. Sounds like just another day for Atticus O’Sullivan.

The Iron Druid is a man of his word, and it’s time to make good on some promises he made. Even if it kills him. First he has to retrieve a golden apple for a certain witch. Then Atticus is to escort Leif to Asgard to take on the patron God of Jerks. They’ll pick up some backup along the way and introduce us to some new and endearing characters all with a grudge against Thor. And honestly when someone like Jesus concedes your a thundering D-Bag, you probably deserve the angry lynch mob coming for you.

But O’Sullivan’s actions aren’t without consequence. Not everyone will come out of the fray alive and with the possible relocation of the local coven, pack upheaval within the werewolf community, and vampire unrest in Arizona the cost of revenge could be too high. The wait for the next installment definitely too long.

Again I have to reccomend the audiobook version of this series. Hammered was just as excellently performed as Hounded, and Hexed. Kevin’s words are pure magic when Luke Daniels is narrating them. He did another outstanding job with Atticus and company. I particularly liked his rendition of a giant squirrel which sounded a lot like a cross between the Chipmunks and Gollum. Lets face it Hearne doesn’t make it easy on Daniels who has to voice multiple accents and languages. I love that a new deal is going to give us more Atticus, Kevin, and Luke to come.

Hearne’s third effort is yet again another gem, embodying all that is awesome. Fans of the first two books will be pleased with Kevin’s usual wit and candor. But he steps things up a bit, with the addition of some different POV’s that shows Hearne’s more serous side. The pace is a little slower than in the past but I think that is because of the grandeur of the task Atticus has to achieve. There’s plenty of the action and unexpected quirkiness that comes with Hearne’s twisted imagination, and his ability to blend mythos, theology, folklore, and pop culture is pure genius. As always you can tell Hearne did extensive homework for Hammered, or that he’s an amazing literary con artist, either way the words he puts down on the page are completely believable.

With all the delicious threads planted for future tomes, the end will have you trying to conjure up more pages, and cursing the long year wait ahead.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Such an unexpected disappointment
By J. Hall
Wow, was I disappointed with this book. I loved books 1 and 2 and was looking forward to this one. The last thing I expected was to be bored.

The first major problem with this book for me was that it was heavily plot driven but there was no through line to that plot. It was a set of sequences that didn’t feel like they tied together. The sequence where Atticus stole the apple. {A sequence that I found completely uninteresting. I began to wonder if all my favorite characters (Oberon and Mrs. MacDonagh in particular) were going to appear at all.} The sequence where Atticus prepared to abandon Tempe. {My favorite sequence because of time spent with the above mentioned favorite characters.} And finally the sequence where Atticus led a bunch of people to attack and try to kill Thor.

The second major problem was that there weren’t any real stakes for Atticus. This section should have been heavily character driven…we were told that Gunner and Lief had very strong personal reasons to try and kill Thor that we should have felt it. But the story was told first person by the one character that had zero personal stakes in the outcome. Atticus was like the only guy in the group with a car that promised to give his buddies a ride so they could rob a bank. He promised to ‘give them a ride’ (so to speak) and that’s what he did. He never really seemed to care about what he was walking into, so why should I?

Jesus and The Morrigan both said….killing Thor is a bad idea, but there weren’t any immediate consequences set forth for Atticus himself. The warnings didn’t matter to Atticus enough for him to try to *do* anything to change the outcome. There was a lame discussion discussion with Lief, but that was it. “Hey, lets not do this. ” “No, I have to” “Okay, fine we’ll do this.” Then the author stopped the story. He literally parked all the characters by a fire so he could introduce us to three brand new characters we’d met a page or two previously. At a point where the story should have been steam rolling in to a battle that had me on the edge of my seat and unwilling to put the book down I got several chapters, told in an emotionally detached way, telling us why these guys were there. It killed the momentum of the story and killed what little emotional connection I had begun to build with the story. Sadly the biggest joy to listening to this book in audio format was the fact that I could hit the fast forward button.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Sooo awesome
By J.J. Macken
I wasn’t sure Kevin Hearne could keep up the awesomeness of of the Iron druid chronicles all the way through three novels, but boy oh boy did he deliver!
I am deeply depressed that I now have to wait at least a year for the next book! Noooo, how oh how shall I endure?
I am one of those strange beasts who loves a good cliffhanger but my friends, the end of Hammered is pure torture, I must find out what happens next. I must!

Hammered is more epic than the last two installments, the stakes have never been higher and Atticus is in for a hella wild ride. I love that the world that our favourite druid lives in isn’t static, there are far reaching consequences for everything that he has done and Atticus and his peoples have to adjust and change to deal with everthing. I don’t want this to be a spoilery review, so I will just say, that if you enjoyed the previous two iron druid chronicles, then this one will BLOW YOUR MIND!
If you are new to Kevin Hearne’s books, I implore you to start with the first Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles It’ll be too hard to follow if you don’t start from the beginning.

I am in awe of the sheer breadth of mythology and characters and craziness that Kevin Hearne perfectly weaves into a gripping, fast-paced adventure. I read Hammered in one sitting, I simple couldn’t put it down… I couldn’t. I’m going to have to lie to my brother and tell him that I havent finished it yet, so I can do an immediate re-read before he gets his grubby mits on my favourite Urban Fantasy series of the year.

Read this book. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

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