Week 29 Review: Hate Machine

From Goodreads:

The eighth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.

If there's one thing Eric Carter can count on, it's his past coming back to bite him in the ass.

Gabriela Cortez, La Bruja, has had her soul trapped... somewhere, and the only one who knows how to get it back is the Oracle of Las Vegas, a powerful artifact that Carter helped create almost thirty years before. It doesn't just predict the future--it makes things happen, influencing events to reach the goal it wants.

Only somebody's gone and stolen it, attempting to turn it into an artifact that doesn't just change the future, but also the past.

Eric needs to find it and steal it back before this comes to pass. If he doesn't, Gabriela's soul is lost. And quite possibly the future as well. 

My Review:
Oh man, this was such a great read! I love this series so much, and after the ending of Suicide Kings, I needed to know what was going to happen next! I'm so glad that we're getting this one so close, because there's a lot going on in these books, and my memory is not great! 

For all that we've followed Eric for 7 previous books, we really don't know a lot about his history. I mean, before the last book, I'm pretty sure that we didn't know about his adventure in Las Vegas. And this book explores a good deal of that history, because it's causing problems for him now! 

The main plot of this book is finding the Oracle, because he wants something from Eric, that's why he told Werther how to do the soul trapping thing. But of course things are all sorts of complicated, and with a lot of hidden agendas! 

There's a ton of developments in this book, because I know that we'll be seeing them again. I loved how everything wrapped up, and I loved how the story turned and twisted! Stephen Blackmoore always writes such clever solutions! Loved where we left off, though it was pretty painful, and it was a really fantastic installment in this series! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait for more, I just enjoy it so much! 

Author: Stephen Blackmoore 
Series: Eric Carter #8
Read: July 18th, 2022
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love his writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: DAW Books
Expected Publication: September 27th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars