This Time Book Review

Book Review
This Time (Nadira Holden Book 1)
By Azaaa Davis
Published October 1, 2018

Why I chose this book:
A badass female demon hunter? Hell yes!
A review copy was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

Mom's Review

This Time begins with Nadira Holden regaining consciousness in a confined space, which turns out to be a coffin. She doesn't recall dying, and spends a terrifying few minutes using her superhuman, Child of Orion strength to claw and dig her way out. She makes her way back home, thinking someone has played a horrible prank on her, a demon fighter. When she arrives, she learns that 25 years have elapsed since her death, her father is missing, and demon fighters are illegal. Nadira struggles to accept the this truth; her reactions to challenges, obstacles, and personal crises are what I love about Azaaa Davis's writing. Believable, sometimes weak, but overall resilient, Nadira is portrayed as the type of woman one might aspire to be. Although she has been trained from a young age to vanquish demons and protect the human race, she is no machine: she balances her humanity, compassion, and duty in a way that makes her a compelling character that I want to read more about (when is that next book coming out?).

Without giving spoilers, I can tell you that some surprises await Nadria along the way. The biggest one I started to see coming, and was gratified that I was right. The foreshadowing was just enough for me to remain uncertain until that satisfying discovery. The plot was exciting and unpredictable, though never outlandish (given that we're talking about fighting demons, that is). It really is hard to not give away the ending or the most thrilling developments, but I can tell you that there are some crazy-awesome fight scenes, complicated demon interactions, and characters that I didn't want to stop reading about. I finished This Time in three nights — I didn't want to put it down, but T has been waking at 5, so I had no choice.

The world-building, the plot, the characters, the relationships — everything — is so thoroughly planned and skillfully executed that This Time is a compelling, fantastic urban fantasy.

Son's Review
(Age: 4)

Son: What's your book about?

Mom: See this lady on the cover? She's a demon hunter. She protects people.

Son: *grabs book and runs off, then comes back a few minutes later* Come see my setup!

T had opened The Storyteller of Damascus to his favorite page (the one with the demons) and stood up This Time so that Nadira and the demon were facing off!


Comments

  1. Thank you for taking the time to read my debut novel, V! It's thrilling to hear a reader devoured my book in 3 days. I'm loving that your son has enough confidence in Nadira's ability to protect that he's instantly having her face off against the demons in his book.

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