STONEHAVEN: FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS VINE

written by Kevin Tinsley

published by Stickman Graphics

ISBN-10: 0967542375

ISBN-13: 978-0967542379

reviewed by Adam Armstrong

10.03.2008

Murder, mayhem, and elves???

A murder at a free clinic wraps up a huge corporation, various religions, and multiple races making different forces team up to figure out the mystery. Blood research is being used to create something that is anything but healthy. And a masked man is running about the city killing other warriors as if they were nothing.

I have to admit: anything that involves elves, trolls, and ogres isn’t usually my cup of tea. But the way Tinsley has taken all of these and dropped them into a modern New York-like city, Stonehaven, really kept my interest. The writing was really good and the story was intriguing enough to enthrall me. There are a few problems with this book though. Tinsley has a great ear for dialog but he wants to insert silly dialog tags and adverbs too much, they are completely unnecessary. To and too seemed to be mixed up for a big chunk of the book. And while the plot and subplots were great the book didn’t wrap them all up before it was over.

Stonehaven is a series and the book wanted to open up the next one but this novel should have been mostly wrapped up before we start on the next one.

I will be looking forward to the next installment.

Worth a look: 4 out of 5