I was hesitant to bring this up in my last review because I thought it was just me - I thought I was reading too much into these novels. But I don't think so anymore and the issue is ruining my enjoyment of an otherwise good series.You see, this series is terribly sexist - yet it's all so subversive that it was hard to pin at first.There are many, many female characters. Normally, I'd consider this a good thing. However we can effectively separate them into categories.Harmless, likable and a sex...

I should have loved this but for some reason this series doesn’t quite work. It has all the right ingredients: witches, vampires, werewolves, gods, druids, gods and Goddesses,enchantments, spells, swords and baseball bats, demons who ‘smell like ass’. I love Oberon the Irish wolfhound, but even Oberon wasn’t enough to win me over.

When Tempe's witch population booms, Atticus O'Sullivan is forced to make peace with the members of the former coven and join forces with them to drive the newcomers out of town. But what other deals will he have to make to see his task through to the end?Hexed is the second volume in the Iron Druid Chronicles and nearly as good as the first. Witches following Bacchus roll into town from Vegas and start shaking things up. Throw in Coyote, Atticus' new apprentice, and some mop from the previous b...

I'd like to think I tolerated a lot. Atticus' Gary-Stuness, his talent of getting away from danger every single time, the fact that an omg scarily powerful!!!! fallen angel was no match for him (and oh hey, it pierced his side to the point where he felt the claws "scrape by his ribs" - and after the battle was finished, all he had was a "flesh wound"). The veiled sexism (covered very well in this review, which gave me a Bad Feeling before starting this): every woman is introduced by how attracti...

Whoa, this series is getting quite addictive. Every time I plugged in my earphones and turned on Audible, time just seemed to melt away as I tried very hard not to laugh out loud in public while I was being thoroughly entertained by the story and narration. Judging from the title of the book, I suspected that witches will be the fodder for trouble in this volume and 'lo and behold, I was spot on. Polish and German witches to be specific. One thing's for sure, Arizona is quite a melting pot of a

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Full review now posted!I've got to give Hearne one thing; the man is funny.Hexed is the followup novel to Hounded, the first book in the Iron Druid Chronicles. I find that with many longer series, the second book tends to be a good deal weaker than the first. A large part of this is due to a successful first novel being optioned into a series, and the author having to find a way to stretch their idea into multiple books, generally far more than a trilogy in the urban fantasy genre. Often, by the...

Atticus and Oberon are back! This book picks up immediately after the first volume, Hounded. Atticus, his dog, and his new apprentice are trying to resume their peaceful, quiet life when, out of the blue, he is attacked by a coven of diabolical German witches. To make matters worse a group of Bacchants are descending on the town from Las Vegas. It turns out that killing all those witches at the end of the last book created a bit of a power vacuum. Atticus must either get out of town or fill the

Reread: 20173.5 stars Part of the appeal of these books (for me, at least) is that druids haven't oversaturated the market yet. I mean, name one romance novel with a sexy druid as the leading man. ....See? I'm not saying it's impossible, but if you managed to do it, you probably had to think about it for a minute. Oh, and I'm also not saying Hexed is a romance novel! It's not. I just meant that once a magical person/place/thing hits romance novel status you're pretty much sick of the sight of

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books.I liked this one but not as much as the first book in the series. This one really falls somewhere between 3 and 4 stars for me but I have decided to go ahead and round up. I was really excited to get back to the series after enjoying the first book in the series. This is definitely a series that needs to be read in order since this book picks up shortly after the events of the previous installment. This ended up being another enjoyab...

Another well-written, excellent narration of the Iron Druid Chronicles. Great story. 10 of 10 stars

In most any American town, one can find a popular all night eatery where a plate of hash browns can be prepared scattered, smothered, covered, chunked etc. Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid chronicles serves up a steaming hot and delicious plate of fun and prepared Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked etc. Hearne’s 2011 addition to the Chronicles, check-off list, Hexed, is good as the rest of the series. Iron Druid checklist:2100-year-old last of the druids – CHECKBlood sucking vampire lawyer – CHECKPack o...

just as good if not a little better then the first one.now i really want to read the third.he really can't hold on to his ears;)

***Wanda's Summer Festival of Reading Fluff*** Second books are always difficult. How do you live up to the expectations generated by a good first book? Despite the fact that I have given book two the same rating as book one, there were a few disappointments in the second installment.First, there is not nearly enough of Oberon, the wolfhound. His character made the first book for me and although he features prominently in book two, his page time had been cut down. I miss all his dopey doggy c

Atticus O’Sullivan, the last of the Druids resides in Arizona with his wolfhound Oberon. He runs an occult bookshop and makes herbal tea remedies. After the events of Hounded, the Tuatha Dé Danann try to enlist Atticus in killing their foes. Just want this ancient druid wants. He tries to avoid the Tuatha Dé Danann not be recruited by them. He is also busy teaching his new Druid apprentice Granuaile.  Atticus has problems right in Tempe though, as a new coven of witches from Vegas makes a power

So far I have only read 2 of these books but they crack me up 😂 😂😂😂 Demons smell like @ss--nasty @ss that slithers down your throat, finds your gag reflex, and sits on it with authority. I love that Atticus is a hot Druid that gets help by the Earth. And he has very funny conversations with his dog in their minds 😊 Oberon is an Irish Wolfhound and he is funny too!So almost right off the bat, Atticus hast to fight off a huge bug but the Earth helps him. And his crazy neighbor hates him. "O'S...

I listened to the narration of this book and did not finish the book. I stopped around chapter 13 or so.Positives: The narration is decent. I liked the inclusion of Coyote. I think he is a great character. I enjoy his presence in other books by other authors, this one was not an exception. Atticus and Oberon are mildly entertaining. The scene where Oberon talks to Atticus about life and death and Atticus tells the readers that he has been artificially prolonging Oberon’s life was very moving. Th...

As much fun as the first one.

Number 2 in the series and not quite as good as the first one but still a very entertaining book! I love the fact that that Atticus has such great super powers and is practically unbeatable especially with that sword. I love the talking dog and all the laugh aloud moments that this same dog introduces to the story. Comparisons with the Dresden Files are impossible to avoid but who cares when both series are so good. Loved it and now on to the next one and presumably a battle with Thor. ( who I n...

I'm enjoying the Iron Druid series and feel Hexed lives up to the promise of Hounded. I find them both to be fast, engaging reads, with a host of interesting characters, from the main ones to the minors. Hexed has a load of action, perhaps too much, but it's largely appropriate, as a couple conflicts are fall-out from Hounded, and the new one involves an invading witch group. I enjoy the complexity of Atticus, from his seemingly extreme distrust of witches, to his committed friendship with his w...