Cold Chills
(Finn McCoy Book 3) Book Review
By Scott Langrel
Finished 03-08-2019
Genre: Paranormal Series
Basic Plot: McCoy, aka the Handler, finds himself plopped back into the thick of things in his hometown again. With the Sheriff’s help and maybe a few more unlikely sources as well, can he clean up the paranormal tempest within the worst snowstorm the town’s seen in decades?
This series has been growing on me, I honestly just read the first one because it was cheap on the Kindle when I first obtained my e-reader. But, slowly, I have found I like Finn McCoy and his band of followers more and more. I will still say, if you’re looking for a whole lot of depth, these may not be the best pick out there for you but that doesn’t mean it’s without any either. This one actually dug a little deeper into the characters involved and probably had the most depth out of the three I have ventured through thus far. The plot line itself was average I would say. There seems to not be a lot of actual fear in these as well as a lack of mystery since it’s more Langrel’s tact to use dramatic irony, letting his readers know what is happening the entire time. On the one hand, it’s a positive tactic because we get the villain's perspective too which is always intriguing. But on the other hand, it makes it impossible to foreshadow and leave us guessing since we pretty much have all the information right away. I suppose it works for some well and others, not so much but I’m somewhat indifferent towards it. I will say though, for an average of 120 something pages per book, he does do a good job of pacing and the creativity of the supernatural entities makes these pretty fun to read.
I gave this a 3.5 out of 5. This one particularly, was probably my favorite installment so far. I like that he already went back to characters we saw in the first book as well as pulling elements from it to start to really make it feel like a series instead of creepy cases. He delivers an interesting plot, decent characters (no ones running around being total idiots, doing things specifically told not to or anything, which in horror, is always a plus), and is starting to really form it into an actual series so, it’s in no way a bad read. It’s depth is lack luster and, although nothing feels missing exactly, it doesn’t really produce a lot of emotional attachment. All that said though, these are just basically fun, quick reads and if you enjoy a good paranormal story you can read about in a day, these are a good choice.
