White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton

White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton

I’d been planning to read this book for a while, but when it finally found its way to the top of my “to read” pile I found myself wishing it hadn’t. Adam is an interesting character, but his actions in the book didn’t appear to be “in character” for him. To the point, the whole book depends on his dropping everything to go and help a brother he is estranged from. The reason they’re estranged? The brother had Adam committed for seeing things with his magical abilities. The reason Bobby needs Adam to come help him? Bobby’s wife is in trouble and Bobby “saw” something supernatural with his own magical abilities. Stop and think about that for a moment. Bobby knew Adam’s powers were real and had him committed anyway. And Adam decides that must not really be important because this jerk needs his help now. So he not only drops everything, but puts his life in very serious dangers multiple times for a man who can’t even be polite to him. I never understood why he would do this.

 

This fundamental problem really spoiled the book for me. There was plenty of action and frankly a lot of it was good action. But I never understood why Adam was doing what he did in the novel from a “motivational” point of view. And most of the time, I felt like Bobby not only didn’t respect Adam, he was hostile to Adam because (as we learn later) Adam represents a part of his life he rejected. So, why again, was Adam helping this jerk?