Night Terrors (Shadow Watch, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Apr 08, 2014 April rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2014, for-review, fantasy, suspense, paranormal-supernatural, awesome-worlds, mc-with-special-talent-s, scifi-ish, urban-fantasy

Night Terrors is an awesome book! I loved getting to know this new world - made up of an alternate world called Nod that's connected to Earty by a series of ever moving doors, but that's the least interesting thing about this world. The world is based around the fact that there are some human dreamers that dream their nightmares into reality. Not just random nightmares though, a steady stream of the same nightmarish being that eventually comes to life because it becomes so real. People who bring Night Terrors is an awesome book! I loved getting to know this new world - made up of an alternate world called Nod that's connected to Earty by a series of ever moving doors, but that's the least interesting thing about this world. The world is based around the fact that there are some human dreamers that dream their nightmares into reality. Not just random nightmares though, a steady stream of the same nightmarish being that eventually comes to life because it becomes so real. People who bring their nightmare (called an Incubus) to life are called Ideators and after their incubus is made real most of them form a bond. Not a romantic bond usually, but a friendly bond. You see once the Incubus are made real they also have a a Day Aspect in which they don't look like their nightmarish self and usually behave much differently too. Their Night Asoect is when thry return to theur original nightmarish ways, although their intent is not usually to scare their Ideator any longer but to cause general mischief, mayhem, whatever darkness they can revel in. Their Ideators usually have to try to reign them in if thry can in their Night Aspect,

In Night Terrors, Audra was the Ideator who dreamed up a nightmarish, garish, mischievous, lunatic-laughing, homicidal clown. That's right, a clown. There's also something else - Incubi have powers that us mere humans don't have, they can connect to the Maelstrom energy that helped to create them and they're pretty much immortal, if they're wounded, they'll eventually heal. Jinx, Audra's partner in fighting crime, since they're partners working for the Shadow Watch that keeps watch and order on Earth and Nod from a Rogue and pesky (that's an understatement) Incubi. Jinx cracked me up, he was also pretty darn creepy too, especially while in his Night Aspect. He's got a flower that can shoot whatever liquid he wants it too - he prefers acid but Audra tries to keep a wrap on that and get him to use something milder. He's also got endless pockets with seemingly bottomless depths. You never know what he will pull out next but his favorite weapon of choice is a sledgehammer that he named Cuthbert.

Being a cop working for the Shadow Watch has it's perks too. Since Audra's human and yet has to go up against Incubi with inhuman strengths and various - let's call them superpowers - she needs special tech that the Shadow Watch provides to help her maintain control over an Incubi when trying to wrangle one in and keep control after the capture.

I could go on and on about all the different Incubi, I found myself as fascinated as I was creeped out! Waggoner definitely has one helluva imagination and I'm not quite sure I'd want to live in his head - even for a day, but especially not a night - but I can definitely say I'm glad he wrote Night Terrors and that he shares his creepy Incubi with us, I literally can't wait to get my hands on the next book to see what Jinx and Audra get into next - and most of all I'm SO hapoy and excited that this is a series! It's got a wickedly great kick off! ...more

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Mar 10, 2014 Bexx rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley-arc, urban-fantasy, kindle, comfort-heartbreak

Thank you Net Galley and Angry Robot! Oh man, what a fun and insane ride!! I loved it! Where do I get my own Jinx?

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Oct 10, 2014 Cat rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own

Snagged this book at the store as I was drawn to the wicked cool cover. It sounded just as cool as it looked and by all means it read as cool as well. I loved this story. At first I was a little disappointed that it didnt go into the background of the characters so I changed my mindset that it would just be a fun, light read. But it got there eventually with the character depth and background. Just in the authors own way. It ended magnificently and I really enjoyed the characters. The only compl ...more

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