Ghost Road Blues - Jonathan Maberry - 4 stars

Jonathan Maberry is one of my favorite writers, but this 1st book to the trilogy seemed to start very slow for me. I loved meeting the characters and learning about the small town of Pine Deep, but it seemed like there was just too much build up. I found it hard to get into the story, but I kept on with it and finally it took off and it became very engaging. I just wished it would have picked up sooner.

The story itself is pretty skittish to start with, and I was not sure what was going on or who exactly the bad guys were, or what they were, or even where they came from, but all of that fell into place once the story started to take off. Things began to become very clear, and it was an adrenalin rush from then on.

Loved, loved, loved the characters in this first installment. All of them were great. So well developed, so raw and scarred. I love that in characters because you get to see inside of them, you get to see what makes them tick. My favorite by far was Crow. I loved his personality, I loved the fact that he was gritty and never played it safe. There are also some great 'bad' guys as well. These types are the ones you want to see suffer at some point, to lose out and not prevail even though that does not always happen.

I feel like I can recommend this book to any Maberry fans that may not have read it yet. It has a lot of action packed moments, and a lot of excitement, which makes this book a definite page turner. I look forward to continuing on with this story.