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As part of my birthday presents this year, I acquired the first few Supernatural novels, which are written by various authors. The first, Nevermore, is written by Keith R. A DeCandido. It's set specifically between "Crossroad Blues" and "Croatoan," as is the next one, "Witch's Canyon." Below be spoilers, so strap in.

The story starts promisingly enough with two frat boys in New York, New York murdered via orangutan (seriously). Cut to our boys on the road, hearing about a haunting in New York from Ash and Ellen. (It's November 2006, and everyone's still alive. This is a nice time in series history to explore. :) ) Sam noticed the orangutan murder as well as another person being killed by being bricked up behind a wall, and thinks there may be something going on involving Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. Sam and Dean arrive in New York (and Dean hates East coast traffic as much as I do, heh) and visit Ash's friend. Then they pay a visit to the zoo the murderous orangutan escaped from, asking their handler, Claire Watson, about what actually happened. Apparently someone hopped the poor monkey up on amphetamines. The monkey is still alive, and he's named Dean--cute.

They decide to stay with Manfred Afiri, Ash's friend with the spirit problem--his house is full of '70s music paraphernalia so you just know Dean's in Heaven. Unfortunately the cover band Manfred plays for isn't terribly good. :( Shenanigans occur; Sam discovers a mousy Poe fiend who may be the killer they're looking for and Dean does some research on a resurrection ritual invented by a bitter (fictional) rival of Poe, Perceval Samuels. When Sam and Dean start digging at a crime scene, they're caught by detective Marina McBain. She doesn't arrest them because she knew their dad.

Manfred's spirit is an ex-girlfriend, Roxy, who is mad at him for not loving her enough.(Well, actually she's mad because one of his bandmates killed her, but we don't learn that until later.) Sam and Dean have some difficulty identifying her and even greater difficulty locating any remains, so they need to get creative in how they deal with her. Meanwhile, the Poe murders keep occurring; they team up with the Poe fiend (a man named Arthur Gordon Pym, who is also an amateur hunter) to stop the final murder needed to perform the resurrection ritual and apprehend the killer. The killer takes Pym hostage to be the final sacrifice in his resurrection ritual; Sam, Dean and Marina rescue him and capture the killer. Open-and-shut case. Nothing more to see here.

Part of the reason I picked these up is because I wanted to see if there were any deviations or additions to the series that couldn't be gleaned from the episodes themselves. There's not much of that here, but I liked getting some details on how Bobby helped Dean track down the parts to fix the Impala in season 2. The boys also get caught by the cops, so this ties into the law enforcement arc quite neatly. Unfortunately, they can't actually be brought in by the cops, so there's a bit of a handwavium involving the detective who catches them: she knew John Winchester and is part of a small network of law enforcement who know that supernatural things exist. Apparently John killed a dragon in New York? Victor Hendricksen does get a brief, very in-character cameo near the end. The author also seems to be confused about Sam's Stanford history; he never actually went to grad school, remember? He scored great on the LSATs and had an interview, but he didn't go. This author seems to think he did, for at least a year. (He may be referring to Sam's undergrad degree, which was prelaw, but I don't believe this is mentioned specifically. Anyway, those parts were a bit confusing and seemed off.)

Complaints/pet peeves: Calling their dad's journal a "notebook" is...no. Just, no. I despise the east coast, east coast accents, big cities, pretentious attitudes, etc., and this is set in the Bronx. So, kinda tough to get through in places, especially the extended sports team discussions. There is a reason so much of the show is set in America's heartland, Chuck damn it, and I prefer to be closer to home for these adventures, thanks.

Overall? Fine. Interesting enough, though far from great. I will be picking up the next one.


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Supernatural Nevermore Supernatural Series Keith RA DeCandido 9780061370908 Books Reviews

First things first. This book was based off of the TV show "Supernatural." It was published in 2007 and took place between Season 2's Crossroad Blues and Croatoan - episodes 8 and 9.

Having watched all the way through to season nine before reading this book, I had to set my mind back about 7 years to things that the writer would not have known abut later episodes and facts that were used in the television shows. I would suggest those in my position who would want to read this book to do the same.

Some things I liked

There were some funny moments in the story. For instance, this scene
"Oh, it wasn't Dean's fault at all!"
The short one suddenly developed a coughing fit, and said, "Dean? That was the orangutan's name?"
"Well, that's what I called him. We've got two on loan from Philadelphia for a while, and I named them Hank and Dean -- y'know, after the Venture Brother."
Looking at John, Bernie said. "Actually, I think Dean's a great name for a big ape, don't you?"
(p. 43 of the paperback edition)

I always wondered how Dean would handle driving in a crowded city. This story took place in New York, so this answered that question. It also gave some background on the both Sam and Dean that we don't get from the shows.

It kept with the Supernatural theme - hunting a ghost and stopping a potential resurrection ritual. It also incorporated some Edgar Allen Poe history in the case.

Some things I didn't liked

I tried to keep an open mind considering the time frame of when it was written and where it was in the actually TV story line. I was pleased that the author consulted with Kripke with the story. One thing I couldn't just let go was the description of Sam and Dean's eye color. Brown and blue are not their eye colors. This might had been okay except the author supposedly studied Jared and Jensen's role as Sam and Dean. Granted, he might not had been as interested in staring in their eyes as some of fans, but getting the right color seemed to something I would expect to be accurate in this type of book.

There was a lot of "music" in the first half of the book. I understand Dean's obsession with his music, but reading about every song played or could have been played was a little much for me. By the end of the book, this disappeared.
Lots of street names which could have been cut down a lot, as well. This did not end like the music.

Some of the realistic dialogue could have been cut down a little. (I understand that we don't always pronounce things as we should, but it got to be a little much to read at some times.) Example
"God, Manfred, 'member how she used t'get when we went t'your place?"
It made it choppy while reading it.

Overall, I wouldn't say it was a bad book. I enjoyed it.
I would imagine fans of the show might have some issues with some of it. I would suggest reading the book "for fun" more than a companion to the show in this case.
As for someone who has never seen the show? I'm not sure how they would handle things. They might be a little lost on the finer details.
I'm a huge Supernatural fan. I've seen every single episode. Having said that, I'm always leery of tie-in novels because they can be really hit or miss. In total, I've read four Supernatural tie-in novels and, hands down, this is the absolute weakest. It's almost to the point where you start to think that it's an unrelated novel with characters who happen to share the same name as our beloved Sam and Dean Winchester, but none of the charm, wit, or coolness that makes us love them. The connection between the brothers wasn't there. A lot of the humor was sophomoric and off the mark. The villains and support characters were flat and one dimensional. The author made you spend a lot of time in the heads of characters he then killed off. The descriptions were weak to the point that it made it hard to create a mental image of what you were supposed to be picturing. And the mystery itself was almost mundane. If the guy hadn't been trying to enact a spell, there would have been no supernatural element to the story at all since all of the crimes were actually homicides committed by a normal (albeit insane) human.

The one bright spot in this story was Officer McBain. Supernatural as a series tends to be very monochromatic so I liked the introduction of a genre savvy, moral POC character. I imagined her as being portrayed by Erica Tazel (Rachel Brooks, Jusified). I would love to see her in the live action series.

While I would recommend skipping this book, I do like the Supernatural series overall. Witch Canyon and Night Terrors were unbelievably good and I could totally see those as actual episodes. But Nevermore? Well, the title says it all.
As part of my birthday presents this year, I acquired the first few Supernatural novels, which are written by various authors. The first, Nevermore, is written by Keith R. A DeCandido. It's set specifically between "Crossroad Blues" and "Croatoan," as is the next one, "Witch's Canyon." Below be spoilers, so strap in.

The story starts promisingly enough with two frat boys in New York, New York murdered via orangutan (seriously). Cut to our boys on the road, hearing about a haunting in New York from Ash and Ellen. (It's November 2006, and everyone's still alive. This is a nice time in series history to explore. ) ) Sam noticed the orangutan murder as well as another person being killed by being bricked up behind a wall, and thinks there may be something going on involving Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. Sam and Dean arrive in New York (and Dean hates East coast traffic as much as I do, heh) and visit Ash's friend. Then they pay a visit to the zoo the murderous orangutan escaped from, asking their handler, Claire Watson, about what actually happened. Apparently someone hopped the poor monkey up on amphetamines. The monkey is still alive, and he's named Dean--cute.

They decide to stay with Manfred Afiri, Ash's friend with the spirit problem--his house is full of '70s music paraphernalia so you just know Dean's in Heaven. Unfortunately the cover band Manfred plays for isn't terribly good. ( Shenanigans occur; Sam discovers a mousy Poe fiend who may be the killer they're looking for and Dean does some research on a resurrection ritual invented by a bitter (fictional) rival of Poe, Perceval Samuels. When Sam and Dean start digging at a crime scene, they're caught by detective Marina McBain. She doesn't arrest them because she knew their dad.

Manfred's spirit is an ex-girlfriend, Roxy, who is mad at him for not loving her enough.(Well, actually she's mad because one of his bandmates killed her, but we don't learn that until later.) Sam and Dean have some difficulty identifying her and even greater difficulty locating any remains, so they need to get creative in how they deal with her. Meanwhile, the Poe murders keep occurring; they team up with the Poe fiend (a man named Arthur Gordon Pym, who is also an amateur hunter) to stop the final murder needed to perform the resurrection ritual and apprehend the killer. The killer takes Pym hostage to be the final sacrifice in his resurrection ritual; Sam, Dean and Marina rescue him and capture the killer. Open-and-shut case. Nothing more to see here.

Part of the reason I picked these up is because I wanted to see if there were any deviations or additions to the series that couldn't be gleaned from the episodes themselves. There's not much of that here, but I liked getting some details on how Bobby helped Dean track down the parts to fix the Impala in season 2. The boys also get caught by the cops, so this ties into the law enforcement arc quite neatly. Unfortunately, they can't actually be brought in by the cops, so there's a bit of a handwavium involving the detective who catches them she knew John Winchester and is part of a small network of law enforcement who know that supernatural things exist. Apparently John killed a dragon in New York? Victor Hendricksen does get a brief, very in-character cameo near the end. The author also seems to be confused about Sam's Stanford history; he never actually went to grad school, remember? He scored great on the LSATs and had an interview, but he didn't go. This author seems to think he did, for at least a year. (He may be referring to Sam's undergrad degree, which was prelaw, but I don't believe this is mentioned specifically. Anyway, those parts were a bit confusing and seemed off.)

Complaints/pet peeves Calling their dad's journal a "notebook" is...no. Just, no. I despise the east coast, east coast accents, big cities, pretentious attitudes, etc., and this is set in the Bronx. So, kinda tough to get through in places, especially the extended sports team discussions. There is a reason so much of the show is set in America's heartland, Chuck damn it, and I prefer to be closer to home for these adventures, thanks.

Overall? Fine. Interesting enough, though far from great. I will be picking up the next one.