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The third Supernatural novel, Bone Key, is penned by Keith DeCandido (the man who also gave us the dull-as-ditchwater Nevermore), and the first few chapters made me yawn miserably. This novel is set in Key West, FL--which is certainly more interesting and comfortable than NYC, but it ain't exactly the heartland, is it? Why can't he write a story with the guys reasonably close to home? Especially since the first scene with the brothers is in Sioux Falls, SD with Bobby? I find it damn near impossible to believe that with the Devil's Gate opening, there are no other cases in the Midwest to check out...Florida is literally thousands of miles away (1,981, according to Google Maps). To be clear: I'm not against setting Supernatural stories in other locales; I just don't like this author's clumsy way of doing it. C'mon, who wouldn't love to see fugitive Sam and Dean hunting an udhrut or something in Yemen or someplace equally exotic, post-Night Shifter? There are tons of possibilities.

Setting aside the completely irrational plot setup for a moment, I did find the characterization of the brothers closer to the mark this time around. They aren't explored with as much depth as in the previous novel (Witch's Canyon, which I would recommend), but they aren't too obviously off, either. I did find Dean's obsession with warmth and heat in Florida a bit strange; wouldn't you think that would remind him of Hell? And, y'know, he goes around in his dad's leather jacket all the time, which is not the lightest layer of clothing that exists, and isn't really suited to the Floridian climate. Also, as others have mentioned in their reviews, Dean was never ever a bully, no matter what DeCandido thinks; we see that proven in season 4, After School Special, which explores the brothers' high-school selves. While Sam isn't hit with the mischaracterization stick as hard as Dean is here, he does strike me as somewhat flat and kind of useless, plot-wise (existing only to be captured and rescued), especially after his wonderfully heroic star turn in the worst moments of Witch's Canyon.

The locals are also far less irritating here than in Nevermore , where it seemed like everyone had some kind of neurotic verbal or personality quirk; here the people present as a bit more normal and relatable. Sometimes too much so: the chapters told from the perspective of murder victims presented an interesting angle at first, since we don't ever really get their perspectives on the show, but slowed things down and took up too much space as the story moved forward.

Like the other novels of this series, this is a monster-of-the-week one-off with some interesting insights as to the story arc of the season, though all of the novels (so far) can be read as stand-alones. The plot revolves around the ghosts of Key West (including Ernest Hemingway) becoming majorly pissed off and murdering people that enter their homes. Since ghost tours are a thriving business, this presents something of a problem. According to a hippie/junkie, Yaphet, the spirits started getting restless six months before the brothers showed up, and at Christmas things really kicked into high gear, as if someone or something is escalating the situation using spellwork and human sacrifice.

It turns out two demons--Azazel's stooges, before he died--are performing the rituals to make ghosts stronger so that they can absorb the ghosts' spiritual energy, similar to what happens with the souls in Purgatory in seasons 6 and 7. One of the ghosts, a collective spirit known as the Last Calusa, slips free of the demons' control, killing one demon and going on a vengeful murder spree. Sam and Dean decide to work with the surviving demon to stop the spirit and reverse the spells the demons cast. Unfortunately, before they can get a solid plan in place, Sam and a bunch of other innocent bystanders are captured by the Last Calusa for a sacrificial ritual. Dean calls Bobby in as reinforcement and, out of good options, agrees to be part of the demon's spell to destroy the Last Calusa. (Incidental nitpick: Dean is very, very against Sam working with any demons, ever, in season 4, yet Dean's working with one willingly in season 3? I really think he should have fought that harder. It's tough to believe Sam wouldn't bring it up later.) Sam and Dean also leave all the spirits of Key West supercharged and ready to kill after the case is over, which again, doesn't seem like them. I suspect the DeCandido-written installments of this series will never be favorites for me.


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Supernatural Bone Key Supernatural Series Keith RA DeCandido 9780061435034 Books Reviews

The Supernatural series of books are well written. They have the "feel" of one of the episodes, including the rapport between Sam and Dean. The stories are a quick read and enjoyable. My biggest problem is the value for the price. The cost of these books is quite a bit more than most kindle titles and they are short stories. They are also not the types of books that will having you pondering anything; they are straight to the point and predictable. Actually, thinking about it as I am writing this, they are almost a two star rating because of this drawback. Make $2.99 and they would be good. As it stands you could probably make up a story yourself that is just as good.
*****SPOILER ALERT******** just sayin...

This book has two very short prologues. The first takes place 200 years ago with a Native American Chief Priest and a young boy in Florida, committing a ritual suicide. Children's death are always disturbing so this begins with a good creep factor.

The second prologue has the demons gathered, waiting on the other side of Samuel Colt's Hell's gate, but when the gate opens, there is no one to follow, since we know Dean killed Azazel and Sam killed Jake, so the demons take off into the world, unfettered. It stays with canon so I'm happy. If you read my not review of Nevermore, Mr. DeCandido's first Supernatural novel, you'll know I wondered if he even watched Supernatural, but this one so far, seems to be a vast improvement.

Chapter One First victim gets killed. I liked this girl, she wasn't stupid and I felt bad when her life ended.

Chapter Two The boys are celebrating a subdued New Years at Bobby's right after the Christmas when they ganked the two weirdo gods. Sam still has a missing fingernail. With his deal coming due, Dean jumps at the chance to go back to Key West for a job.

Chapter Three Second and third victims die. Eeeew, creepy doll, creepy doll.

Chapter Four Author still likes to name every street the boys drive or walk down. They arrive in Key West and discover a friendly ghost who wants to help them.

Chapters Five and Six Famous ghost shows himself. Key West has lots of spiritual energy apparently and lots of famous ghosts are amped up in power. But why?

Chapters Seven and Eight Another ghostly encounter. Sam and Dean meet another friendly hunter-aware cop.

Chapters Nine Two more victims, er blood sacrifices to kick up what is really happening.

Chapters Ten Laughing my butt off. Seriously? Okay, in this author's first novel Nevermore, I complained that he wrote Dean's eye color as blue. This is how he tries to make up for that

"Anyone ever told you that you got the most amazing blue eyes?"

The truthful answer to that question was "no," since Dean didn't have blue eyes, and wasn't entirely sure how anyone could think he did have blue eyes--but when the person asking was as hot as this girl was, Dean just gave her a big smile, and said, "Why thank you!"

It's hilarious to see a writer backpedal like that. Keith must have gotten a ton of emails over the wrong eye color thing. Hee.

Creepy doll again.

Chapters Eleven and Twelve More clues learned. The brothers interrupt a ritual by demons who came out of the gate. Unfortunately the ritual unleashed something much more powerful and ominous than they expected.

Chapter Thirteen Bunch of deaths, making the Big Bad way powerful.

Chapter Fourteen Oh crap, Big Bad has Sam and worried Dean can't get to him. Don't want to spoil it, but I'm really liking the way this is playing out. It has all the Supernatural elements of why it went after Sam and not Dean--which is really clever, not what you'd think--as well as the brotherly worry. It's obvious that Writer Keith has watched the show and gotten what it really is all about this go around.

Chapter Fifteen Mainly Sam struggling against what has him trapped while worrying about whether Dean is still alive.

Chapter Sixteen Bobby shows up. They know what to do to save Sam, but it is really really risky to Dean.

Chapters Seventeen -- Nineteen Big climatic showdown between the boys and the Big Bad. Dean does of course something he never would have done if Sam wasn't in jeopardy. These chapters go back and forth between the boys' point of view and what Dean does is really amazing and something we never really get to see happening to him. Plus with how difficult it is, he has to hold onto one thought to keep him grounded, and I don't even need to tell you what that is. This last battle is really well-executed, clever and well-written.

Chapter Nineteen Loose ends with demon and friendly spirit are tied up.

As much as I couldn't recommend Mr. DeCandido's first Supernatural book Nevermore, this second one is a winner. It's almost as though he was pressured to get that first one out so he didn't have enough time to fully immerse himself in what the show was about and it fell flat. He has certainly redeemed himself with Bone Key. I loved it. I wonder if that terrible start is what has given the Supernatural books a bad reputation, because so far, out of the three and a half I've read, Nevermore is the only one I would tell anyone not to bother with.

I definitely recommend reading Bone Key. It's good
I've actually read this a couple times over the past couple years. This is, (in my humble opinion) better than "Never more," which was a decent read, but his characteristics of Sam and Dean Winchester seemed overplayed, as if he was trying to hard to convince fans it was worthy of bearing the Supernatural association. This book seemed less contrived, much more natural. I could picture the Winchester' s easily enough, the reading flowed effortlessly and I found it enjoyable,like a bonus longer version of Supernatural without the limits faced by special effects and editing. Overall, a pleasing experience. I'm glad I gave it a chance rather than holding a bias because the first Supernatural novel he created fell short(to me, anyway.)
The third Supernatural novel, Bone Key, is penned by Keith DeCandido (the man who also gave us the dull-as-ditchwater Nevermore), and the first few chapters made me yawn miserably. This novel is set in Key West, FL--which is certainly more interesting and comfortable than NYC, but it ain't exactly the heartland, is it? Why can't he write a story with the guys reasonably close to home? Especially since the first scene with the brothers is in Sioux Falls, SD with Bobby? I find it damn near impossible to believe that with the Devil's Gate opening, there are no other cases in the Midwest to check out...Florida is literally thousands of miles away (1,981, according to Google Maps). To be clear I'm not against setting Supernatural stories in other locales; I just don't like this author's clumsy way of doing it. C'mon, who wouldn't love to see fugitive Sam and Dean hunting an udhrut or something in Yemen or someplace equally exotic, post-Night Shifter? There are tons of possibilities.

Setting aside the completely irrational plot setup for a moment, I did find the characterization of the brothers closer to the mark this time around. They aren't explored with as much depth as in the previous novel (Witch's Canyon, which I would recommend), but they aren't too obviously off, either. I did find Dean's obsession with warmth and heat in Florida a bit strange; wouldn't you think that would remind him of Hell? And, y'know, he goes around in his dad's leather jacket all the time, which is not the lightest layer of clothing that exists, and isn't really suited to the Floridian climate. Also, as others have mentioned in their reviews, Dean was never ever a bully, no matter what DeCandido thinks; we see that proven in season 4, After School Special, which explores the brothers' high-school selves. While Sam isn't hit with the mischaracterization stick as hard as Dean is here, he does strike me as somewhat flat and kind of useless, plot-wise (existing only to be captured and rescued), especially after his wonderfully heroic star turn in the worst moments of Witch's Canyon.

The locals are also far less irritating here than in Nevermore , where it seemed like everyone had some kind of neurotic verbal or personality quirk; here the people present as a bit more normal and relatable. Sometimes too much so the chapters told from the perspective of murder victims presented an interesting angle at first, since we don't ever really get their perspectives on the show, but slowed things down and took up too much space as the story moved forward.

Like the other novels of this series, this is a monster-of-the-week one-off with some interesting insights as to the story arc of the season, though all of the novels (so far) can be read as stand-alones. The plot revolves around the ghosts of Key West (including Ernest Hemingway) becoming majorly pissed off and murdering people that enter their homes. Since ghost tours are a thriving business, this presents something of a problem. According to a hippie/junkie, Yaphet, the spirits started getting restless six months before the brothers showed up, and at Christmas things really kicked into high gear, as if someone or something is escalating the situation using spellwork and human sacrifice.

It turns out two demons--Azazel's stooges, before he died--are performing the rituals to make ghosts stronger so that they can absorb the ghosts' spiritual energy, similar to what happens with the souls in Purgatory in seasons 6 and 7. One of the ghosts, a collective spirit known as the Last Calusa, slips free of the demons' control, killing one demon and going on a vengeful murder spree. Sam and Dean decide to work with the surviving demon to stop the spirit and reverse the spells the demons cast. Unfortunately, before they can get a solid plan in place, Sam and a bunch of other innocent bystanders are captured by the Last Calusa for a sacrificial ritual. Dean calls Bobby in as reinforcement and, out of good options, agrees to be part of the demon's spell to destroy the Last Calusa. (Incidental nitpick Dean is very, very against Sam working with any demons, ever, in season 4, yet Dean's working with one willingly in season 3? I really think he should have fought that harder. It's tough to believe Sam wouldn't bring it up later.) Sam and Dean also leave all the spirits of Key West supercharged and ready to kill after the case is over, which again, doesn't seem like them. I suspect the DeCandido-written installments of this series will never be favorites for me.