After enjoying The Sword-Edged Blonde (reviewed here) I was eager to read more Eddie LaCrosse adventures by Alex Bledsoe. Unfortunately He Drank, and Saw the Spider: An Eddie LaCrosse Novel disappoints.
We still have Eddie, now on vacation with his girlfriend, Liz Dumont, traipsing through the world, we have the refreshing modern names and vocabulary, we have other characters and flashbacks to Eddie’s first years as a mercenary. We also have gaping plot holes, boring secondary characters, and a force-fit sets of problems. Overall the book was boring with a predictable conclusion.
I read several other Amazon reviews and most enjoyed the book, giving it a 4 1/2 star overall rating which is darn good. No one commented on the gaping plot hole, which means either it didn’t bother anyone else or the answer was in the book and I missed it.
In the flashback to 16 years before, Eddie encounters a group of soldiers sent by Crazy King Jerry with orders to kill the baby girl he protected. We never found why the soldiers were sent after the baby, particularly puzzling since Crazy King Jerry wasn’t even aware there was a baby. I was pretty sure who the baby would turn out to be, but kept reading because I couldn’t see why Jerry would want her dead. This wasn’t answered and frankly, I don’t really care enough to go back through and see whether I missed it.
This was a big enough let down that I doubt I’ll look for any more books in the series.
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