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My reading slump has suuucked. I haven’t read much of anything since the whole COVID-19 mess, and my state was ‘shut down.� I’ve binge watched a lot of junk in Netflix, and annoyed my kids and dog. True story. So, with this, I jumped straight in to Koontz’s new release, Devoted, and loved it for being just a crazy entertaining ride.

Devoted isn’t classic Koontz, but it’s closer to his classic novels than I’ve seen (or... read, I guess) in some time. In fact, I’ve abandoned the author because most of the time I just can’t get in to his newer novels (I’m sure they’re great, I just can’t jive with them - yes, I totally said jive - who AM I THESE DAYS?!).

Devoted started quickly, and stated out interesting, and maintained its momentum throughout. The characters weren’t super fleshed out - they were either genuinely good, or truly evil - but not much gray area. A couple of the characters could have been edited out for being essentially pointless (ouch... sorry).

If you’ve read a lot of Koontz, this book will be pretty predictable, but not unenjoyable. A few elements of Koontz, in my opinion always are - his love of dogs, Cali, Spanish style bungalows, heros that are former military special forces and SUVs always stand out to me.

The biggest negative is that I felt like there were a lot of open ends, unbelievable situations and a couple of flat out plot holes. Because I wasn’t really looking for anything but an entertaining read to break a slump, I didn’t mind.

I would definitely recommend Devoted to Koontz fans, and someone looking for an easy, fun, exciting read for some escapism.