For the next few weeks I will be joining a number of bloggers and commenting and answering questions about Hounded by Kevin Hearne.  I love this series!  It’s so fresh, the world is brilliant and Atticus is an amazing Druid with a cool Deerhound who he can communicate with.  The thing I like the best about this series is that Kevin Hearne seems to be really enjoying himself righting about the characters and it really comes across with the humour.

Just added the reading schedule and name of host bloggers for info.  If you’re reading this and you’re interested in reading along then go and check them out:

April 06th: Special interview with Kevin Hearne & announcement of winners!

1) Kevin Hearne had the most perfect beginning for this book:  “There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and formost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius.”  If you were to live for centuries what do you think you would be excited to see?

If I could have lived for 2000 years like Atticus I think the most exciting thing would be to meet some of the amazing people who have now passed away.  But on top of that if you really had that much time I would like to travel and see the world.

2)In the 2nd chapter we learn about the amulet and its protection powers!  Do you think having met the Morrigan and heard about Aenghus Og that it will be enough to protect Atticus?  I mean the Morrigan has a point about hot chicks coming after him and his defenses might be down! He is very male! 

I think his amulet will be enough to protect him – after all he spent a L O N G time making it and poured a lot of himself into the magic.  To clarify though – I think it will only protect him against magic attacks – as for defence against feminine charms I think he’s on his own with that one!

3) The literary world’s coolest dog is introduced in this chapter!  Did you love Oberon immediately?  Show me a picture or describe the type of animal you would love to have as a talking companion! (Cat, Dog, Mouse, Sloth, Horse—what is your pick–pictures please)?  I love Oberon – and more to the point his relationship with Atticus which is so funny. 

My initial reaction would be to say my dogs – I have two.  But, on reflection perhaps I would go for something else.  Mmm, no, going to stick with the dogs – you can walk around with your dog and nobody would be suspicious after all.  The picture below is actually my brother’s dog – he’s called Jake and he’s a year old and really gorgeous.  I would dognap him but he’s so big he wouldn’t fit in my house!  (Plus Dude and Jack would be very unhappy).  Jake is a Deerhound lurcher and he is exactly what I picture when I read about Oberon.

4) In this chapter Flidais asked Atticus what his name is and then precedes to ask if anyone actually believes he is Greek?  He says nobody pays attention to names here.  Do you know what your name means and where it comes from?  Or do you have a name you wish had?  Let’s talk names! 

To be honest I had no idea what my name meant so I just looked it up – and apparently it is celtic – and means waterfall!

5) We learn about Atticus’ lawyers in this chapter, a rather unique combo!  Without jumping ahead, would you hire a lawyer combination of two supernaturals who on the surface would appear to be natural enemies or at the very least two very Alpha attitudes? What would be the positives and negatives of that decision.

Well, I think it would be good to have these two lawyers.  They know what’s going on and how to get out of a spot.  Plus they have lots of backup!  They also know about Atticus and so he’s never in the tricky position of having to explain himself.  On the negative side I guess you’re a bit bound by certain laws of the supernatural which are restrictive in some ways but on the whole I think the pros outweigh the cons!