I did a quick forum search on "Hawkes Harbor" and only came up with a few mentions of it in past years.
I just finished reading the book last night, having picked it up earlier this year at a discount book store. I wasn't expecting much, and I have to admit that the beginning portion of the book was a bit difficult to get through. But once I was in, I was in for good.
It wasn't difficult to discern who each character represented from the Dark Shadows world, and the same goes for the settings used most in the book. I have to say though, that I found some of the relationships between characters to be a bit unexpected from how they were presented in the show. I have to wonder if these were present in the first draft of the novel, or if they were the result of changes made after the DS Gods determined that the book would not be an officially licensed DS novel?
The relationship between Jamie (Willie) and Grenville (Barnabas) was really all over the place. The early part of it (where Barnabas practically abuses Willie at every turn) I found to be pretty accurate. However, by the end of the book (SPOILERS HERE) where they practically became road trip buddies was a little much for me to swallow. And Jamie's fate at the end of the book was also not what I would've guessed given that Willie is always involved in later DS projects (particularly the audio dramas).
Anyway, has anyone else read the book and what did you think?
EDIT: I must not have been searching the Home page of the forum, because I just found more mentions and a topic. However, I'd enjoy talking about it further if this topic stays up.
