Discount Armageddon
Ratings63
Average rating3.7
This is only the second urban fantasy I've ever read, so I don't know how to compare it to other books. But on its own, I found it quite amusing, with a pretty cool premise of monsters and monster hunters.
HAIL!
Okay, this is another book I probably wouldn't have picked up if it wasn't recommended to me. The cover doesn't totally work for me and I'm not always in love with this author's books.
Yet here we are. I'm finally getting to writing this review, for book 1, and I've already read 4 of the books. I absolutely ADORE this series.
Verity is a firecracker, a good person, and just a magnificent lead to follow. The world is complex and huge and there are so many supernatural beings that it is crazy... but in a good way. All the characters we are in constant contact with are decently fleshed out and there isn't one that I thought badly of. They all have their quirks and it was fun reading about them.
Look, I'm 4 books in, waiting for book 5 to come in at my library, I don't know if I can give a great sense of how much I like this series than that. It is addicting and hard to put down. Also, I laughed throughout the story. This book started my connection with these characters and now I'm totally attached to the Price family.
If you like Urban fantasies that focus more on the fantasy and action, but still have a romance AND will make you laugh, you should pick this book up!
3.5 stars, almost a 4. The Aeslin mice were the best thing. The heroine's love interest was one of the worst things.
Verity Price loves to dance. Her dream is to become a professional dancer. Her family has other ideas. The Price family have been cryptozoologists for generations. They find cryptids (monsters), and if they aren't a threat to humans, they protect them. If they are a danger, they gotta go. Verity's family finds a way to compromise. She can pursue her dream in Manhattan as long as she takes care of the cryptid community too. Things are going fine until cryptids start disappearing, a guy from the Covenent shows up, and there is talk of a dragon. Verity has to find a way to deal with everything, or she can kiss her dance career goodbye. I really enjoyed this book. Fast paced, funny, great characters, and I love reading about all the different kinds of cryptids. I love the Aeslin mice! Hail!
While this was a fun read, there were so many part of this book that were so ... ridiculous! Dominic's quick change of heart. The scene where Verity was making Candy change the songs while they were fighting the servitors. The dance scene with Dominic. I could probably go on. But, it was fun.
Verity is a cryptozoologist, she “hunts” cryptids. I think I have that right. And she studies them. Cryptids are the supernaturals in this world, and she prefers not to kill them. Her and her family are traitors to the Covenant, and they have been hiding from them for years. Her Grandmother is in hell, looking for her Grandfather, her Mom occasionally visits to help, and Verity just wants to dance. Something is stealing cryptids, and Dominic swears its not him, so Verity works with him to find out what.
I really liked the mice. They were hilarious. Part of the ridiculousness too though. And while I probably won't be picking up the second book to this series anytime soon, I probably will be picking it up eventually. I am intrigued enough to know what happens, but I don't need to know it now.
I enjoy all Seanan McGuire books. This one was just as good too. Very is a bit more snarky but I still like her. I really can't wait to start the next book.
