Saturday, April 25, 2026

Nicole recommends "Slayers of Old"

https://ipage.ingramcontent.com/ipage/servlet/ibg.common.titledetail.imageloader?ean=9780756419684

Jenny the Vampire Slayer...I mean, Hunter of Artemis, has been retired for decades after discovering that she was being used as a weapon by a group of old guys. For twenty years she's lived with Annette, a half-succubus with a keen mind for finances, and Temple, a now-99-year-old wizard with a psychic connection to their house. Jenny is a part-time demon EMT, she and Annette run the bookstore downstairs, and Temple spends his time feeding everyone and caring for their house. None of them are expecting to have to dust off their skills and save the world, but a baddie from the past summoning an eldritch horror can't be ignored.

This book was funny, heartwarming, then funny again. It's strange to call it a "cozy horror" when the stakes are literally apocalyptic and not everyone makes it out alive, but there's something comforting about main characters who are adult enough to know who they are and what's worth sacrificing for.

 

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Amy recommends "Her Last Breath"

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063394131/lc.gif&client=clintmacpl&type=unbound&nicaption=Her+Last+Breath%1FAdams%2C+Taylor.%1FBook

I figured this one out early on but I honestly think that made the whole thing even better! It’s fun thriller set underground which somehow amps up the reader’s reactions to everything. By the end, you won’t even know who you are rooting for.