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.
Nicole Korczyk
Popular Materials Librarian
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
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