Michael Barnes
With the tagline, “Be gay. Solve crimes. Take naps”? Who wouldn't want to read Courtney Smyth queer paranormal mystery involving fae, witches, daemons, vampires, and ghosts.
The characters are wonderful combination of competent and complex with our protagonist Mallory expressing all the frustrations and feelings of rage due to the challenge of fibromyalgia that has inhibited her social life and her career goals. Her best friends Cornelia and Diana have moved on with lives since founding the eponymous detective agency without solving their first crime the murder which gives rise to the fourth of the team sweet ghost Theodore.
I loved the savvy smarts these scooby gangers display, the dialog that highlights the longstanding friendship. The relationships between the protagonist Mallory and her friends Diana and Cornelia are the most parts I enjoyed most about the book which each bring different talents and passions. Imagine Alfred Hitchcock's The Three Investigators books but with more developed and contemporary young adults but with Buffy's scooby gang antagonist. The story is at turns humorous, warm and cosy, then also dark, painful and sarcastic, with moments of intense social commentary.
It maybe not be queer as fuck (for that I recommend H.A.Clarke see Scapegracers) but certainly queer as heck and thoroughly enjoyable story which is only improved knowing that their adventures continue in The Undead Complex and The Unfathomable Curse.
With the tagline, “Be gay. Solve crimes. Take naps”? Who wouldn't want to read Courtney Smyth queer paranormal mystery involving fae, witches, daemons, vampires, and ghosts.
The characters are wonderful combination of competent and complex with our protagonist Mallory expressing all the frustrations and feelings of rage due to the challenge of fibromyalgia that has inhibited her social life and her career goals. Her best friends Cornelia and Diana have moved on with lives since founding the eponymous detective agency without solving their first crime the murder which gives rise to the fourth of the team sweet ghost Theodore.
I loved the savvy smarts these scooby gangers display, the dialog that highlights the longstanding friendship. The relationships between the protagonist Mallory and her friends Diana and Cornelia are the most parts I enjoyed most about the book which each bring different talents and passions. Imagine Alfred Hitchcock's The Three Investigators books but with more developed and contemporary young adults but with Buffy's scooby gang antagonist. The story is at turns humorous, warm and cosy, then also dark, painful and sarcastic, with moments of intense social commentary.
It maybe not be queer as fuck (for that I recommend H.A.Clarke see Scapegracers) but certainly queer as heck and thoroughly enjoyable story which is only improved knowing that their adventures continue in The Undead Complex and The Unfathomable Curse.