InCryptid #1
Seanan McGuire
Daw Books Inc / Penguin
March 2012 / 978-0756407131
Fantasy / Ghosts / Ghouls / Monsters
Amazon
Reviewed
by Jan Fields
First, Seanan McGuire is now firmly in my "favorite
authors" group. I loved the introduction to cryptid hunters
that appeared in her short story in the Westward
Weird anthology. I left that story wishing I could
see more of these interesting people -- and then Discount
Armageddon arrived and I chortled with glee. In this
first book of the InCryptid Series, we meet cryptid hunter
(and ballroom dance enthusiast) Verity Price. Her family protects
humans from dangerous cryptids (and sometimes protect cryptids
from dangerous humans). Verity must do both when she finds
young female cryptids disappearing all over New York. As she
tries to track down the abductor, she must also keep a reign
on a hunky cryptid hunter from the Covenant of St. George,
a society that believes all cryptids are dangerous and should
be killed on site. The storyline is fast paced with plenty
of delightful twists and turns and verbal sparring. Verity
Price is a charming character, with unexpected twists of her
own. And the Aeslin mice are one of the greatest author creations
I've ever seen. We all need more Aeslin mice. Read the book;
trust me, you'll agree.
Reviews of other titles in this series
Discount
Armageddon #1
Pocket
Apocalypse #4
Chaos
Choreography #5
Magic
for Nothing #6
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