The Monster Botherer

    Described as a “deliciously dark gothic romance”, I was excited to delve into this book, and while the first few pages delivered what the description promised it shifted quite quickly. Throw away your  expectations and embrace the forever autumn vibes of 90’s supernatural tv shows such as Charmed, The Ghost Whisperer and even Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It even comes with aging witchy aunts! Maven, our female lead, forces herself to return to her home town after her grandmother passes, an obligation she hopes will be over quickly so she can escape to the city again, but when faced with her grandmother's missing body, old relationships rising from the dead and a suspected conspiracy, she has no choice but to stay and sort things out. Ronan Croft, Maven’s ex, has his own secrets to keep but can’t resist trying to worm his way back into her heart, the relationship perhaps not as dead as Maven hoped it was.  While it may not be my cup of tea I appreciate how Geissinge...

    When you’re craving something sweet, head to the small-town monster romances. “Horn in My Side” gave me a bit of a toothache to tell you the truth, but it was kind of worth it. Jasmine is running the local pet store, cleaning out chimera pens and checking on the water filters in the kelpie tanks since the owner passed away, but when his handsome nephew comes to town with plans to sell the shop and be done with all the hassle that comes with it, Jasmine offers a deal. Give her 6 months to get the funds together to buy the shop herself. Since he can’t resist her big, soulful eyes he agrees, he doesn’t have any work to do at the moment, but is still pretty grumpy about the whole situation.  It’s generic, it’s formulaic, but sometimes that's just what the soul needs. There’s a comfort in knowing ahead of time that obviously he’ll fall first, of course they’ll end up running the shop together in a happily ever after and yeah, we guessed what was in that mysterious egg befo...