So this one was pitched to me as a romance-less story about a doctor who deals with vampires, mummies, and the supernatural. I was intrigued and I needed to know more based on the premise. Also, I was promised murder and it delivered!
The story follows Greta and her three adoptive demon dads (a vampire, a vampyre1, and a literal hell demon) As they try to figure out what is trying to murder various people in the supernatural community. Greta words as a doctor for this community and gets caught up in the murders largely because her new vampyre dad, Varney, is attacked and they soon come after her.
And I really enjoyed it! The pacing was great and I really appreciated Greta as a character. She is not an action oriented character, much more of a doctor2 in the way she approaches issues, and the compassion she shows throughout the book really helps to add to the humanization of a lot of these elements. It’s also a lot of fun to see these characters see one another and helps to make them a lot more rounded when you can see how other people see characters and how they see themselves.
And, of course, Samael is just a lot of fun. When you get there.
My one criticism, and it’s a small one, is that I had no idea what year it was. Not like if it was specifically 2010. Like I thought it was in Fantastic Beasts times. There are cars, but “Volvo” for some reason doesn’t register to me as a newer car. The names of the modern characters are Greta and August. They do not text. Somehow all of this together made it very jarring when they started referring to things that happened in 2005.
Overall, though, it was a lot of fun. The universe is well thought out, the supernatural beings are well explored and thought about, and the way the different elements of mythology play with one another are really interestings. I’d definitely say check it out!