Reviews

Putting the Fun in Funeral by Diana Pharaoh Francis

kmpuzzled's review

4.0

This book is a good start to a promising urban fantasy series but not quite as wacky as the title and blurb hint. There are some really bad things hinted at and it's hard to laugh a lot after that, but there are a good cast of characters, an interesting world, and lots of directions for the story to take without leaving you with a cliffhanger. I'm "in" for the next book.

lindca's review

3.0

3.5 stars

The world-building is spotty and Damon is a jackass for most of the book, but the other primary characters and the premise are interesting enough to induce me to watch for book two.

squirrelfish's review

3.0

This was a fun read, I'm sad that it's done and can't wait for the next one. On the other hand, I nearly gave up on the book due to an overly pushy male protagonist that the supposedly independent main character was letting stalk and assault her. I know it's a trope of romantic fantasy to have the dude grab the angry woman and kiss her until she likes it, but I still find it super rapey and yeah, I had a hard time getting past that. But I love everything I've read by Diana Pharaoh Francis, so I persisted, I just winced a bit. It got better, but yeah that definitely took it down at least 1 star.

Otherwise, it's a fun contemporary urban fantasy starring a young woman discovering the truth about her background as she celebrates her mother's death. Magical powers, magical creatures and a whole secret world peek through and I'm excited for what more will be revealed in successive stories