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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
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I read this for the “read an adventure by a disabled author” challenge on Book Riot. It was quirky, but engaging.
The heroine, Verity, could be equal parts snarky & deadly. The dialogue was at times campy, but mostly acceptable. I found the story to be a cross between a genuine mystery and an adventure. I enjoyed the mythology of this one. Great read.
I read this for the “read an adventure by a disabled author” challenge on Book Riot. It was quirky, but engaging.
The heroine, Verity, could be equal parts snarky & deadly. The dialogue was at times campy, but mostly acceptable. I found the story to be a cross between a genuine mystery and an adventure. I enjoyed the mythology of this one. Great read.
Enjoyable, not quite as funny as Tanya Huff’s Summoning books, but decent, light urban fantasy, a little different from most—and the Aeslin mice are adorable.
Feels more self-contained than the first October Daye book. Overall enjoyable, but a dance-obsessed twenty-something female monster-oriented version of the Crocodile Hunter doesn't quite feel like my thing.
Reread 2017: This was just as enjoyable the second time around. Knowing a bit more about the series, I was more aware of family history and the sadness and tragedy that the Price (and Healy) family have experienced which added to my appreciation of the book. The humour (dialogue and observations) was still fun, and the action sequences were well done. I also didn't remember all of the details which made the story fresh to me. I'm still not fussed about the title (or the cover for that matter), but all in all, [b:Discount Armageddon|11402002|Discount Armageddon (InCryptid, #1)|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1317332235s/11402002.jpg|16334571] is a great read.
Good start to a series. There is a lot of new information to be introduced, but never did I feel "dumped on". I like the lead (and her wry humour and pop culture references which didn't feel forced) and the secondary characters, particularly the mice. I will definitely be continuing with this series. One comment: not too fussed about the title of the book; I don't see the connection.
Good start to a series. There is a lot of new information to be introduced, but never did I feel "dumped on". I like the lead (and her wry humour and pop culture references which didn't feel forced) and the secondary characters, particularly the mice. I will definitely be continuing with this series. One comment: not too fussed about the title of the book; I don't see the connection.
I have to admit I was a little skeptical going into this one because I had an absolutely awful experience when I tried out [b:Rosemary and Rue|6294549|Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)|Seanan McGuire|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348390125s/6294549.jpg|6478937]. I loved her work as Mira Grant though so I thought I'd give this one a try. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Verity is kick ass but not overly powerful. I thought she was a good narrator and the cast of side characters was charming and entertaining. This was a fun and quick read set in a world I want to explore more of. I thought the mice were hilarious and some of the other cryptids were fascinating. I look forward to the next installment.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Very enjoyable read. More violent than I usually like, but the writing and world-building was good enough to carry me through.
Completely different from her October Daye series, and completely wonderful! Funny, sassy lead, hot conflicted love interest, unique friends and family, and ballroom dancing!
Ok, I went into this with a fair bit of trepidation as I absolutely adore Seanan McGuire's Toby Daye series, and often find that I'm disappointed when I go into other series in the same genre. They just don't quite live up to the hype that I've built. This was thankfully an exception to the rule, and whilst I didn't fall quite as hard as I did for Toby, I still really enjoyed the novel as a whole.
I like the way that McGuire has run with a whole different take on the 'unnatural and weird' here. From the fae, which are otherworldly, but reasonably easy to organise by blood, you go into the weird and wonderful world of the cryptids. An unholy chaotic blend of every creature you may or may not have heard of in folklore, mythology and tales to scare small children. But with science to back it up.
I also enjoyed Verity's perspective on the world; she's got the same kind of sassy attitude as Toby but has less of the benefits being wholly human and therefore wholly breakable. Not that she sees it that way. Verity is a Crytozoologist, someone who researches, helps and sometimes hunts the cryptids of the world. She's also a ballroom dancer and a waitress at a bar full of cryptids of all shapes and sizes. And she enjoys challenging the forces of gravity on a daily basis, by free-running over the rooftops of Manhattan. Because her life isn't busy enough as it is.
Her family is in constant hiding though, having split from the Covenant some two or four generations ago, depending on which side of the family tree you start counting from. Where the Price family aim to serve the cryptid community, the Covenant exist solely to hunt them down and eradicate them from the earth forever. Which is a problem for Verity as there is a Covenant agent in her city and she's the only Price on the ground (or roof) to stop the city from being purged.
Her only back up? Her admittedly exhaustive training in how to shoot, throw and generally not get killed and a splinter colony of talking, uber-religious mice who worship her as a Goddess. Let's just say, I love those mice. Along with an attitude problem and some serious dance moves, Verity has her hands full in trying to keep her city safe... and her insides where they belong; inside her body.
This is a fast-paced and highly entertaining spill across the rooftops and sewers of Manhatten, that I flew through in just under a day. If you like your fiction spiced with basilisks, bogey men, ahools, gorgons, dragons (and their princesses) and other critters reptilian, mammal and somewhere in between, then this may just be the series for you.
I like the way that McGuire has run with a whole different take on the 'unnatural and weird' here. From the fae, which are otherworldly, but reasonably easy to organise by blood, you go into the weird and wonderful world of the cryptids. An unholy chaotic blend of every creature you may or may not have heard of in folklore, mythology and tales to scare small children. But with science to back it up.
I also enjoyed Verity's perspective on the world; she's got the same kind of sassy attitude as Toby but has less of the benefits being wholly human and therefore wholly breakable. Not that she sees it that way. Verity is a Crytozoologist, someone who researches, helps and sometimes hunts the cryptids of the world. She's also a ballroom dancer and a waitress at a bar full of cryptids of all shapes and sizes. And she enjoys challenging the forces of gravity on a daily basis, by free-running over the rooftops of Manhattan. Because her life isn't busy enough as it is.
Her family is in constant hiding though, having split from the Covenant some two or four generations ago, depending on which side of the family tree you start counting from. Where the Price family aim to serve the cryptid community, the Covenant exist solely to hunt them down and eradicate them from the earth forever. Which is a problem for Verity as there is a Covenant agent in her city and she's the only Price on the ground (or roof) to stop the city from being purged.
Her only back up? Her admittedly exhaustive training in how to shoot, throw and generally not get killed and a splinter colony of talking, uber-religious mice who worship her as a Goddess. Let's just say, I love those mice. Along with an attitude problem and some serious dance moves, Verity has her hands full in trying to keep her city safe... and her insides where they belong; inside her body.
This is a fast-paced and highly entertaining spill across the rooftops and sewers of Manhatten, that I flew through in just under a day. If you like your fiction spiced with basilisks, bogey men, ahools, gorgons, dragons (and their princesses) and other critters reptilian, mammal and somewhere in between, then this may just be the series for you.
Discount Armageddon is the first book in McGuire's Urban Fantasy InCryptid series. Verity Price comes from a long line of cryptozoologists; she is continuing the family tradition in New York City while also pursuing a career as a professional ballroom dancer and waiting tables at a strip club. There's a lot going on with Verity and sometimes it feels like the author just thought up a bunch of random qualities someone could have and found a way to make them fit into one person's life. One could almost say she's trying too hard to make Verity quirky. It's a pretty generic Urban Fantasy in that they all seem to be written by middle-aged women, the MC is in their 20's, and the mark for what someone in their 20's would be like is way off by today's standards. That said, it was a fairly enjoyable read. It isn't an instant sell for the series for me, but I have already checked out the next book from the library to see how it goes. If you enjoy Urban Fantasy and non-traditional takes on monsters, give it a shot.