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A review by april_does_feral_sometimes
The Awesome by Eva Darrows
4.0
Seventeen-year-old Maggie Cunningham loves her job and her mom, Janice. They are licensed Monster Hunters. They hunt down rogue ghouls, ghosts, golems, vampires and zombies according to the rules and regulations set by the agency Department of Paranormal Relations (DoPR). (All monsters are supposed to register with the DoPR and refrain from violent behavior. If they refuse, they are rated one to five stars according to their danger to society, and hunters are paid on scale.)
Maggie has been working with her mom since she was 13. However, because Maggie is a virgin, she is still an apprentice. Once she has taken care of this little problem, she can be promoted. (Her virginal state makes her irresistible to young vampires.) Since she spends all of her time working with her mom and is home-schooled, meeting boys is not easy. Fortunately, she still is friends with one girl her age, Julie, whom she met in junior high.
Excerpted from the book:
"Mom wandered into the other room with her phone. I listened to her hash out the details of that night's job with Allie, all the while stealing misery-inducing gulps of her coffee. I was far too lazy to get the sugar from the kitchen. It was a whole ten feet away, and my chair was too comfortable to vacate. Instead I suffered through bitter crap-in-a-cup, working myself into a snit when Mom talked about cool stuff like crossbows and silver bullets."
""This sucks.""
"Not wanting to sit at home brooding about the life-threatening fun fest I couldn't attend, I picked up my burner phone, one of those jobbies you bought at 7-11 with prepaid minutes, and called my old friend Julie. Who was I kidding? She was my only friend. But one friend was better than no friends or so I told myself. I wasn't telling Mom this, nor would I tell Julie, but if I could sucker an invite into Julie's plans, I was on a mission. I, Margaret Cunningham, would try my hand at being a slutbag.
Because ready or not, Maggie needed a promotion."
Unbeknownst to Maggie, in a few days, a vampire will have both Maggie and her Mom in his sights. She will need every lesson Janice has taught her....
Maggie has been working with her mom since she was 13. However, because Maggie is a virgin, she is still an apprentice. Once she has taken care of this little problem, she can be promoted. (Her virginal state makes her irresistible to young vampires.) Since she spends all of her time working with her mom and is home-schooled, meeting boys is not easy. Fortunately, she still is friends with one girl her age, Julie, whom she met in junior high.
Excerpted from the book:
"Mom wandered into the other room with her phone. I listened to her hash out the details of that night's job with Allie, all the while stealing misery-inducing gulps of her coffee. I was far too lazy to get the sugar from the kitchen. It was a whole ten feet away, and my chair was too comfortable to vacate. Instead I suffered through bitter crap-in-a-cup, working myself into a snit when Mom talked about cool stuff like crossbows and silver bullets."
""This sucks.""
"Not wanting to sit at home brooding about the life-threatening fun fest I couldn't attend, I picked up my burner phone, one of those jobbies you bought at 7-11 with prepaid minutes, and called my old friend Julie. Who was I kidding? She was my only friend. But one friend was better than no friends or so I told myself. I wasn't telling Mom this, nor would I tell Julie, but if I could sucker an invite into Julie's plans, I was on a mission. I, Margaret Cunningham, would try my hand at being a slutbag.
Because ready or not, Maggie needed a promotion."
Unbeknownst to Maggie, in a few days, a vampire will have both Maggie and her Mom in his sights. She will need every lesson Janice has taught her....