Discount Armageddon

Bring on the Summer Junk Reading

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

June 20, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 8 Comments

Yay for fun summer junk reading on this the first day of actual summer! And it’s book 1 of a series! Discount Armageddon is in many ways a traditional urban fantasy on the lighter side: Verity Price comes from a family of cryptid studiers (not a real word I know but they are not strictly observers, nor strictly hunters, nor purely helpers), but what she really wants to do with her life is become a professional ballroom dancer in New York City. She balances both […]

Paranormal fantasy that should appeal to Supernatural fans

April 15, 2018 by Malin 5 Comments

From Goodreads, because I’m really far behind on my reviews, and it’s a good summary of the book: Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night…the Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity – and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she’d rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in […]

Fantastical creatures, secret societies, and Greek mythology references – yes, please!

March 28, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I basically blew through all seven novels of this series in four days. Fortunately, it is recent enough that I am still able to keep the plot lines very distinct but extra details about the family history and the family tree are added as the series progresses so I can’t get too far into some of the background because I can’t quite remember at what point certain concepts are introduced. Verity Price is the middle daughter of the latest generation of the Price family. The […]

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