Title: Whatever for Hire
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #5
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Humour, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018

Whatever for Hire is definitely an unfortunate name for a business – it sounds a little porny to be totally honest. Luckily, the lead in this feels the same – Kanika constantly regrets her choice of business name. But it does work. And, honestly, it also suits her actual business. And Kanika’s powers of shapeshifting – I feel like there’s a whole lot more to her powers than are alluded to in this. And I look forward to finding out more about them in later books (hopefully).

The presence of Satan throughout this story constantly had me laughing out loud. And smiling. And, just in general, seriously enjoying this tale. The romance is good, the unveiling of the different secrets and traps in the bargains are also all good. But honestly, the way that Satan is constantly getting involved in nonsense and making me laugh? That was probably the best part of this whole story. I mean, how could the fact that the devil is running free and just messing with Kanika not be one of my favourite things I’ve read in a while?

I spent a lot of this story trying to guess just who and what Malcolm is – I mean, it’s obvious that he’s a power. And that he’s a scary power. But I wasn’t entirely sure what kind of power he was. In fact, I didn’t actually guess what he was at all. The great reveal at the end of this novel was kind of a surprise. Plus, I felt like there is a whole lot more to his curse than was revealed in this novel. I’m feeling really hopeful that there is another story featuring Kanika and Malcolm in the future. There are a number of loose ends that I still want answers to.

Whilst angels have been present in other books within this series, this is the first that really deals with the idea of angels and demons. At moments it kind of made my head spin. I’ll probably reread this book, just so that I get a bit of a better grasp on just what is happening in this world. My brain was definitely not firing on all cylinders for my first read through of this!

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