Title: Fowl Play
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #9
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Humour, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novella
Year: 2018

I love that Blain completely agrees with me – swans are arseholes. I still remember the time when I was young and I had one try and attack me… for feeding it! But that’s beside the point, childhood traumas aside, as an adult I can totally respect their aggression and arsehole tendencies. The fact that this is literally pointed out multiple times throughout this story just made it all that much better. I mean, it’s one thing to have subtle characterisation of this – but to outright state it? Brilliant.

Emma has definitely got the most bizarre parental combination so far in this series – she is the child of a swan, an angel and a demon. And you can see how the combination of the three, and their non-traditional parenting techniques combine. It leads to a lot of humour and shenanigans throughout this story. Moments that frequently had me giggling out loud if I’m being honest. Even writing this review a few days after I turned that final page, I’m smirking a little…

Kenneth’s desire to win over Emma is kind of cute. Particularly when you realise how long he’s had these slightly stalkerish tendencies. Alright, stalkerish tendencies aren’t always good, but this manages to just flirt the line with creepy. He is such an adorable little smitten kitten. One that I really enjoyed getting to know. The fact that their Meet Cute was him arresting her just had me laughing all that much more.

Although my main takeaway from this story was all positive and happy, there was obviously still a bit of mayhem and death. I mean, that’s kind of what this series is all about. The fact that it was a serial killer that did most of the killing? Not quite what I had anticipated. Particularly when you find out just who the damn serial killer is. And what their motivations are… way more twisted than I anticipated.

<- No Kitten Around

Blending In ->

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