Title: No Kitten Around ReRead
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #8
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018
No Kitten Around is such a fun and gorgeous little second chance romance. One with plenty of violence and insanity, because that is why I read Blain in the first place. I also kind of liked the simplicity of their reuniting, there is a whole lot of angst in the lead up. And then, there is very little when they actually start to talk and reconnect for the first time. On the one hand, I would’ve enjoyed a little more nuance and conversation about their forgiveness of one another. But then, on the other hand, I much rathered their getting trained by the crazy elf with weaponry, so it all worked out well in the end.
I really love how the leads mix of demon, angel, human, and “other” works out throughout this book. Blain manages to spin together some crazy paranormal genetic mixes, and come out with something that somehow makes complete and total sense. I mean, we don’t fully understand genetics now, imagine mixing in supernatural powers? Plus, then there’s just what the “other” turned out to be. That gives extra future chaos to this world building. I also love how it kind of justifies his occasional psychotic tendencies. I want more elf hybrids in my life! Or at least, in this series.
Elves have been touched upon a little throughout this series, but Sam is the first really intense exposure to these cannibalistic chaos demons. The reason why the other paranormals fear them and their well earned reputation is really dived into in No Kitten Around. And I particularly loved Sam and her training tactics. I’m not sure I’d enjoy going through such a thing, but I’m fairly confident that I would enjoy the consequences at the end of such a thing. Plus, there is also the elf wedding rituals which are practiced, again, something I seriously and ridiculously enjoyed.
I might read Blain’s A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) series for the violence, the build up of romance and just the pure insanity. But I also keep returning to it because there is a deep love of pets in amongst these books. I particularly loved that there is a cat and dog who are both the harbingers of the end and the hope for the world. And that they are forever cherished throughout. They are just too damn cute and I wanted to reach through the pages for kitten and puppy cuddles at all times.
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