Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge

Here's a new thought? Magic is real, and you can use it for as long as you can hold a buzz :) Mix a drink, take a swig, and now you are super strong. The bartenders of the world are our last line of defense against horrible monsters. And you thought you bartender was just slinging drinks. Bailey is our hero of the night when she accidentally falls into this world of bartending. Battling old boyfriends, graduating, finding a job, moving back in with her parents, and the ever popular monster. This book makes for a fun time as Bailey decides whether or not it is time to grow up. I'm looking forward to the next book. There will be a next book, right?

Charming & fun. When this turns into a series, I will read them all. When the series gets picked up for TV, I will happily watch the show. I imagine that the people that gave it too few stars are the same people that didn't see the potential in the Sookie Stackhouse books. In your face, non-potential see-ers. I think it's critical to pair this book with the cocktails within, and there's nothing like an Old Fashioned and a paperback for the tub.

It was extremely refreshing to read a book with characters in my age range - most books skip from teen protagonists right to people in their late twenties or early thirties, which makes it harder to relate. Mix in the fun of imagining that your bartenders and baristas are actually demon-fighting badasses and healers, and you end up with a great read! I look forward to reading a sequel if one is written.

Simply put, this book was FUN.

A little bit Harry Potter and a little bit Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Except it isn't vampires they are slaying, and the Slayers are bartenders that make magic cocktails that give them superpowers to slay demons.

I mean COME ON, who cannot love such a premise. The plot flowed nicely. It had some interesting World building. The characters were likable (if sometimes cliché). I also really enjoyed the between entries from the “Devil Water's Dictionary” the fictional mixologist's guide that the bartenders used for mixing their magic drinks.

Really just an enjoyable read from beginning to end.