Pride's Spell: A Sin du Jour Affair

I really enjoyed this! An event in book two (Lena having sex with the character she had previously termed a "douchebag") bothered me, and I was surprised to see the other characters in this book reacting the same way I did.

The plot was wild and exciting, once again. This series is action-driven, but the characters are so great. Ritter and Cindy are my favorites at this point, and I liked seeing their homes and learning more about them. I love the author's writing style, too - very witty with so many creative turns of phrase. And he just goes for it, including silly pop culture references without any shame, as well as cultural monoliths like all the holiday creatures and the actual Devil.

Anyway, I love this series. I guess these are meant to stand alone, but I would not recommend reading this one before book one.

Less funny this time, more terrifying. But the tons of absurd action (fighting the Easter Bunny, anyone?) and the tension between characters make this another great instalment in the Sin du Jour series.
These novellas are perfect to get you out of reading slumps, to lift up your spirits on a bad day, or just for any moment when you want to laugh about how all sorts of monsters are secretly living among us.