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Pooka in My Pantry A quirky intriguing urban fantasy novel Monster Haven Book 2 eBook RL Naquin

OMG!! I LOVE THIS SERIES!!

This book is so much fun, which comes as no surprise since I really enjoyed the first one as well. You can read my review of “Monster in My Closet” here, which I read 6 years ago. If you are in the same position, don’t fret. I had no problem getting right back in the story. If you have not read the first in this series, may I just say, you are missing out! This series is mega fun!

Zoey is just as quirky and hilarious as in the first book. I mean, for someone that lived a normal life, to get thrown into this fantastic world that no one else around her sees or is aware of, and still manage to come out the other side slightly unscathed or worse for wear… well that is commendable. She takes it all in good stride. Even when she is riddled with bad luck she manages to figure out how to make it through the day, though I could almost literally feel her exhausted and exasperation.

She is pretty admirable though. Taking on the Leprechaun mafia, dealing with that messy, gross Pookah that won’t go away, while trying to get through another couple of disastrous dates with a Reaper should be overwhelming and yet she manages to puff out her chest and master every situation. She is my kind of girl!

Quirkiness and play aside, there are serious moments in this novel and some tragedies that were quite sad. As it was in the first book, there are serious baddies afoot, and someone is causing a lot of trouble for Zoey and her friends, and some of them did not come out of it in good shape.

Of course, I am being super vague in my review with the details because I am trying not to write any spoilers. Suffice it to say that I am ready to buy the next book in the series ASAP.


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Pooka in My Pantry A quirky intriguing urban fantasy novel Monster Haven Book 2 eBook RL Naquin Reviews

The tone of this second book seemed to be more consistent with the Bad Things that happen in it -- as opposed to the first one that came across all light and fluffy, even though it was full of serial rape and murder.

WHAT I LIKED
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- The leprechaun mafia - I felt they were a really great set of villains
- How bad luck was made deadly - some darkly creative scenarios there
- The pooka - another good "love to hate" character
- The reaper continues to grow on me
- Lucky boogers

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
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- I'm assuming that you've read the first book. If you haven't, you might want to stop, because this is going to be a spoiler for the first book. Zoey's best friend Sara was repeatedly raped by an incubus over many days during the last book. Because it was all supernatural-related, Sara didn't remember anything about what had happened. Zoey decides NOT TO TELL HER. This really threw me for a loop. The book's explanation is that it's better for her to go on as if nothing happened, so she wouldn't be traumatized -- but no one ever covers whether incubus sex has risk of disease or impregnation, and I kind of believe everyone should get to know if someone else has been INSIDE their body.

- This is a spoiler for this book, but I feel like it's close enough to a trigger to include it. Sara finally learns what's really going on with Zoey, and MAURICE tells Sara what happened with the incubus. We know this because Sara approaches Zoey and says "Maurice tells me I slept with an incubus." Zoey agrees/nods or something. What she DOESN'T do is correct Sara and say "Uh, no, you were raped. It was totally nonconsensual".

I was kind of horrified about how the serial rape was handled in the first book. I picked this book up because I wanted to see how the author handled it as the characters developed. I'm still pretty horrified, though I will confess I did read the third book, too, hoping against hope that this situation would be handled better. I've got a review over on that one, too.
This is again a series where its difficult for me to do reviews for. I have the same problem with the Kate Daniels series and Mercy Thompson. As the series goes on, there is just stuff happening that has to be read in order and I hate spoiling. So I'll keep it to the characters.

Zoey, I still love you. She is just so cute. We are now really starting to see her grow into her role. The one she never asked for. She is making some decisions that are long reaching. Before, she would just basically go with the flow and deal with the monsters and how stuff was happening. It was more of a reaction to everything. Now she is starting to be more in a active role in her life. She wants answers, she is learning to say no and taking charge. Its really nice to see.

Its also nice to see her relationships grow and how she is realizing that all that crazy is now her family.

I also like that her friend and business partner is finally becoming more of a character and is not in the dark anymore. This gives the opportunity for them all to be working together. Kind of like the crew on the TV show "Grimm".

It will also be interesting to follow the bigger story line that opened up in the last part of this installment. Very intrigued.

** read March 2014
OMG!! I LOVE THIS SERIES!!

This book is so much fun, which comes as no surprise since I really enjoyed the first one as well. You can read my review of “Monster in My Closet” here, which I read 6 years ago. If you are in the same position, don’t fret. I had no problem getting right back in the story. If you have not read the first in this series, may I just say, you are missing out! This series is mega fun!

Zoey is just as quirky and hilarious as in the first book. I mean, for someone that lived a normal life, to get thrown into this fantastic world that no one else around her sees or is aware of, and still manage to come out the other side slightly unscathed or worse for wear… well that is commendable. She takes it all in good stride. Even when she is riddled with bad luck she manages to figure out how to make it through the day, though I could almost literally feel her exhausted and exasperation.

She is pretty admirable though. Taking on the Leprechaun mafia, dealing with that messy, gross Pookah that won’t go away, while trying to get through another couple of disastrous dates with a Reaper should be overwhelming and yet she manages to puff out her chest and master every situation. She is my kind of girl!

Quirkiness and play aside, there are serious moments in this novel and some tragedies that were quite sad. As it was in the first book, there are serious baddies afoot, and someone is causing a lot of trouble for Zoey and her friends, and some of them did not come out of it in good shape.

Of course, I am being super vague in my review with the details because I am trying not to write any spoilers. Suffice it to say that I am ready to buy the next book in the series ASAP.