'I fell into this job quite by accident, when I discovered that I possessed the ability to see the preternatural world. There are a handful of people with similar abilities, and part of my job is to locate them, since Government Services and Infrastructure Canada like to keep track of these things. Don't ask me why'. There's a malevolent force in town, and it's quite literally Valerie Steven's job to determine who's behind it and why they want to destroy the world, starting with Calgary. She'll have help, in the form of her best friend (now more or less a zombie, unfortunately), a powerful dwarf troll, and the ghost of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (but he goes by 'Bill' these days). But that's not all - Valerie has some tricks up her sleeve and, she hopes, luck on her side. Oh, and her boyfriend, Dave. He drives a dump truck.
From Goodreads.
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Publisher: Snowbooks
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Release Date: March 1st, 2010
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My Copy: eCopy Given to me by the Author.
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Pages: 416
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Series: Valerie Stevens
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Genre: Urban Fantasy
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Shade Fright is all about Valerie Stevens and her job of cataloguing all things supernatural, but when weird things start to happen and Valerie’s responsibilities seem to be much more than what she thought, her world turns inside out and it’s up to her to do something to save her city and everyone living in it.
Along with Valerie, we get to meet her Zombie friend Catherine, A ghost named Bill, her human boyfriend, Dave and more. People that are a part of her life and that help her deal with the craziness that is going on.
I have to say that it took me a while to get into this book. It’s fair to say that I wasn’t in the best of reading moods when I started it and I had to take a break of about a month before I could go back and actually finish it. I feel like the story took a while to pick up and for things to start to happen, so I got distracted a lot.
However, when I got back to reading Shade Fright, I quite enjoyed it. I did really like the characters, specially the cast of secondary ones that make up Valerie’s life. I did feel that some of the references went over my head, because I don’t know a lot about Canada, but the book was enjoyable nonetheless.
Valerie is a great Urban Fantasy heroine, if a bit different from the rest. I loved her quirky relationship with Dave and I am definitely looking forward to reading more of her adventures!
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Funeral Pallor? Ah, I'd love a job coming up with hilarious punny book titles.
I'm tiring a little bit of all of these paranormal novels, but this one looks as though it might take a fresh take on things. It seems a little more fun and Buffy-esque, perhaps, than some of the other stuff out there at the moment.
LOL That would be a cool job!!
I Love my paranormals, but even a hardcore fan like me needs a break once in a while LOL
Hm, these books sound really interesting though the covers throw me off a bit, I thought they were comics at first! Glad to see once you got in the reading mood this one was enjoyable, I love a great cast of secondary characters:) Nice review Larissa!
Thanks Jenny!
the covers threw me off at first too, but Im really glad I gave it a chance =D
Secondary characters can make or brake a book, thats for sure!