Review: Great new Urban Fantasy series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2012
Zoey is a quirky wedding planner who once believed everyone could sense others feelings and emotions. Imagine her surprise when she realized that not only is that a special talent specific to her but that the talent made her attractive to an evil incubus demon. With the demon on her trail and her client's lives in jeopardy she will need all the help she can get to level the playing field. Good thing Maurice the monster who once lived in her closet came back into her life bringing a fair share of mythical creatures with him. Can Zoey harness her powers to stop the demon or will she become his last victim?Bookswagger Marcia: Four Crowns, good read, on the way to swagger. Monster in My Closet was a funny read. A normal girl who has gifts she believes everyone has, gets a shock when she is saved by an incubus wanting to feed on her soul by a quirky herb seller who sees auras. Zoey is introduced to the secret life of the hidden a life her deceased mother knew all about hence the closet monster from her youth. Now the closet Monster Maurice is back looking to connect with his family Zoey after his wife has kicked him out.With Maurice in her house and an incubus on her trail Zoey is no longer hidden from the hidden or them for her. She started the story alone except for her best friend fellow wedding planner and by the end she has her own makeshift family. I thoroughly enjoyed this urban fantasy story and the unique creatures in Monster in My Closet. I hope to read more about Zoey, her family of hidden and her budding romance with the reaper.Bookswagger Danielle: Three Crowns, swagger jacked, decent read. Monster in My Closet had a lot of different things going on. From Zoey learning being able to read people's emotions was not a normal occurrence to seeing closet monsters and fairies. If that wasn't enough she also had to deal with an evil demon feeding off of brides. However even with all that being said the book didn't capture my interest and I can't quite put my finger on why. Normally once I start a book I finish it within a day or two; this one took me roughly four days. I just kept putting it down. I would have liked the author to explore why Zoey and other memories of her mother were fuzzy or non-existent but that never happened.Maurice the closet monster was my favorite character because I could empathize with his situation and understand why he was trying to over compensate by cooking and cleaning. Other than Maurice I didn't feel any connections to the characters and that was never more apparent as when I didn't feel sad or remorse for the victims the demon killed.Maybe this just wasn't my cup of tea and I'm being too harsh. Let me know what you think I missed.Bookswagger Marcia: Danielle I can't believe you didn't connect I mean not even with Helen and her husband...When the incubus said her husband was laying right beside her...come on man.bookswagger.com