Sunday, June 17, 2012

Review: Monster In My Closet

Title - Monster In My Closet
Author - R.L. Naquin
Genre - Urban Fantasy
Publication Date - July 30th 2012

Synopsis -

I stopped believing in monsters long ago. But I knew I wasn't imagining things when I found one in my kitchen baking muffins. I'd seen him before: lurking in my closet, scaring the crap out of my five-year-old self. Turns out that was a misunderstanding, and now Maurice needs a place to stay. How can I say no?

After all, I've always been a magnet for the emotionally needy, and not just in my work as a wedding planner. being able to sense the feelings of others can be a major pain. Don't get me wrong, I like helping people-and non-people. But this ability has turned me into a gourmet feast for an incubus, a demon that feeds off emotional energy. Now, brides are dropping dead all over town, and my home has become a safe house for the supernatural. I must learn to focus my power and defeat the demon before he snacks on another innocent woman and comes looking for the main course.

Opening Sentence -
Of all the possible weapons I might have grabbed, I chose a toilet brush....

Review -

I received this book from Netgalley to read and review.

The story starts off with Zoey waking up to sounds in the kitchen, she grabs a toilet brush and rushes in to find the monster from the closet when she was five years old. He pushes her into a seat at the table and servers her fresh orangestrawberry muffins (totally made me want to make some and still might) He explains how sorry he is to have scared her 23 years ago he thought they were playing a game that's why he had been smiling. He explains that he was 8 and her mom had taken him in but he was supposed to stay in the hall closet but her closet had all the fun toys including the easy bake over.  He tell's her that her mom found him a new home, he grew up married a gargoyle but she kicked him out and he had nowhere else to go and since her mom had helped him he came to her. The unique pair instantly forms a connection over muffins and coffee.

Zoey is a wedding coordinator but she's also a magnet for the super needy, she draws them to her and can't help but bend over backwards to help them. Hence she can't get rid of her ex hubby who she happens to have been divorced from for eight years. I love that she's the super nice girl that everyone wants to love, and loves to help people even if it's no benefit to herself. She also has a very unique fashion taste too.

Zoey bumps into a incubus who marks her as his and uses her to as a link to kill the woman she's helped. Soon her brides start turning up dead and it's time for Zoey to put a end to the incubus. Along the way to stopping the incubus she learns a lot about herself, that she has the power to control the emotions, and can use them to help people in a new way. She also makes many new friends in addition to the closet monster, she helps out a sick dragon, takes in a small family of brownies on the run from a abusive father, as well as others. She learns that her mother was a healer who helped the hidden as they are called.

Monster in my Closet has it all, suspense, romance, growth for the character. I couldn't put it down it sucked me in from the start which is what I love about a book. I had to know more about Zoey, she was always in the back of my mind when I wasn't reading. I love the descriptions of the characters I had a good idea exactly what they looked like which was a plus. I feel that the characters in the book especially Zoey are well written, we see Zoey grow as a character. I can easily see myself picking up this book and reading it again. I plan on purchasing a copy for my sister when it comes out. A very entertaining book, kept me wanting more. I really hope that this book turns into a series. The setting of the story just touches on the world that I found interesting.

Scene -

The doorbell rang.

I reacted the way any normal person would. I went to answer it. My hand was on the doorknob before I realized there shouldn't be anyone at my door. No one would have been able to make it through the security posted outside. Getting as far as the front step should of been impossible.

I glanced at the doorway to the kitchen and saw Maurice look out, then duck his head. I shrugged. If Maurice wasn't worried, I shouldn't be. I turned the knob and opened the door.

Riley was standing on my doorstep, holding a bouquet of flowers.

I was stunned for a moment and stood there like a idiot my jaw slack.

"Can I come in?" he asked

I looked out over his shoulder at the darkness behind him.

Iris was out in the yard, leaning against a tree. He shrugged at me and held his furry palms up, as if to show his inability to stop this particular intruder. "How the hell did you get in? I asked

Riley smiled and shoved the flowers in my hands. "Doesn't matter how good your security is. Nobody can stop Death."


I give this book 5 of 5 it met all my expectations and then some.




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