Long, Hot Summoning

The third (and final) book in Tanya Huff's Keeper series, it focuses more on Diana, the little sister, than Claire.

While I can appreciate the transition, I liked Claire.

Anyway, this time, Hell is trying to take over from the local mall. Yeah, it seems like it would be weird and cliched, but the way they use the cliches (and I mean every freaking cliche Tanya can think of) is absolutely hilarious.

Including (but not limited to) the archetypal Arthur, the evilness of minivans, teens stuck in the mall a la "Mallrats" (and becoming elves?!?), and the two cats. Oh, did I mention the mummy that's trying to suck the life out of Dean, hence upsetting Claire? And the really annoying human albatross that Claire has to deal with...

And! Every woman who sees Dean hitting on him?!? And he's so innocent!

The books are so funny.

Be aware...girl on girl action (kissing). Just a head's up. Diana is a lesbian.

The Second Summoning

So, the I just finished the second in the Summoning series.

Let me just say, still funny. In this one, Claire breaks up with Dean. They're both sad, so they get back together (thanks, in part, to Claire's little sister Diana), and due to...ummm...extenuating circumstances, they create an angel (don't ask. Really, it's confusing).

Of course, to balance out the universe, there has to be a demon too.

So in order to get rid of the demon, they have to get rid of the angel.

The problem? Diana has befriended the angel, and doesn't want to send him back.

Mayhem ensues, but eventually it all works out.

And the sexual innuendo is just too funny!

Summon the Keeper

Summon the Keeper is the first is a three part sci-fi trilogy by Tanya Huff. I read all 3 my first year of college (I think...), and haven't since. So, since I was home and bored with the books I had, I decided to pick these up again.

They star a keeper named Claire, a woman who basically helps protects the world from evil. Her cat, Austin, comes along and helps.

In this first book, she meets Dean, a guy so nice that Hell can't tempt him. And when I say Hell, I mean that in the basement of the hotel he works in (and sleeps in), there is a vortex to hell that talks (in all block letters...?), trying to have people give in to temptation.

It's a good thing there's a nice, attractive, Keeper around to take care of that hole to Hell.

It's a funny series. Not to be taken too seriously (it is sci-fi), but just funny.

Plus, it has a talking cat, and a hound from hell. And an annoying, sex-obsessed ghost. What's not to love?