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Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews
3.0
adventurous fast-paced

Fun little novella in which a couple of were-hyenas go after Cerberus. That's a ridiculous-sounding summary I know, but sometimes you just want a nice over-the-top fantasy read in which the hyenas find romance and the Cerberus gets to trot back to the underworld with a dead pagan priest like a bone between his teeth. 

I read the first three novels in the series back in 2020, I believe, and liked them, but they sort of fell off my radar, mostly because the rest of the books weren't in my usual library. I've moved since then and now they are so it's time to pick the series back up, I think. I admit my memory of events in the books was kind of fuzzy, but I found some summaries to help me out and to be honest, this is pretty much standalone anyway, so you don't need a great deal of background to understand what's going on. I enjoyed the romance part particularly, but I did think the end wrapped up a bit too easily for my tastes. Still, a quick enjoyable read, and I'm looking forward to the next book.