The worst part about reading the newest Ilona Andrews book is the fact that there's not another one to start immediately after.

My favorite Sedaris book to date. I picked this up at a bookshop years ago and read the first essay about his speech therapy.

“One of these days I’m going to have to hang a sign on that door,” Agent Samson used to say. She was probably thinking along the lines of SPEECH THERAPY LAB, though a more appropriate marker would have read FUTURE HOMOSEXUALS OF AMERICA. We knocked ourselves out trying to fit in but were ultimately betrayed by our tongues. At the beginning of the school year, while we were congratulating ourselves on successfully passing for normal, Agent Samson was taking names as our assembled teachers raised their hands, saying, “I’ve got one in my homeroom,” and “There are two in my fourth-period math class.”

I had tears in my eyes from trying to hold back laughter. I bought it immediately and the remaining essays did not disappoint.

All I remember about this book is that Benny nearly gets his fool self killed by flailing around by a goddamn cliff edge (as illustrated by the cover - way to ruin the suspense).

The "real human body!" the class is in is Arnold's, which is pretty creepy. Poor kid.

Nonetheless, I always enjoyed the Magic School Bus books as a kid and learned a lot from them.

I have opinions. I'll write them out when I can get a spare moment.

Nearly 3 years later: I forgot all my opinions. Oops.

I am always right when the main "love interest" turns out to be a horrible person. Nearly all the men in this book were creepy or murderers or both. Dang.

What’s sad is that I didn't find that to be unrealistic.

Very surprised (and happy!) that there was no clear love interest at all. I start every urban fantasy novel bracing myself for terrible romance. It's a bad habit at this point.

Nikki is a fun character who was developed enough for me to be interested in learning more about her and her background as the series goes on. I was hoping to get more world building information, but I am excited to see non-Greek gods playing a role in the series.