Fangs, Fate, & Mondays

Fangs, Fate, & Mondays by Hayley Reese Chow
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’m not sure what I expected from the blurb and cover, but this book really surprised me. It is definitely building a world that feels enormous so we better get some future books to pay this all off!

Dessa left town a while ago to get away from a lot of things - her best friend being murdered, the guilt of having set her friend group on the path for that trauma, and all the ghosts that come from that. After her life implodes, she crawls back to town only to be offered a job at the paranormal office that she swore off when she left. Tasked with leading a very strange team of folks in even more strange and secret vampire, werewolf, and magical investigations, she also ends up with an intern.

Jamison was never in the magical know in town, so was not part of Dessa’s friend circle growing up. His family, however, has been struck with a curse that has opened his eyes. It doesn’t hurt that he gets the intern offer to work with his crush from high school, but he’s more than happy to add value somewhere. He can’t openly talk about his curse (part of his curse) but being surrounded by those in the know lifts some of the burden off him. It turns out he is kind of good at this job, too.

The larger story is a bit of a detective mystery that involves all the paranormal factions, a missing girl, some big betrayal, and somehow a bird, too. All of the excitement definitely bonds Jamison and Dessa, but we don’t get a big HEA so don’t get your hopes up - slow burn all the way. At the end we get a nice step forward but there are enough unknowns to keep it interesting.

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