Discount Armageddon (InCryptid #1)

by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)

3.88 of 5 stars

3.88 rating details 3,669 ratings 648 reviews

Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night... The Price famil has spent generations stud ing the monsters of the !orld" !or#ing to protect them from humanit -and humanit from them. $nter %erit Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cr pto&oologist" she'd rather dance a tango than tangle !ith a demon" and is spending a ear in Manhattan !hile she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance. Sounds prett simple" right( )t !ould be" if it !eren't for the tal#ing mice" the telepathic mathematicians" the asbestos supermodels" and the trained monster-hunter sent b the Price famil 's old enemies" the *o+enant of St. George. ,hen a Price girl meets a *o+enant bo " high sta#es" high heels" and a lot of collateral damage are almost guaranteed. To complicate matters further" local cr ptids are disappearing" strange li&ard-men are appearing in the se!ers" and someone's spreading rumors about a dragon sleeping underneath the cit ...

Midnight -lue-Light Special (InCryptid #2)

by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)
4.13 of 5 stars

4.13 rating details 1,603 ratings 290 reviews

*r ptid" noun. /. An creature !hose e0istence has been suggested but not pro+en scientificall . Term officiall coined b cr pto&oologist 1ohn $. ,all in /234. 5. That thing that's getting read to eat our head. 4. See also. 6monster.6 The Price famil has spent generations stud ing the monsters of the !orld" !or#ing to protect them from humanit --and humanit from them. $nter %erit Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cr pto&oologist" she'd rather dance a tango than tangle !ith a demon" and !hen her !or# !ith the cr ptid communit too# her to Manhattan" she thought she !ould finall be free to pursue competition-le+el dance in earnest. )t didn't 7uite !or# out that !a ... -ut no!" !ith the sna#e cult that !as #illing +irgins all o+er Manhattan finall ta#en care of" %erit is read to settle do!n for some serious ballroom dancing8until her on-again" off-again" semi-bo friend Dominic De Luca" a member of the monster-hunting *o+enant of St. George" informs her that the *o+enant is on their !a to assess the cit 's readiness for a cr ptid purge. ,ith e+er thing and e+er one she lo+es on the line" there's no !a %erit can ta#e that l ing do!n. Alliances !ill be tested" allies !ill be 7uestioned" li+es !ill be lost" and the tal#ing mice in %erit 's apartment !ill immortali&e e+er thing as hol !rit--assuming there's an one left standing !hen all is said and done. )t's a midnight blue-light special" and the sale of the da is on betra al" deceit...and carnage.