Monday, September 17, 2018

The Road to Helltown by S.M. Reine [Review]

The Road to Helltown
The Road to Helltown (Preternatural Affairs #9) by S.M. Reine
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
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Date read: October 23, 2017

Preternatural Affairs
1. Witch Hunt
2. Silver Bullet
3. Hotter Than Helltown
4. Shadow Burns
5. Deadly Wrong
6. Ashes and Arsenic
7. Once Darkness Falls
8. Bitter Thirst
9. The Road to Helltown Kindle
10. Wretched Wicked

S.M. Reine
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
My name's Cèsar Hawke, and the people in my life are filled with good intentions.

We all know where that ends up.

A fissure to Hell has ripped from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and now half the City of Dis is in my hometown. Helltown's hotter than ever. Demon dynasties are on the rise. Nightmares are out to get me.

Staying alive means forgiving people I've kicked out of my life, it means getting vicious with magic, and yeah, it means I'm dealing with dead bodies. Lots of them.

I'm Cèsar Hawke. I used to be an agent with the Office of Preternatural Affairs. And this is how the world ends.
Thoughts on The Road to Helltown: Gotta admit, I'm going to miss Cèsar. I genuinely like the guy. I mean, he can be sort of clueless and a little bumbling at times, but his heart is generally in the right place. Even when he's making all sorts of mistakes with the various relationships in his life. At one point, Cèsar is described as a big, goofy golden retriever and yeaaaaaah. That's it. That's him in a nutshell.

Cèsar is the puppy you can't stay mad at even after he piddles on the rug because he gives you *that look* and your mad just falls to pieces.

Man, I really am going to miss this guy.

But let's talk about this book. Things aren't looking too great for the PA crew. The Breaking has ripped the world open and there's lots of flailing and general craziness. Some of it even from the demons. Cèsar is playing for both OPA and the Apple and THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE, MY FRIEND.

(As an aside, Suzy telling her side of the story when it came to Cèsar gave me a case of the giggles. Who knew her buttoned-up persona hid such a horndog? MAN, I like her and Cèsar together.)

Cèsar, as usual, has managed to get himself in a tough situation. Also as usual, he handles it by causing more chaos than one person should rightfully be able to cause on their own. Stuff happens and he dives into the middle of things and makes even more stuff happen. Often in a spectacular fashion.

Like I said, I'm going to miss this guy.

A solid ending to a series that hands out craziness like candy at Halloween. Here's to demons and magic and people dying left and right. And to Cèsar who somehow ends up on top no matter how insane things get around him.

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