I’ll be honest and tell you that I was apprehensive about listening to this audiobook. Why? Well, it’s the first MM book I’ve listened to with a female narrator. Ever.
At first it took me a while to get used to Kitty Hendrix’s voice speaking for the men of West Hollywood. But then I started thinking, I have no qualms when male narrators take on the female voices in MM novels, why should I care about it being the other way around? Well, I stopped caring and immediately realized what an incredibly talented narrator Kitty Hendrix is.
This book has an ensemble cast of characters, each unique and different. Many had their own POVs in the book, not just the MCs. In fact, it was such an ensemble cast, sometimes it became difficult to pick out the MCs since this is not a romance.
What it is is a delightfully funny book with a sugary snack addicted coroner, a DYI vampire and his OTT twink “Renfield,” an OCD sheriff, a take-no-prisoners octogenarian city manager, a sadistic feral vampire, a bone-crunching ghoul, furniture wrecking werewolves, WeHo bearded cheerleaders, and others.
The crazy characters and the plot had me so distracted that I almost didn’t miss the sexy times so usual in MM. But again, this isn’t a romance. But still! I wanted to see more romance between Chris and Troy (good vamp and his companion).
Becky, one of he MCs is hilarious, although her constant eating got to be a bit much after a while. Troy is absolutely hilarious with his over the top damsel in distress persona. And Pamela, the Republican in WeHo who all the drag queens adore, is an unlikely a heroine as you’ll ever encounter anywhere.
The book could have been shorter, but I had a killer time listening to it. Some plot points were left hanging or abandoned, and it makes me wonder if they get picked up in the next book.
This was my first book by this author and my first listen by this narrator. I think Kitty Hendrix had a lot to with how funny I found this story! I’m definitely picking up the next book in the series.