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“What’ve we got?”
“Tigers. Snakes. Alligators. Tears in the skin of the universe.” Susan shrugged. “I think I saw a kraken in the sink, too.”
Find a missing book. That was the job the woman in the Doc Martens gave us.
Easy money, right?
Only now it seems she’s actually…
Why read it?
1 author picked Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I haven’t found many fantasy books with a talking cat as a lead character, much less as a private investigator, so I was excited to read this one.
Gobbelino and his human Callum run a detective agency; they’re hired to find an evil tome of power that is making a mess of reality.
The descriptions of chaos from Gobbelino’s perspective are especially imaginative; I saw scenes in my mind like a mashup of live action and animation, which was really fun.
Callum and Gobbs have a strong dynamic as partners, aloof yet deeply loyal to each other, which is a…
From Jinn's list on underrated humorous fantasy with happy endings.
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