If You Enjoy Short Funny Stories, Then This Paranormal Dating Agency Comedy Will be Right up Your Street
This humorous short read revolves around Amy who is desperately trying to find a job. She comes across an advert for “The Monster Dating Agency” and decides to apply. Amy discovers that she will be working alongside a young female ogre named Mimi.
Mimi behaves like many other young females of her age. Her life is based around boys, makeup, dating, and clothes. Together their mission is to bring love and romance into the lives of the odd and strange creatures that enter their door. The creatures include zombies, witches, shifters, werewolves, trolls, vampires, and a multitude of other beings that put in an appearance in this and upcoming series of stories.
The Monster Dating Agency is the first book in this hilarious fantasy series, but there are many more to come.
If you are a fan of:
Women’s Fiction Romantic ComedyFantasy HumorShort Stories Supernatural CreaturesZombiesShapeshiftersWitchesWerewolvesFunny Books The Monster Dating Agency is going to be a fun cheap read which is suitable for teens and adults alike. This romantic comedy will not disappoint.
"This is definitely a direct humour style, and there's little subtle about it, so if you love that sort of writing this will appeal."
Reviewer: Reader for Bookangel.
Just to start the review with a note: Please authors, don't change your fonts from the default without a very good reason. Suddenly having blocky Arial instead of my normal typeface threw me.
The story itself starts in an...interesting...fashion, and then just as I was getting worried, by the third page I'd laughed out loud, and all was forgiven. While I hadn't realised how short this book was, it is a complete story, from how Amy joins up with the agency to her first clients. As an introduction to the series it works wonderfully, showing off the author's sense of humour and writing style, and making it quite clear what you can expect from the sequels. You can expect a lot of bodily function jokes, mainly coarse ones, but then we are dealing with ogres, zombies, etc. This is definitely a direct humour style, and there's little subtle about it, so if you love that sort of writing this will appeal.
The only slight let-down is the plot. Things happen, but there's no real sense of plot development. Then again, this is a very short story about someone getting an unusual job, which is setting up a series so much of the story is taken up with world building and establishing characters.
I should probably give it a two on technicalities, but it made me laugh out loud, there are no glaring spelling or grammar issues, and it nicely introduces us to a series with a creative concept. It gets a three.
Well I just when I read the title that this would have to be a good comedy, and sure enough I was right. I am glad to see it, too, because you do not run across that many comedies or stories with a good sense of humor, so I will certainly keep this one in mind. Subtleties are also nice for me and really add to the experience, so thank for sharing.
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