Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5
Dragons, vampires, werewolves, fae, witches and one very confused human.
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Sam, 100% human (no, really) inherits a crumbling building and a private detective agency from his Uncle.
Bob, a brooding stubborn and ancient vampire turns up at his door and refuses to leave.
Before Sam can say ‘I only want human cases’ he’s knee deep in werewolves, dragons, vampires and witches.
Book 1 – The Case of The Cupid Curse
Sam Enderson is a human detective who inherits a building from where his Uncle used to run a detective agency. He finds himself working for paranormal creatures despite his resolve to stick with humans only. To supplement his income as a new PI Sam rents out rooms in the large house.
Bob is a vampire and turns up on Sam’s doorstep to rent a room. Sparks fly and Sam is attracted to the vampire despite himself.
Sam is cursed by a witch, and has two cases landing on his desk. Werewolves, annoying ghosts and a grumpy gargoyle are enough to drive Sam mad. But somehow in amongst all of this he has to find a missing fae and a missing shifter child.
Book 2 – The Case of the Wicked Wolf
Naiads, humans, sirens and a challenge for Alpha make up the intricate story in the race to rescue the missing children.
Sam and Bob have more than just the case of one lost child to handle. Not only is Shelby Hartman missing, but other paranormal children have disappeared. The race to rescue the children is hampered by naiads, humans, sirens and a challenge for Alpha.
Hartman Hunter is desperate to find his daughter. He turns to the demon Danjal Naamah for help. The problem is that Danjal is the only person Hartman has ever loved—the man he let go for the sake of the pack…
NB: Previously released as two separate books.
Word count for End Street Volume 1: 64,500
I started this series at book four and then had to scrabble back to the beginning and start where most readers began. I’m not sure I made a mistake because I picked out a early pattern that has continued through all the books I’ve since finished. With each story this series gets progressively better. The plots deepen and the character drop what qualities I found irritating (and yes, frankly whiney) towards the beginning of the series. So it was probably a very good thing that I started with books where the characters had lost some of the attributes and mind boggling naivete found in books 1 and 2.
This mostly applies to Sam, a being who refuses to accept that he’s not human. Everyone else knows he’s not, from the fae to the ever present gargoyle. But Sam? Nope, with the stubbornness that becomes highly irritating. I mean who wouldn’t want to be able to do the things he can do in the world Amber Kell and RJ Scott have built? And they don’t lay any real reason for Sam’s unyielding prejudice/stubborn unwillingness to see himself as anything other than human, when all the events and his powers say otherwise.
Luckily that starts to disappear somewhat or become palatable after this volume.
But I knew there was more coming. Plus I got to see how he met Bob the vampire. I adore Bob. Plus all the other beings that inhabit his house/detective agency are so cool, with very distinctive personalities that they make up for the places I want to deliver a “Snap out of it” ala Cher in Moonlighting to Sam. What saves Sam? He’s really cares, he’s also just a determinedly stubborn in wanting to do the right thing. A sort of supernatural knight charging off to fix things, with a whole passel of supernatural beings running after him to help. That’s charming and each case connects to the next, getting better and better. You will love what’s coming next in Vol. 2.
These were my rating for the individual stories but really, don’t pass any of them up. You need them to build, one on top of the other.
- Book 1 – The Case of The Cupid Curse. Rating: 3 stars out of 5
- Book 2 – The Case of the Wicked Wolf. Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Next up, Vol 2, (dragons) and then The Case of the Purple Pearl, that’s a real winner. I love this series and recommend it.
Art work by Meredith Russell. Love this cover. Works beautifully for the characters involved.
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Book Details:
Kindle Edition, 201 pages
Published October 5th 2015 by Love Lane Books Ltd (first published June 28th 2013)
ASINB0168MICJ4
Edition LanguageEnglish
SeriesEnd Street Detective Agency #1-2
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