Staff Pick
This is the perfect book for any lover of the supernatural. And when I say supernatural, I mean if you love the CW's Supernatural you will love this book. It's basically as if you took Jo and Ellen Harvelle from the hit show and threw them into a world where hunters actually get paid for ganking monsters. When I first read the description for this book, I'll admit that I was skeptical. After reading it, I changed my mind. I came to love the sarcastic humor of the main character, Maggie Cunningham. She's not your average teenager, that's for sure. If you like ladies who can kick monster butt along with just a tad of awkward gushy teen romance, then you will love this book. Recommended By Hannah B., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Seventeen-year-old Maggie Cunningham is tough, smart, and sassy. She's also not like other girls her age, but then, who would be when the family business is monster hunting? Combat boots, ratty hooded sweatshirts, and hair worn short so nothing with claws can get a grip, Maggie's concerns in life slant more toward survival than fashion or boys. Which presents a problem when Maggie's mother informs Maggie that she can't get her journeyman's license for hunting until she loses her virginity.
Something about virgin blood turning vampires into pointy rage monsters. Blood and gore and insides being on the outside and all that.
Maggie's battled ghosts and goblins and her fair share of house brownies, but finding herself a boy - fitting in with her peers - proves a much more daunting task than any monster hunt. Did you know normal girls don't stuff their bras with holy water balloons? Nor do they carry wooden stakes in their waistbands. And they care about things like "matching" and "footwear." Of course, they also can't clean a gun blindfolded, shoot a crossbow, or exorcise ghosts from a house. Which means they're lame and Maggie's not. Because Maggie's awesome. The Awesome, in fact. Just ask her. She'd be more than happy to tell you.
After she finds herself a date.
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“Maggie's profanity-laced, snarky, deeply loving, yet antagonisticrelationship with her mother is delightful.”
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“Hilarious and twisted, this is one bad-ass jump-kick of a book. Moveover Buffy, because monster hunter Maggie Cunningham is in town.”
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“Piercing and brutally funny—I wish I’d had Darrows to read when I was ateen.”
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“Eva Darrow's THE AWESOME absolutely lives up to its name.”
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“The best thing I can say is I wish I had this book when I was ateenager… THE AWESOME delivers exactly what the title promises. Buy it now.”
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“THE AWESOME is wickedly smart and horrific but hilarious… You all aregoing to LOVE this book. Seriously!”
About the Author
Eva Darrows is a thirty-something word nerd doing her word nerd thing in scenic southeastern Massachusetts. Armed with a basset hound army and too many cups of coffee, she slants toward stories that will tickle the funny bone. Her alter ego, Hillary Monahan, has been known to make creepy crawly words scuttle across the page, and the authoress is quite content vacillating wildly between giggling profanity and terrifying awfulness.