Pre-Owned Monster (Paperback) by A Lee Martinez

from Kellswitch

Monster works for a special "pest" control agency that specializes in the supernatural, and Judy is a human who keeps running into magical creatures, they have to work together find out what is going and and save the world. I really love the way Martinez deals with magic in a mostly mundane world...

from shabacus

An excellent book, a wonderful introduction to Martinez' writing, and just a lot of fun to read. What impressed me most about this book was the magic system. This is not a scientific magic system, like something you'd get from Brandon Sanderson. It isn't a mystical system like a Jonathan Strange ...

from rayneofdarkness

I like the sci-fi mixed with humor in his writing. I like the ridiculous story ideas and how things turn out usually I'm too wound up in the story to even try to figure out what is going to happen next. If you like silly yet sci-fi/fantasy novels this is a definite must.

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Synopsis: Monster, who works for Cryptobiological Containment and Rescue Services as a freelance agent. With his sidekick Chester, a sixth-dimensional entity that manifests as various shapes of folded paper, he handles the more exotic problems for Animal Control. As a magical being, he wakes ever...

from Shrike58

Let's have a war between primordial forces! We can have it in...New Jersey! This is essentially Douglas Adams meets Kevin Smith (of "Clerks" infamy), as lackadaisical magic user and all-round smuck "Monster" Dionysius goes on a call to contain a yeti (the hours suck but the pay is decent) and fin...