Happy Monday! Kicking off the week with this urban fantasy beauty.
Thanks to the publisher and TLC Book Tours for the free copy in exchange for my honest review and feature
AND THEN THERE WERE CROWS – Alcy Leyva (Released July 3rd, 2018)
Book Description:
New York City has always been a big fat sack of stress for Amanda Grey. From turning herself into knots to evade rubbing ass cheeks with strangers on the train, to round-housing public bathroom door handles to stave off plague contaminations, Grey has always found the simple technique of avoidance best in dealing with NYC. Luckily, the one-bedroom apartment in Queens she shares with her parents has always served as a refuge from a world that’s too loud and too bright for Amanda Grey. Of course, that’s all about to change.
When she inadvertently rents a room to a demon, Grey goes from a woman concentrated on her own personal demons to the woman responsible for recapturing the six Shades from Hell she’s unleashed upon the city. She manages to survive by accepting the help of Barnem, an antisocial seraphim who just happens to reside in an upstairs apartment and the demon she now shares her apartment with–and who is oddly eager to help her vanquish the Shades, though she can’t be sure if he’s motivated by roommate loyalty or a secret plot to enslave humankind. Probably the latter.
Together the unlikely trio will have to face off with the devils of New York politics, break the curse of infomercial jingles, and figure out exactly how Grey has become the leader of a cult, all as Grey begins to realize that maybe the end of the world is exactly what her life needed. Now she just needs to figure out how to survive it.
About the Author:
Alcy Leyva is a writer, teacher, and pizza enthusiast. His work has been published in Entropy Mag, Popmatters, Quiet Lunch Magazine, and The Rumpus. He lives in Bronx, New York.
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