Blood & Ash: A Snarky Urban Fantasy Detective Series by Deborah Wilde
★ ★ ★ ★☆ This was my first novel by Deborah Wilde. The description promised a fun supernatural PI with some hot romance and this book totally delivered! I really enjoyed this first in the series and ran out to get the next one so that I wouldn't have to say goodbye to Ash and her friends. There are plenty of reasons to enjoy this book. A fun and interesting heroine, a will-they won't-they romance, a well-woven storyline and fully realized world. The characters were fun and didn't feel like they were a pale rehashing of others I had met before. Another reviewer drew parallels to Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series, and I agree there are some character and storyline parallels, but this is different enough and I was happy to take this ride. I also really enjoyed the author's use of existing Jewish folklore and the call outs to more modern references like Alice in Wonderland and Scooby-Doo. This was a quick read as well, so you can devour this fun book in an evening - if...