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Reread 03-05- 22 (in audio) Still good almost exactly ten years later and I'm still impressed by the depth of this world.
Original review:"Fighting Evil Through the Power of Ballroom Dance" is how author McGuire describes her new Incryptid series starter in the afterword - that's not all there is to Discount Armageddon but there is this one scene....
I thought that Discount Armageddon was a lot of fun - there were a lot of great lines - our heroine Verity Price and her (off screen) family have a ...more
Original review:"Fighting Evil Through the Power of Ballroom Dance" is how author McGuire describes her new Incryptid series starter in the afterword - that's not all there is to Discount Armageddon but there is this one scene....
I thought that Discount Armageddon was a lot of fun - there were a lot of great lines - our heroine Verity Price and her (off screen) family have a ...more

What a fun way to spend my day! I was pretty sure I was going to enjoy the book when I read the definition of Cryptid at the very beginning. "Cryptid, noun:
1. Any creature whose existence has been suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.
2. That thing that's getting ready to eat your head.
3. See also: "monster."
I read this out loud to my DH and I spent the day chuckling, He spent the day watching the Cubs lose yet again, and saying, ...more
1. Any creature whose existence has been suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983.
2. That thing that's getting ready to eat your head.
3. See also: "monster."
I read this out loud to my DH and I spent the day chuckling, He spent the day watching the Cubs lose yet again, and saying, ...more

I realize I'm in the minority with not liking the book. There were way too many forced jokes, not enough plot, and I didn't like the two main characters.
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