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Destruction of Justice

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DESTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (The Monsters And Men Trilogy Book 2) by Lawrence Davis is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. I re-read book one so the characters would be fresh in my mind. ( Re-reading is something I very rarely do.) I actually enjoyed the first book better the second time, no clue why!
This book was totally a wild ride! There were so many monsters, creatures, magic, God's with powerful minions, unique characters, bada## characters, and a sweet pitbull! The action seemed nonstop! I felt like I grabbed a tiger's tail and couldn't let go! Such fun! Witty, clever, full of action but friendships and loyalty too! I felt like I was in the battle too it was so descriptive! Loved it! Totally awesome!

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Rating: Recommended. 

Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Here's the TL;DR for my review (SPOILERS!):

Pros
-Good-to-Great characters
-Fun plot
-Solid Urban Fantasy
- Nice twists and turns
Mixed
-This is a very Urban Fantasy book, in the sense that it stars a protagonist and a cast of his wacky and cool friends as they go on an adventure trying to save one of their friends from the magic cops. I liked it, but if you've read a bunch before maybe you wouldn't.
Cons
-If you want to nitpick the protagonist was a wee bit too Harry Dresden-ish for my taste. Now to be fair to Janzen, he's not so much a copy of Dresden. He takes-inspiration-from Dresden. I would have personally liked it if the author played up the 'emotional trauma' angle of Janzen as opposed to the 'snarky-but-nice' angle of Janzen.

I got a copy of this review of Netgalley for free for the purpose of review, but I liked it enough that I bought a copy of it anyway.

This is the quintessence of the Hardboiled Detective Urban Fantasy genre. The book begins with Janzen taking in a friend of him from the cold and hiding her from people out to kill her. He has to enlist friends old and new in order to save her life and solve some interdimensional politics. While this isn't the best Urban Fantasy I've ever read, it is a solidly fun time and an improvement over the first in the series. I can recommend it if you're a fan of the sub-genre and you're open to reading a good meat-and-potatoes urban fantasy.

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