When the Angels Left the Old Country meets The City Beautiful.

Estries, New York City, independent movie theaters. What's not to love?

As someone who grew up in the Jewish community in New York City, everything about this book felt so familiar. Reading it felt like coming home. I love fantasy and have always longed for more Jewish fantasy that I could see myself in. This book does that. Thank you to the author for writing such an incredible story, one that is desperately needed.

Two estries. An old movie theater. An old ring. And a portal for the Princes of Demons. What could go wrong?

Overall, I really enjoyed this novel, much more than I thought I would actually. The first few chapters setting the stage were rough, but it grew on me quickly after that. It has a appropriate pacing, an interesting story, and good characters. There were some minor parts that made me roll my eyes... "like really?!?!" parts. Then there were several questions I had upon finishing, are Boaz and Daniel still friends? How did Daniel get home from the cemetery? Did he steal the other weirdo's car? Why didn't they just take the weirdo's keys and go instead of calling Auntie Medium? Or did other weirdo flee with the keys to the car when he left? - that was just one scene that left me wondering.

Thanks HarperCollins Children's Books and Netgalley for this ARC. I look forward to adding it to the stacks upon it's release.

I have never heard of owl-shifting vampires before but I'm so glad I got to read this. It had everything that I was looking for in this type of story and getting to know this universe. The concept was fantastic and worked with the Jewish traditions. It had a great overall concept and enjoyed getting to read this. A. R. Vishny has a great writing style and I'm glad I was able to read this.