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The Hunter and the Spider #6
Bad Romance
Alan Augustine hasn’t been lucky in a long time, so when a too-good-to-be-true business venture drops in his lap, he snatches it up. Unfortunately, a few old clients aren’t thrilled. And he can’t seem to stop seeing grim omens in his tarot.
Bad Romance features Alan Augustine in his first full-length adventure and is heavily influenced and inspired by the music of pop, punk, and emo artists like Marianas Trench, Good Charlotte, Smashmouth, Madonna, and Lady Gaga.
Bad Romance features Alan Augustine in his first full-length adventure and is heavily influenced and inspired by the music of pop, punk, and emo artists like Marianas Trench, Good Charlotte, Smashmouth, Madonna, and Lady Gaga.
- GenresShapeshiftersFantasy
354 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2024
About the author
E.M. Jeanmougin
6 books52 followersE.M. Jeanmougin started writing as a little kid and never stopped.
When not working on "The Hunter and the Spider" with co-writer Jay Wright, EM likes to write short stories and poetry. Favorite genres include cozy mysteries, classic whodunits, cheesy sci-fis, and campy fantasies. Other pastimes include tabletop games, video games, photography, coloring, doodling, and cinema.
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When not working on "The Hunter and the Spider" with co-writer Jay Wright, EM likes to write short stories and poetry. Favorite genres include cozy mysteries, classic whodunits, cheesy sci-fis, and campy fantasies. Other pastimes include tabletop games, video games, photography, coloring, doodling, and cinema.
Official Webpage:
www.hunterandspider.com
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April 17, 2024
*I received an ecopy of this book from the authors. This has not influenced my review.*
Alan is someone I always appreciated as a character but didn’t really like much at first. Then I got a little glimpse into his life in one of the previous books and realized I’d been harsh in my judgment of him, and I felt for him. So I was really curious to know more about him and was looking forward to this book. Thankfully, it didn’t disappoint! I enjoyed learning more about him, and I feel for him even more now. It was also just a great book.
I feel like the authors really are always aware of whose POV they’re in. Characters don’t sound drastically different, but they notice different things, see other characters in different ways. So it was interesting to see how Alan saw things, especially how he saw Crimson.
The relationship in the last book… I wouldn’t say it bothered me, but I had a hard time getting into it, feeling it. Whereas I was fine with Alan and Crimson sleeping together, because I felt and understood the feelings between them more.
Well, I understood in the sense that I’ve seen them interact a lot over the series, but I don’t know how I would describe it. Not exactly friends. More than just sex though. Not just a sex worker and his client. They’ve known each other a while. They have fondness for each other. Sometimes they have annoyance for each other. Crimson feels protective toward Alan. He records shows for him that he (Crimson) doesn’t even like. Alan enjoys the time he spends with Crimson. I don’t know, it’s weirdly sorta sweet. But I think Crimson is one of the only people who treats Alan like a person, and that makes it sorta sad.
This book wasn’t about Crimson (though he was in it quite a bit), and yet, I still have more things to say about him because I was just thinking, all his relationships are kind of unusual and complex. But it makes sense when he’s old, immortal, and seems somehow both easy to get along with yet also not the easiest person to get along with (what can I say, the man contains multitudes), and everyone he knows is also supernatural. He and Alcander have had some road bumps, but they’ve been friends too long and been through too much shit together to give that up. He and Ret don’t always see eye-to-eye, but he’s Ret’s sire and tries to be a good one. He and Alan have their thing that I just described.
Poor Jasper though, why does no one like him?? Well, Alcander and Max do. But Ret and Alan don’t. Alan only had like one thought about him in this whole book, and it was a negative one. What did he ever do to them?? He’s a nice guy!
I was pleasantly surprised to learn Alan is nonbinary! He didn’t use a label, but he didn’t really care how he was referred to and changed how he presented sometimes.
The ending!!! I read the last few paragraphs like five times. I’m so excited for the next book. I’m also very curious about how things are going to go since *SPOILER* *END SPOILER*
Anyway, this has been more rambling than review, but hopefully it has all come off as positive rambling about a series I love. This was another great book, and I enjoyed getting to know an interesting side character more!
*Rating: 4.5 Stars // Read Date: 2024 // Format: Ebook via TTS*
Recommended For:
Fans of Books 1-5 in E.M. Jeanmougin & Jay Wright's The Hunter and the Spider series. Anyone who likes slow burn mlm romance with a bit of angst, good ol' urban fantasy action, complex characters, love interests who are equal parts charming and obnoxious, and scary but cute werespiders!
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight
Alan is someone I always appreciated as a character but didn’t really like much at first. Then I got a little glimpse into his life in one of the previous books and realized I’d been harsh in my judgment of him, and I felt for him. So I was really curious to know more about him and was looking forward to this book. Thankfully, it didn’t disappoint! I enjoyed learning more about him, and I feel for him even more now. It was also just a great book.
I feel like the authors really are always aware of whose POV they’re in. Characters don’t sound drastically different, but they notice different things, see other characters in different ways. So it was interesting to see how Alan saw things, especially how he saw Crimson.
The relationship in the last book… I wouldn’t say it bothered me, but I had a hard time getting into it, feeling it. Whereas I was fine with Alan and Crimson sleeping together, because I felt and understood the feelings between them more.
Well, I understood in the sense that I’ve seen them interact a lot over the series, but I don’t know how I would describe it. Not exactly friends. More than just sex though. Not just a sex worker and his client. They’ve known each other a while. They have fondness for each other. Sometimes they have annoyance for each other. Crimson feels protective toward Alan. He records shows for him that he (Crimson) doesn’t even like. Alan enjoys the time he spends with Crimson. I don’t know, it’s weirdly sorta sweet. But I think Crimson is one of the only people who treats Alan like a person, and that makes it sorta sad.
This book wasn’t about Crimson (though he was in it quite a bit), and yet, I still have more things to say about him because I was just thinking, all his relationships are kind of unusual and complex. But it makes sense when he’s old, immortal, and seems somehow both easy to get along with yet also not the easiest person to get along with (what can I say, the man contains multitudes), and everyone he knows is also supernatural. He and Alcander have had some road bumps, but they’ve been friends too long and been through too much shit together to give that up. He and Ret don’t always see eye-to-eye, but he’s Ret’s sire and tries to be a good one. He and Alan have their thing that I just described.
Poor Jasper though, why does no one like him?? Well, Alcander and Max do. But Ret and Alan don’t. Alan only had like one thought about him in this whole book, and it was a negative one. What did he ever do to them?? He’s a nice guy!
I was pleasantly surprised to learn Alan is nonbinary! He didn’t use a label, but he didn’t really care how he was referred to and changed how he presented sometimes.
The ending!!! I read the last few paragraphs like five times. I’m so excited for the next book. I’m also very curious about how things are going to go since *SPOILER* *END SPOILER*
Anyway, this has been more rambling than review, but hopefully it has all come off as positive rambling about a series I love. This was another great book, and I enjoyed getting to know an interesting side character more!
*Rating: 4.5 Stars // Read Date: 2024 // Format: Ebook via TTS*
Recommended For:
Fans of Books 1-5 in E.M. Jeanmougin & Jay Wright's The Hunter and the Spider series. Anyone who likes slow burn mlm romance with a bit of angst, good ol' urban fantasy action, complex characters, love interests who are equal parts charming and obnoxious, and scary but cute werespiders!
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight
March 10, 2024
I'm never disappointed with this series! I loved the new prospective explored, Alan Augustine was an absolute delight! For someone who claims to not have a heroic bone in them, Alan proves to be a strong and caring friend, determined to do the right thing. Already ready for the next adventure.
June 19, 2024
I need to process more I think. The ending left me anxious and I'm not sure I can continue unless I know our hunter and spider are endgame. I'll be back with a real review soon.
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