WOW!! What a thrilling ride into the urban fantasy realm!! What would be the worst thing that could happen to you if you threw your boss out a window from the 14th floor of your office building?! Probably lots of prison time in the real world, but in the fantasy world you would get recruited by Monster Hunter International if you found out your boss just happened to be a werewolf! Our hero of the story, Owen Zastava Pitt, freaked right out of his mind when he saw his boss transform right before ...

OK, this book was such a beautiful mayhem : such a fun read , i mean guns and monsters and more guns! whats not to like ? right ?
I dove in expecting the usual slow burn of urban fantasy but this book started with a high note and ended with a big bang, man : I enjoyed every word of it .
You have to be a certified gun nut to fully appreciate the full spectrum of the firearms mentioned in this novel ... Anyway it was very cool for a first book , i will definitely read the next one : cheers.

Actual rating: 3.784579612 stars. And a quarter.The crap shall not be cut in this one. Sorry. Consider your little selves warned.This book has a whole lot of stuff working against it:① The author is widely referred to as a right-wing nut, lackwit, conservative asshat, misogynist and homophobe. ② Other reviewers mention that this is nothing but a pro-gun, anti-government and an urban fantasy for the Tea-Party/NRA effort.③ The main characters apparently suffer from Severe Gary Stu and Mary Sue Syn...

I picked this book up in Texas when one of the folks in the bookstore recommended it to me. If I were forced to give you an elevator pitch, it would be something like this: "Imagine Dresden files if you removed all the magic and replaced it with guns...." That's not a really accurate description, mind you. Elevator pitches never are. But there's an element of truth to it as well... Looking online, I see that I'm not the only one to make this comparison. That irritates me a little, but at the sam...

I'll say first as a disclaimer that I am Libertarian, pro-gun, and anti-big government. I'll say second that if there's one thing I do not want in my fantasy literature, it is a pro-gun, anti-big government agenda. I read books to get away from the depressing realities of life, not to wallow in them, and this book is one big, smelly wallow.On the face of it, it's about a man who is 200 lbs. of pure muscle, a genius, an accomplished martial artist, a competent amateur gunsmith, one of the best sh...

I don't know that I can really review this book because I was unable to finish it. I will therefore merely comment on the chapters I was able to finish:(1) The protagonist is an unbelievable Mary-Sue (and given that a powerful wizard living in Chicago is more believable, that says something) and the book contains tons of what I'll call "White Male Wish Fulfillment" (and as a White Male I feel free to call it this :)). The two examples that I actually read are the boss from (literally) hell and t...

Edited late to add a star that should have been added long ago. Monster Hunter International (MHI #1)This is one KICK ASS rockin,' rock 'em-sock'em, Jesus Block 'em, Rock and Roll, if it Moves shoot it if it don't use it like a bullet proof shield or cannon fodder, Monster Huntin', holy smokin' good read. Calling this an Urban Fantasy is, like calling Smokin' Joe Frazier a pansy. There are some mistakes you only get to make once before you need a good plastic surgeon and a blender to prepare you...

Previously three stars *(1)Turned out to be an engaging read, and I'll definitely check out the next book in the series. The first person point of view is told by an unusual hero; a large, "ugly," now scarred accountant who was raised in family that emphasized guns and survival skills. As such, his language is straightforward, but not so simplistic that I was bored. Flashes of humor and modern references kept the voice fresh, making me feel like although he took situations seriously, he also saw...

4.5 stars. The description on the back of the book is a very good compass for gauging whether you will like this book. If you like LOTS and LOTS of monsters and other supernatural creatures and LOTS AND LOTS of guns combined with a tone that is very similar to the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher then I think it is fair to say YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK. A super secret "private" agency that hunts down and kills monsters (for rich bounties paid by the government)...what's not to love. Just about every m...

At first glance (say at the title) anyone would probably take this book to be basically "brain candy". And they'd be right....but sometimes you find some really good brain candy. While this book is openly a little on the "hokey" side...it's an excellent read. I enjoyed this book immensely. I was looking at the time for something light and had this book recommended to me by a stranger while browsing the shelves in Books-A-Million. (Okay, so I talk to people I meet in the fantasy isles in book sto...