Any Given Doomsday (Amy)
333 pages
Elizabeth Phoenix used to be a police officer for the Milwaukee Police Department. She is a psychic and she used her skills in her job but she quit the force when her partner was killed. She now works as a bartender for her dead partner’s wife. One day, while on the job at the bar, she gets the overwhelming urge to visit her foster mother, Ruthie. When she arrives, she finds that Ruthie has been attacked. Just before she dies, Ruthie passes “something” to Elizabeth who falls unconscious into a coma for a few days. When she wakes up, her life is changed forever and the Doomsday countdown has begun.
Part of the draw of urban fantasy for me is all of the monsters, fairies and such in a modern-day setting. I enjoyed that there were so many different types of characters that I had never heard of and that at least a little bit of info about each type was presented such as how Liz could kill them, how they got their power, how they came to be, which parts of the myth are true etc. I also enjoyed the story of Liz and Jimmy’s relationship and their relationship with Ruthie.
As a fan of urban fantasy, I understand that most, if not all, books in this genre contain at least some sexual content. I know this, and generally speaking, I know what I am getting myself into. However, this book went way beyond what I would normally expect to find. The entire second half of the book is one gratuitous sex scene after another while we get snippets here and there about the Doomsday countdown. I was annoyed to see a storyline I was enjoying deteriorate into this and in the end, I decided it just wasn’t worth it. I skipped a large chunk and read the last two pages. I am giving this 2 out of 5 stars when I didn’t technically finish because I did enjoy the first part of the story. (2/5)
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