"Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's specialty for generations. Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's been groomed for since childhood. Until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice, and her life"--
"A debut contemporary fantasy that introduces the fast-talking Dr. Greta Helsing, who must keep the supernatural community not-alive and well in modern London. Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to …
"Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's specialty for generations. Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's been groomed for since childhood. Until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice, and her life"--
"A debut contemporary fantasy that introduces the fast-talking Dr. Greta Helsing, who must keep the supernatural community not-alive and well in modern London. Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's specialty for generations. Greta Helsing inherited the family's highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills - vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's been groomed for since childhood. Until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice, and her life"--
this was an enjoyable and easy read with a lot of good vocabulary. i think the author loves the word “prepossessing” a little too much though lol.
the worldbuilding fascinated me and i loved the relationships between the characters. i thought the plot was well-paced until it got to the ending; the resolution felt very abrupt and too convenient so i was a little disappointed by that.
despite its flaws, i still had plenty of fun so i will be checking out the sequel.
this was an enjoyable and easy read with a lot of good vocabulary. i think the author loves the word “prepossessing” a little too much though lol.
the world-building fascinated me and i loved the relationships between the characters. i thought the plot was well-paced until it got to the ending—the resolution felt very abrupt and too convenient so i was a little disappointed by that.
despite its flaws, i still had plenty of fun with so i will be checking out the sequel.
A medical-flavored mystery with a down to earth sense of urban fantasy to it. The descriptions are particularly wonderful and manage to escape getting too florid. Fun magic/infernal system, skillfully revealed. Gentle presence of social anxiety lending depth and comfort to the characters. I wish the recording had a better (or perhaps any) pop filter but that’s not the fault of the text. Excited to see more of the series.
