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The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had the opportunity to meet the author a couple of times this spring and now I'm sorry I didn't buy more of the series. This was a lot of fun. In the vein of Buffy and the Winchesters, we have the Demon Mart in Columbus OH. Lloyd is, to put it kindly, a bit of a loser and most definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed. He knows this. He knows also he's in serious debt after dropping out of college, forgetting to pay bills, rent etc and losing his girlfriend, owing her money too. He mostly takes the graveyard shift at the quickie mart because he's desperate and he has hots for the other person working there, the hot hot hot DeeDee.

He writes off the first bit of weirdness - not to mention signing on to work with Faust - as overly strong weed he'd smoked earlier in the day but it doesn't take long for him to realize the demon mart and DeeDee are the only thing between the world and what might pop out of the portal. Fearing he's sold his soul to the devil Lloyd wants out (also he's not the bravest of souls either) but Faust knows how to pay his people (and pay off their debts) so Lloyd ends up standing side by side with DeeDee and Kevin the night manager (a Dio loving , talking roach) defending the world.

It's horror-comedy ala Ash and the Evil Dead and I was amused. It's very character driven vs plot (which is more of a monster of the night sort). There was one thing I didn't care for was the constant body shaming of Lloyd. He's self deprecating about it but also every single other character had something to say about it. I hope that lessens up in future books.

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