ConSensual

by Kate Paulk

There are vampires in the lobby, succubi in the beds, and bodies in the bathroom. It's ConSensual, where the editors are demons, the writers are crazy and the vampires and werewolves might be the most stable people in the room. If that isn't enough, Dracula is staying at the hotel on a business trip for his wood-based hardware chain, and he brings with him the mother of all sirens, Leannan Sidhe. Kit Marlowe is one of the authors, and there's an out of control baby vampire to deal with. Once again, the "Save the World" department is caught with its pants down. It mostly consists of a vampire whose name isn't Jim and definitely isn't Hickey, a barely house broken werewolf, a very confused archangel and his succubus squeeze and other assorted misfits. With heroes like this, who needs villains?

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 2, 2012

About the author

Kate Paulk is a transplanted Australian with an infant writing career, a hyperactive imagination, and a fondness for weird stuff. She has published enough short stories to be losing count, a novella and Knights in Tarnished Armor, which doesn’t exactly fit any kind of category. Kate’s first novel, Impaler, is an alternate history about Vlad the Impaler (he wins). Kate spends her time juggling the demands of software quality assurance (the day job), her husband, two very demanding cats, and the stories demanding attention. The stories usually win.

Reviews

[Wesley Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining read that knows when to take itself seriously and, even better, when not to. Loads of fun, with characters that deserve many more conventions to come.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another trip to a convention for the characters leads to another mess. An enjoyable read.