"Join a monster hunt in the Appalachian Mountains in this entertaining debut fantasy which edges into horror and contains a slow-burn romance."
A wonderful premise leads this debut fantasy; management of the worlds monsters falls to the organisation Entity, when two of their employers go in search of a missing warden in the Appalachian Mountains they stumble into the world of the Hollow Walker. This is the start of a series and introduces HR caseworker Alexys who manages District 13 and four wardens, and Director of Research and Categorisation Nic. Author Grace Viall has created a wonderful setting, the mountains come alive with folklore and atmosphere ensuring a deliciously unsettling tone. A slow-burn romance sits alongside some more breezy moments which changes a significantly dark vibe into something lighter. The monsters more than hold their own against the humans and end up being stars of the show. There are a number of intriguing threads running through this novel which will obviously follow through into the next, so there are some unanswered questions come the end. (Mostly) Human Resources takes folklore and spins some seriously fascinating monsters in this entertaining start to a new fantasy series.
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Amongst mountains as old as time, the jackalopes and ghouls are the least of your worries…
Working in Human Resources was not what Alexys had in mind when she joined Entity, the company who categorise and manage the monsters and cryptids of the world. But after her dad was killed as a Warden in the Appalachian mountains, she was filled with noble ideas of carrying on his legacy... from behind the safety of a desk.
But when one of her new Wardens, Elliot, goes missing, her chances of promotion go missing too. Determined to find him safe and sound, she marches off into the mountains to find him herself.
Because Elliot had been talking about sightings of a highly dangerous and never-recorded monster, The Hollow Walker, and she's promised herself that no Warden will ever die on her watch.
Meanwhile Nic, Director of Research and Categorisation, is not one to ignore the words 'never-recorded'. With Alexys, his work nemesis, leading the charge into the mountains, he's not going to let her have all the fun. If he can be the youngest Entity employee to discover a new monster, his name will go down in the annals of cryptozoology... and if it means spending some extra time with Alexys then he's not one to argue.
But Alexys and Nic are about to discover why the Appalachian Mountains are the last place you want to find yourself after dark…
The first instalment of a new series following the employees of Entity, where not every monster stays in the shadows-and survival is never guaranteed.
(Mostly) Human Resources features in the following genres: Fantasy, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Contemporary fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary fantasy, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
(Mostly) Human Resources is available in Paperback, Hardback
(Mostly) Human Resources was written by Grace Viall and published by Aria an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
(Mostly) Human Resources has 400 pages
£17.09
