Summer Reads Part 2

25/7/2018

by Brianna

Brianna and Ariel love to read all year, but there's something special about summer reading. This article is part two of a series about books that are perfect for summer. Using our affiliate links to purchase these books will help keep Busy Nest News going. Thanks for your continued support!

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Welcome back to our summer reads series! Last time I recommended The Tetris Effect by Dan Ackerman. If you missed it, click here to see what it's all about. This week I'm turning to a series that's a bit more in line with summer reading fluff. Yes, you read that right; it's a series. So if you like the first book, you're set for a little while.

I'd like to introduce you to the Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series, of which Carpe Demon is book one. Kate Connor is a California mom whose family secrets have eschatological (read: End Of The World) implications. For nearly 20 years, she’s been living the suburban mom life; driving her kids to playdates and school activities, planning excruciating dinner parties for her lawyer-turned-politician husband, and sharing wine and chocolate with her best friend. What her family and friends don’t know is that Kate is a retired demon hunter, trained from childhood by a secret force within the Vatican to keep evil at bay. She’s dragged back to active duty when a demon follows her home after a chance encounter in the frozen foods aisle and busts through the picture window to attack her. Now she has a big mess on her hands; one big secret, lots of little lies, a dead body to dispose of, and no clean up crew- not to mention a broken window her husband is bound to notice.

Issues this series deals with include (among others) frozen hors d’oeuvres, sarcastic teenagers, church fairs, family, what it means to be human, shopping at the *nice* grocery store, trying to remember that language you learned in high school, exercise in your 40s, and Mommy Guilt. The Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series is probably best enjoyed as an audiobook, but the print editions are small and easily tucked in a purse or carry-on.