
Hell is one of the best parts of Summon the Keeper.

In addition to the guests, Claire must battle the forces of Hell, who/which is hilarious. Not to mention, the next door neighbor, Mrs. We get werewolves, a vampire, old gods/goddesses, and a psychic medium, along with a bevy of supernatural visitors on Halloween. The guests most assuredly aren't normal in any sense of the word. This would be boring if all the guests were normal. Their interactions comprise most of the action in the book, but it never gets stale.įor most of the book, the story revolves around Claire running the guest house. Each of these characters is well developed and brought to life brilliantly. A couple chapters in, we're also introduced to Jacques, the ghost. He's also the running love interest and all-around-hero-type. The maintenance man/cook of the guest House is Dean. Claire sort of inherits a guest house where there's a hole to Hell in the basement and a "Sleeping Beauty-ed" Keeper in one of the rooms. It holds true that if there is a snarky talking cat, you're usually off to a good start. Summon the Keeper introduces Claire Hansen, Keeper, and her talking cat, Austin. There are just so many wonderful nuggets in it for a fantasy/mythology nerd like myself. I also love rereading it, which I don't get to do often. I mentioned earlier that this is one of my all-time favorite books so we'll go out on a limb and say that I loved it. Previously posted to my old blog at about the same time
