The Last Donut Shop of the Apocalypse (Kelly Driscoll #2)

The Last Donut Shop of the ApocalypseNina PostCuriosity Quills Press

DescriptionAfter narrowly preventing the last apocalypse, Kelly Driscoll finds herself with an unlikely day job. She’s the interim manager of Amenity Tower, one of the few buildings still left standing in the rubble of Pothole City. But after answering a mysterious phone call, she signs up for a new mission that’s a perfect match for her skills: locating the missing president of the famed Cluck Snack brand.

As Kelly quickly learns, the missing executive is only the beginning of Pothole City’s problems. The city’s leading donut shops — run by two very different Gorgon monster siblings — are engaged in a bitter territorial dispute. Plus, the residents of Kelly’s building have hatched a new plot to kill the beloved single-purpose angels and set the stage for another apocalypse.

Teaming up again with her allies from the first book — including Af the Angel of Destruction, Stringfellow the ferret, and Tubiel and the other single-purpose angels — Kelly is up for the challenge. But can she rescue the missing president and restore peace between the donut shops before Pothole City is destroyed yet again?

My Review:

This is my first taste of Nina Post and all I can say is can I please have some more? This is the second book of a series, of which I had not read. After reading this zany little adventure, I will definitely be going more for another helping.

The cover to this book is a technicolour beauty. If you can fit another colour in, I would be surprised. A real eye-catcher and I wish I would see it in paper for the full effect. Sometimes ebooks just miss out.

There is not much I can say about this book without giving away plot. Suffice to say that each and every page has craziness written all over it. The amazing thing is that Nina Post makes it believable. There is a straight-forward style about her that just adds so much to the book.

This will have you cackling to yourself very quickly. There is another one coming it seems. So I have catch-up and future reading to do with Ms Post. Looking forward to that.

My Rating:

4 (but soooo close to 5) donuts out of 5

If I was weirded out in the first book, I feel the same thing in this second installment. The only difference was that I know what to expect already. I am more prepared for what is in store than the last time but I still got mixed-up with a lot of names and entities to follow. I can’t remember which is which and just give up trying after failing to recall what entity the name is connected to. But this one is easier to follow plot-wise than the first one. That is if you read the first book, then you’ll get the gist of what’s up with the story and it won’t be too confusing.

In this installment, we get to know a lot more about Kelly and the single-purpose angels on her care. We get to follow Af’s story, who’s charming in his cluelessness when it comes to women and relationship, and so are the other fallen angels and their obsession to get out of Amenity Tower. They are fun, as usual. Add the Gorgon sisters, and it is a complete riot. The wit and humor present in the first continued on this one that reading this quirky story is such a breeze.

So, yeah, overall, it is equally entertaining as the first book, with a clearer plot and much more developed characters. A quirky series for urban fantasy lovers that are open to embracing the weirdness and craziness that it’ll offer.