A Review of Strange Neighbors by Ashlyn Chase

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Book Teaser from AshlynChase.com:

When all-star pitcher and shapeshifter Jason Falco buys a small apartment building, he sees it not only as an investment, but as a place to escape the demands of major league baseball.

That is, until he meets his tenants! A vigilante vampire: a wereraven with a morbid sense of humor; a werewolf thief who poses as a security expert; and two witches who work as phone sex actresses and own an owl familiar. Not to mention a beautiful, all too human nurse who gets Jason's blood pumping overtime.

With all the hooting, howling and hollering going on, how can an All-American guy get some peace and sweep a girl off her feet?

Review:

Witty and funny with laugh out loud parts- this is a book you won't want to put down.

The characters are hilarious (I read on Ashlyn's site that the book has been compared to the tv show Friends- of course this would be the paranormal version), the plot is wild and unique with all kinds of surprising twists and turns with plenty of sizzle between the main characters. It even has a ghost story and a murder mystery wrapped up with the romance and other paranormal twists. Combine all of that and you get a must read book different than anything else is the paranormal genre right now.

Merry is a nurse, finally getting out from under daddy's wing and living on her own. She moves into an apartment building owned by baseball player (and secret shifter) Jason, who also happens to be her neighbor. They have instant chemistry- but everything else tends to get in the way sometimes like Jason's nosey and very eccentric aunt, his patient uncle, two phone sex witches, a vampire, a morgue attendant, and of course the ghost. These are definitely some Strange Neighbors. And you thought your neighbors were crazy.

What a great read! At first I thought there would be too much going on with all the strange characters and different stuff but each element gets their own moment without horning in on the main characters.

The intricate weaving of the plots and subplots seamlessly mesh together in this fabulous book. If you are looking for something a little different but not too dark and sprinkled liberally with bits of humor- this is the book for you.