Samantha Spük: Paranormal Wedding Planner by Aleese Lin

TL;DR: A goofy, fun read.
Source: NetGalley, thank you so much!

Plot: Sabby wants nothing to do with the supernatural, but life has other plans.
Characters: I can’t say the were the deepest characters but they were a lot of fun.
Setting: Salem was a fun, if just barely described at times. I am glad I have a base knowledge so I could visualize it.
Urban Fantasy: We don’t get a lot of info on how these Community members blend in, but we definitely have a lot of them!

Summary:

Samantha Spük is your go-to wedding planner, be it for werewolf, vampire, or fae!

…even if that’s the last thing she would’ve imagined. Samantha “Sabby” Spük has spent her life trying to escape her family’s legacy of supernatural chaos. She’s finally graduated and landed a nice, normal 9–5 at a New York accounting firm. But then she gets the Grandma Rose is gone, and Sabby has been named executor of her (ahem, magically binding) will.

Now Sabby is stuck in her dreaded hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, taking on odd jobs—some very odd, like wedding planning for not-so-human locals—until she can sell the family home. At least this means a date with Hanry, the mysterious hottie Sabby meets in the neighborhood graveyard. With help from Hanry, a talking-head sidekick, and a manic pixie assistant, Sabby might pull these weddings off in time to salvage her accounting career…but is she ready to say goodbye to her paranormal one?

Thoughts:

This was a goofy, fun time. If you’re here for a good time with the silly vibes, you’re going to find it. Sabby (Samantha) wants nothing to do with the paranormal even though her family has been waist deep in it for generations. A traumatic event with an old lady and a prank has left her with a sour taste and she wants to the beige boring life for now.

This obviously doesn’t go to plan and she is forced to take advantage of a miscommunication and begins wedding planning. I know. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but just run with it. You also need to run with the disembodied head that spends all his time bouncing around optimistically helping her, a pixie with a sugar addiction, and Sabby’s constant pessimism. It is fun, I swear!

In addition to all this I liked the unique takes on some very familiar creatures. Vampires are limp wristed wimps, Fae lean into their prankster side, and the one sasquatch we get was a delight. Also a sentient island? This was very creative.

I especially loved the unconventional ending on this one. It reminded me of the urban fantasy books of my youth (though far less serious) where not everything is settled in the end. Sabby has growth! She stands up for herself and I loved it. I fully intend on continuing this series, what a great time.