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If only you could gain super strength (& other powers) by mixing a fabulous cocktail using the right ingredients in exactly the right proportion thus allowing you to use your “smoke” breaks to fight demons…I mean, that would make for an interesting life & it did make for an interesting premise for a book that was mostly entertaining. I enjoyed it, & familiar Chicago scenery, but ultimately, I don‘t know the book is that memorable. Soft pick.

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge #Day20 #Potion A secret cadre of monster Fighting bartenders who use magic potions & cocktails to stop the demons etc that plague Chicago.#Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub 6pts

A story about demon fighting bartenders sounds like a fun October read, right?

Monsters roam Chicago. And the perfect cocktail could give you a superpower.

I‘m so torn. My favorite style for a magic system, Chicago (❤️), clever & interesting secondary characters, dealing with the uncertainties of your 20s, & the Unmasqued World trope. But, I didn‘t like the MC or her romance at all, there‘s no real acknowledgment of the nuances or risks of alcohol use & dependency. & the tone felt more YA than I was expecting. 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

There is a secret organization of bartenders who fight the things that go bump in the night with the help of perfectly mixed cocktails that give them superpowers.
I absolutely love the premise but I‘m not sure how practical it is in the grand scheme of things. The additional lore about various cocktails between the chapters was great.
Finished 9/4/2022

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day29 #Knife #Day30 #Potion #Day31 #Trick Finishing off the #Scarathlon prompts with the 1st being Helter Skelter, the true story of the Manson Family & the stabbing spree murders, 2nd being the tagged book about monster hunters who use potions to help them track down their prey & last, Gone Girl who tricked everyone into thinking she was murdered by her husband. #TeamSlaughter 16pts

The premise of the magic world is cute and innovative, if occasionally cutesy, but I had little sympathy for the protagonist or her love interest, and disliked the romantic subplot.

I -LOVE- Bar Association! It's such an excellent episode. I love Rom, I love Quark, I love Brunt (so terrible, such a perfect minor antagonist) - when people say that they hate/skip Ferengi episodes Bar Association is one of the first I think of when I think of what they're missing.
Another tbr pick, and honestly getting powers from mixed drinks isn't -that- out there for a Trek plot.
#startreksummerjune

Change of pace today. There‘s drink recipes too! 🍹🥃🍸 “I‘m a bartender,” she said. “I know things.” ❤️❤️

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ to the March pick for @dragonsandteabookclub.. I feel like the idea was great but it just needed more. I liked some of the side characters more than the main character and I feel like the ending needed some more work. I really liked the cocktail recipes at the end of certain chapters and the back story that it provided for the magical side of this book.. looking forward to next month for sure! 😊

Listened to this after hearing it recommended on All The Books as a fun, light supernatural read. Found the audio on libby app and listened to it while doing my Christmas errands. Zane and Bailey were High School best friends. Bailey left,5 years of college,and returned to work with Zane in his Uncle‘s bar where a group of mixologists use magical drinks to defeat the “tremens” who roam Chicago at night. Antics ensue, end of world etc. Fun audio

While I didn‘t have high hopes for this, I thought it would be a fun, easy read when I didn‘t have the brain power for anything denser. I mean, magic and booze - how much more entertaining could you get in a description.
Was I wrong. The story was incredibly boring, the main character obnoxious and annoying, and no plot whatsoever. I almost made it halfway before I bailed.

A girl walks into a bar, gets a job...
And stumbles onto the true purpose of cocktails & bartenders - to fight off demons & protect citizens. A cocktail made just right imbues the drinker with powers. And there‘s a quest to make the most powerful cocktail perfectly - the LI Iced Tea.

Fun romp. It feels a little forced at times. And there are some plot holes. But overall a great #spookyreadathon book.

1 down ✅
Working on the other 3
27 to go!

Bailey is annoying because she is a natural at being a bartender which is an urban fantasy thing. I do like The Devil‘s Water Dictionary. Is Long Island Iced Tea that great? I‘m not much of a drinker.

We will see if this is good. Ebook is on sale for $1.99 for now

For the first time ever I had to stop reading because the print was too small and this girl is too stubborn to go see the eye dr (😫) but thankfully Libby to the rescue!!

#ReadingResolutions: Please ignore how not #green my grass is.

While I was gone, dealing with a death in the family, my stack grew at work. Super stoked to start reading these! #bookaddict #booknerd #bookish #bibliophile #bookworm #booklove #bookstagram

So many books! I tried to do stats but realised I only read fantasy and gen fiction plus I couldn't choose a favourite with all the Rick Riordan novels to choose from 😂 honestly I gave so many of these five stars

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I really liked the concept and enjoyed the puns and the cleverness... I just absolutely could not stand any of the characters. They were all kind of jerks. Except for maybe Bucket. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I feel like I really need a prequel about Miss Hortense LaRue! 💚

Or maybe this is what was meant by #drinks? #30daysofreadathon

What you‘ve got here, at least in my opinion, is an idea that could have been so much fun that you‘d want to go racing out to a local lounge, for a cocktail and a bit of monster-fighting. And yet, it isn‘t. Right off the bat, I thought, “My god, these people are dull.”

https://tracyrowanwrites.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/review-last-call-at-the-nights...

Look at what's on sale! This super fun book about bartenders who use magical booze to fight demons. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00STNC7KG

Chicago. Demons. Bartenders as demon fighters. Magic. Cocktails. Witty banter. What's not to like??? A fun, fast read that I enjoyed despite a few storyline glitches. Also liked Bailey, our heroine, and the diversity in characters the book effortlessly displays.

#DrinksOnCovers #AndItsAugust

I couldn't get into this at all. I just kept zoning out.
Awesome concept just not there in the story.

2.5 ⭐
The premise was really exciting, but some of the choices by the main character really bothered me. Plus, I really did not care for the romance- it felt forced.

Love this dedication.

Loving the between chapter drink recipes in this book.

Playing catch up on a couple photo challenges. Apparently my aesthetic extends to magic with a twist. 🍸🍹🍷🥃

#raiseyourglass #AugustGrrrl

#AndItsAugust #day10 #DrinksOnCovers This is my favourite cover that has booze on it.I love the colour scheme,that rich green against the black with the martini glass shining.I need to finish this book soon,I read the first few chapters but just wasn't feeling it at the time,need to pick it back up coz it's a great story.A group of demon hunters use the age old cocktail recipes to kill their foe,different drinks for different effects like strength

#anditsaugust #drinksonthecover
Kinda hard to tell, but those are bottles of alcoholic beverages on the cover. From my TBR.

I don't drink very much, and I couldn't find any books on my shelves with booze in the title or on the cover, so for #booksandbooze, I went with this book set in a bar where the bartenders are also kick ass demon hunters! And a picture of some nightshade from the internet. #backtoreading

I picked a boozy book for this prompt. It has cocktail recipes in the pages of this book. It was a really fun read. I mixed it with my Gluten Free Woodchuck cider! A little too early for me to actually be drinking today. #backtoreading

#LitsyPSA: Look what's on special today as a Kindle ebook! What's better than magical liquor?

Here's your weekly reminder to read one of the best and diverse books I know of.

It's got magic, it's got anime references, it's got an awesome POC MC and a Canadian.

#JuneBookBugs #day17 #Cheers Cheers to the bartenders of this novel, who use special liqueurs & spirits to make demon fighting cocktails. There's one to make you super fast, one to make you invisible & one to make you ridiculously strong. There's a whole council that governs the knowledge of these recipes & to decide who can use them. Keeping the world safe from evil, one Harvey Wallbanger at a time. *hic*🍸

Bagger of milk! Go-er of rips! REPRESENT!

My small library haul.

My #rainbowbookstack for today's #riotgrams

I had the day off today due to it being President's Day! I finished my book. It was pretty good. A truly unique story to me. It was like nothing I've ever read before. Also, there are cocktail recipes mixed in! And who doesn't love a cocktail! 👍🏻🍹📚

How I'm spending the start of my Friday evening. Going to be watching The Girl on the Train later tonight! (Both drinks are not mine) 📚🍷

Well, that was fun!

Feel like I should be enjoying one of these as I start this one... 😉 🍸

A silly little book. It's definitely the bartender in me that enjoyed the idea of cocktails giving you super powers!

Been reading some funbooks. This is an engaging story about Chicago baryenders fighting the supernatural with magicalcocktails.

A pic I took of my @QuirkBooks collection for part of #Quirksgiving! I had to send them the photo on Snapchat, which I've never used, so I hope I did it right hahah.

I think this is a clever, witty, fun read. I swung between finding the characters likeable and annoying and I swung between finding the romance side charming and annoying but on the whole I would recommend this book for days when you don't feel like anything deep or upsetting... like these days for a lot of us!