Read my review here and enter our badass giveaway....http://badassbookreviews.com/arc-review-summoning-the-night-by-jenn-bennett/or you can read the review below!It’s about damn time. An urban fantasy novel that has……A solid, stable couple as the main characters. Lon and Cady are a couple. A real, honest couple.Hold on there is more……The main characters communicate to each other rather than act on assumptions. Lon and Cady don’t make life altering decisions based on assumptions about their partners. If they are confused, suspicious, hurt, angry, they ask their partner.But wait, there is even more……There is no triangle. It’s not for lack of a third party. In Summoning the Night, we are introduced to Hajo, a death dowser (an Earthbound demon who’s knack is finding bodies). Hajo is described as…“…unfolding a frame well over six feet. He was dressed in jeans and a slim, black leather racing jacket with a mandarin collar and three silver stripes on one sleeve, zipped all the way up to his throat. He was about my age, I guessed, mid- to late twenties. Short dark hair and darker eyes. Long, thin sideburns styled into diagonal points. Smoldering good looks.”Cady easily could fall prey to the mysterious, good looking Hajo. But NO, what does Cady do? Hold on to your keyboard, you might fall over…“What’s wrong?” Lon said, startling me. “Hajo came on to me, “ I blurted. “he wanted me to sleep with him as payment for the job. The potion was a compromise.” Lon’s eyes tightened, searching my face. “Nothing happened, of course. He tried to kiss me, but I stopped him. I just wanted you to know.”An urban fantasy book that has absolutely no love triangle AND the two main characters communicate with each other AND when faced with difficult situations, they work it out TOGETHER! What was Jenn Bennett thinking????? I mean, Ms. Bennett could have easily taken the easy route and made couple's conflict an easy 50 to 60 pages of filler but boy am I happy she didn't!!!As you can tell, I love the uniqueness of this book and the series. I haven't even started on the plot in this book and that should tell you how well written the characters are. And speaking of characters…JUPE!!!Absolutely, without a shadow of doubt, the ultimate scene-stealer goes to Jupe. Lon's teenage son is not only adorable, but he is VERY heartbreakingly real. The scenes Cady has with Jupe made me smile one minute and tear up the next. Jupe loves so unconditionally that you cannot help but fall for him. It is also clear that Cady is learning how to love and be loved with the help of Jupe's pure goodness. Don't get me wrong, he's no angel. He continues to get in trouble, and is full of non-stop mischief! One word- TATTOO (read the book, that's all I'm say on that).Now, I know what you are thinking... character this, character that, where is the story? Oh don't worry. There is a great twist, a mystery, really icky bad guys, suspense, and a few "oh shit" scary moments that kept me reading straight through the book.Summoning the Night would be a great urban fantasy book even without the superbly written characters. The characters are just a beautiful bonus!!
