Clean Sweep - Ilona Andrews

Clean Sweep

By Ilona Andrews

  • Release Date: 2013-12-02
  • Genre: Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 632 Ratings

Description

This is a short novel, about 60,000 words.
On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is...different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because she’s responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. Under the circumstances, "normal" is a bit of a stretch for Dina.
And now, something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night...Feeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans—an alpha-strain werewolf—and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. But the enemy she’s facing is unlike anything she’s ever encountered before. It’s smart, vicious, and lethal, and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything.
“Andrews is an auto-buy no matter what the genre!” —Romantic Times“If there is one author that defines Urban Fantasy, it is Ilona Andrews.” —Annie Tegelan, Fresh Fiction
"One of the brightest voices in urban fantasy and one of my favorite authors. Ilona Andrews delivers only the best." —New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost

Reviews

  • Great start to the series!

    5
    By Maddie4284
    This was such a fun read! It’s unique world and the characters are wonderful!
  • Great series opener

    5
    By kanncook
    An enjoyable book introducing a new set of characters. As usual, the authors deliver a richly rendered world populated with likable, interesting characters and a story that will keep you engaged and invested in the outcome.
  • Clean sweep

    5
    By Pnut 05
    The innkeeper is a strong female character. Well rounded I like this she still looking for her parents And doesn’t easily give up
  • Werewolf, vampire, innkeeper love triangle.

    5
    By claudiator2
    Good flow of story and action, and Art! So nice to have a pictorial go with the story. Clever concept of magical house symbiotic relationship with innkeeper. Looking forward to next installment.
  • So good!

    5
    By hahavic
    Ilona Andrews’ Innkeeper series started out as a blog free book that was posted by installments. I actually didn’t get to it until it became a book, and Clean Sweep is so good. The characters are very relatable, they are flawed in the best way, the cocky werewolf, the care bear Innkeeper, the arrogant vampire, and the bloodthirsty perma-guest. The flaws make them more real, and not in anyway annoying. If you haven’t jumped onto the Ilona Andrews bandwagon, this is a great place to start!
  • Houses

    5
    By math wizard
    Such an interesting book! You have a very active inn , the Gertrude Hunt Bed and Breakfast. You have an innkeeper who is very unusual, named Dina Demille. A werewolf, Sean and some vampires of unusual makeup. We must not forget the very unusual Shih Zhu, Beast, who can be viewed as a protector and comic relief. Something is killing dogs and Dina is concerned it might start killing people. So now we have a mystery which gets better as the vampires of a different sort show up. The inn is very protective and can make many changes but the story expands with some twists and some pearls. Read and enjoy this out of world and earthly book as it is good!
  • Fun, engaging read.

    4
    By Papa Mark C.
    I've always enjoyed this author's works, and this was a delightful story mixing magic and technology.
  • Amazing

    5
    By D-273
    Love this book and this series! As a dedicated vampire lover, my devotion is tested by one of the characters. Don't hesitate. Get this now.
  • Truly talented, can't get enough

    5
    By Boomertimer
    Everything that I have had the pleasure to read so far has not disappointed. I cannot get enough of their writing style nor their stories. Ilona Andrews is a dynamic writing team.
  • Clean Sweep

    5
    By changes2
    So I first discovered Clean Sweep when it was a serial series on the authors blog and I was captivated right away. One of the things that made Clean Sweep so good is that the characters and the world building are so well done. I loved the 'Innkeeper' Dina (and her magic broom), there is such a normality to this character who steps in to do the 'right' thing when trouble from another dimension puts her neighbors in peril - even though she has to bend the rules a bit to do it. Also great are the Inn's sole scary guest , Dina's werewolf SEAL veteran neighbor, and a honor bound vampire Knight who all have origins that are out of this world. This version of Clean Sweep also has some lovely illustrations (I am going to have to pull out my tablet to look at them in color) and a new epilog which adds a nice final note to the story - while still leaving things open for the sequel which is supposedly coming in early 2014. The only drawback for me is that it was a very short novel and there really wasn't much time to really develop totally, the world or the characters. Oh, they were developed, but just not in the manner we are used to with the regular Andrews novels. It also ends on sort of a mini cliff-hanger so I really can't wait for the next book.

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