We have a great recommendation for your spooky TBR. The Devil Drinks Monsoons just came out on October 15th and is as funny as it is gruesome! Check it out!

The Devil Drinks Monsoons

Release Date: October 15, 2025

Genre: Supernatural/ Horror/ Vampires

  • Good vs. Evil (Humans vs Vampires.)
  • Diversity (Disabled, sexually-fluid people, non-humans, white, black.)
  • Inclusion (All kinds live side-by-side in NOLA.)
  • Evolving/Becoming (Richard reluctantly changes his beliefs. Molly embraces the changes that are forced upon her.)
  • Courage & Perseverance (Molly survives after car accident, and then the attack, and still flourishes.)
  • Independence (Even though she’s blind, Molly does everything she can by herself.)
  • Prejudice (Richard is prejudiced against everyone different from himself. Candee is looked down upon because she’s a sex worker. David is ignored because he’s Black.)
  • Friendship (Unlikely friendships are formed between Richard and Molly, Candee and Richard, Richard and Jeanne, Molly and Candee, Dwayne and Candee, Beuletta & Parker.)
  • Redemption (Richard redeems himself by saving Livvy from vampire Jeanne.)
  • Endurance (New Orleans survives mostly unchanged for 300 years. The vampires live on.)

Grumpy P.I. Richard is secretly ridding his beloved New Orleans of the offenders on his “List” in a variety of inventive ways that favor his bad back. Molly, recently blinded from an accident and nursing a broken heart, moves to the city, right next door to Richard, in search of a new start. When Molly’s newborn baby attracts the attention of Richard’s ladyfriend, (who, unbeknownst to him, is a vampire queen), he obliviously entangles himself in a dangerous power struggle between the humans and the dark forces that fester just beneath the surface of daily life in The Big Easy.

Will Molly find her happily ever after? Will Richard redeem himself from his own dark past? In turns both darkly humorous and shockingly gruesome, The Devil Drinks Monsoons will chill your blood even as you find yourself laughing out loud.

Rating & Review

5 out of 5

This was such a fun, quirky, yet dark and touching horror story, and I loved every moment of it. It’s really such a blend of different things that you need to read and experience it to truly understand. The scenes are so well described that you’ll feel like you’re right there in NOLA with them. The characters are so different, yet fit together like a jigsaw puzzle of sorts. You’ll find yourself falling in love with them, even though they aren’t your typical heroes… or villains. And the story, well, let’s just say it’s so hard to stop reading because you get so swept up in it. It’s the perfect book to read curled up with your favorite warm drink on a storm night under a cozy blanket, and definitely one you don’t want to miss!

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CW: Drug usage, profanity, attempted sexual assault, graphic violence, discrimination, gore, supernatural beings.

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