This is the second book in a series - it can be read alone.

The world building for this series is very detailed and realistic - reminiscent of the tv show Mash.

The characters are quirky and quick witted.

I preferred the first book a bit more as I am firmly Team Galen versus returned from the dead Mark.

An entertaining sci fi/urban fantasy series. Not too much violence, just enough angst and romance to be interesting.

I loved the first book in this series, but this one not so much. My biggest gripe was the dead fiance coming back and Preta falling back in "love" with him. My question was "what about your feelings for Galen???".
Not my favorite and not sure if I'll read the rest of the books.

Between a not so dead fiancé, new prophecies, an adorable hellhound and lots of memorabilia, Petra has her hands full. The Transylvania Twist makes a great entry into author Angie Fox’s Monster M*A*S*H series.

Truce has been called and now Petra and the MASH crew are still busy. Only now they are taking care of patients in a less brink of death management kind of way. Except for Medusa, who is pregnant, emotional and cranky. How could things get any worse? How about a fiancé who was presumed-dead, and is working for the other side. 0.o But wait, there’s more. The other side is developing a terrible new weapon, and the only person who can stop the carnage was just murdered in a covert lab behind enemy lines. Now Petra must cross into enemy territory to talk to the dead to find out about the new weapon and how to stop it. Oh my!

Have to say I found the first book in the series to be funnier than this one. Not to say it isn’t funny. I mean come on, Medusa is preggo and we also have an appearance by a presumed-dead former-fiancé. You know that was a recipe for humor right there. It just has more depth because you know what that no longer dead fiancé means. One of the men in Petra’s life has got to go and according to the blurb, all fingers point to... NOOOO! Not Galen! *Sniffing and wipes tears* Okay, guess we should give the new guy a chance. I have to say Mark’s story is interesting. The why of his disappearance and his return makes for a good twist in this series – even if I am Team Galen.

Loads of fun to be had here. I really enjoyed this book more than the first. The characters are more lovable as we get to know them and the chaos that Petra finds herself is crazier. I don’t think we have seen the last of Medusa here and the mind boggles on what kind of baby will she have. I’m still holding out for hope that Galen will comes back, but then, how will Petra choose?! Yikes! I can’t wait to find out.

Stars: 4

I received this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated for the book other than the entertainment it provided. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is one of those books that I really liked, but I’m still not sure about the direction that it took. *sigh* I don’t like giving things away, but since it was mentioned in the description… I was not happy about Mark’s return…. for a lot of reasons.

The rest of the story was just as good as Monster M*A*S*H, the first book in the series. I just really liked Galen and Petra’s relationship in the first book. He brought out the best in her or at least made her feel that things that she doubted were totally possible. I didn’t get that same feeling from Mark. It felt like he was using her most of the time and I just really didn’t like him. Petty, I know… *sigh*

As for the rest of the story, it was just as full of action, mystery, loyal friends and humor as readers have come to expect – not just from this series, but from Angie Fox books in general. Werewolves in London is next and I can’t wait to find out what happens next.

I did enjoy this one more than I did the first. A little funnier, a little more expansion on the setting and characters. love interest this time around wasn't particularly memorable but a decent enough read with what felt like an actual climax this time around.

3.5 Stars
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I’m so conflicted about this series. After picking up right where book one ended, I got sucked in a lot more this time around. Right off the bat the drama escalates and it was like a limbo version of dating hell for Petra. After not dating for ten years after her lover dies she finally finds new love in a demigod whose life she saved in book one. Only soon after, Galen breaks up with her when he’s called back to the frontlines. Not even days later her long lost love returns from the dead and needs her help. Say what!?!? The ghost of his former mentor is lingering and is clearly enraged about something and Marc needs Petra to speak to him. After ten years of letting her believe him dead Marc needs her help. Obviously this left Petra all over the place emotionally. I do think she was in the moment quite a bit and quickly forgot about Galen or so it seemed to me. After breaking into the enemy base Petra learns so much about their tactics and plans. This is where I thought the plot would lie within. Learning more about this mystery mineral and how the enemy plans to use it against them. This airborne virus that they want to use to eradicate humans and level the playing field. Finding out the meaning to the single prophecy. An editing error really threw me for a loop and I’m so happy I read this with a buddy who told me to go on. My copy looks to end at 86% followed by a “join us for the final installment.” Blah blah but the next page was the next chapter, if not for my buddy I never would have known and I wouldn’t be editing the rant side of this review lol. A few issues are tackled and a few are left hanging for the last book. Petra and Marcs experiment is nearly turned into a human killing virus but was luckily thwarted by a meddling goddess. I will say I still think a lot goes over petras head. Its like she’s super smart but lacks common sense and misses the easiest things right in front of her. I certainly enjoyed this book a lot more than book one and found it pretty exciting. I loved seeing Medusa as a scared expectant mother. And I especially loved seeing the priests hell hound show his true form in defense of Petra. I’m hoping all that’s been left open concludes in the last book, particularly Petra’s relationship status. I mean will she even get a HEA with either of her men? Not sure I have a favorite at this point but how and who will she choose, remains to be seen. Things with her and Marc seem to be turning serious but what will that mean if Galen returns?

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3.75 Hearts This is the second in the series and while I guess it could be a stand alone I do not recommend it. We met Petra in the first in the series and also met Galen who becomes her love interest.

In this story Galen heads back to the front lines even though the war has called a truce and he breaks her heart before he leaves. To make matters worse Petra’s dead fiance comes to tell her she has a task to do. She has to get into the enemy camp and steal a super weapon… What?

Another great read from Fox. I am so glad I am reading these back to back. I feel it has added to the story that I didn’t have to wait for book 2 and now book 3 in the series.

Petra is a great character and I really enjoy the humor that Fox brings to Petra and the other characters. Now onto book 3……

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Well again we had some good moments. I loved the ghost doctor and then how the dagger kept appearing. I liked Medusa and I can't wait to meet the baby. I feel the Gods have been made out to seem more like office workers just popping up here and there giving orders then disappearing again. I feel the relationship from the first book was pointless. I like Mark and I'm glad they found each other again.

I know jumping into a series without reading the previous books is a bit of a no-no in the minds of a lot of bloggers and authors alike but I enjoy the challenge of diving in midstory. I think it says more about an author’s ability to carry the story and get the reader involved if you are still able to follow the plot without having the backstory. Angie Fox was able to do just that in book #2 of Monster M*A*S*H. While the reading of the first book would obviously have given me more detail, it’s always fun going in blind and I didn’t feel that I missed much by not reading #1.

While I thought the premise of including mythology would be interesting, the world-building was much more than I imagined it would be and I don’t just mean because it happens to have two suns and hell vents. This is a vibrant world in between the warring lines of the Old Gods and the New with a number of fun, quirky characters. Petra isn’t the most unique persona of the bunch by any means. Her tent mates are a vampire and a vegetarian werewolf. Her ex is a shapeshifting dragon. Of course, you already know there’s Medusa who, yes, can still turn people to stone with a look. There’s more. A lot more.

The romance here was a bit interesting. Her ex has been gone for 10 years and she’s finally gotten close to someone else, only to have that someone else walk away after he’s called back into the action. He’s decided that she should be free to be happy, whatever that looks like. She’s heartbroken naturally, but even more, shaken when the ex, Marc shows back up especially since he let everyone think he’s been dead for a decade. Not only that but he needs a specific set of skills that she has, and he has to take her beyond enemy lines to use them. I wasn’t so sure that I liked him but he definitely grew on me as the book went on.

Romance isn’t all that Translyvania Twist has to offer. It truly has a bit of everything. A bit of mystery, humor, and some good snark kept me turning pages. It’s clever, witty, and entertaining while still managing a good bit of darkness and occasional broodiness.

I give Transylvania Twist 3.5 out of 5 propellers

I have to admit I felt like they dismissed Galen too quickly and the relationship felt incomplete. Besides what I though the story was great. I kept waiting for Galen to pop up and there we a strange love triangle. I’ve never been a fan of love triangles myself, but I just couldn’t help thinking they weren’t finished yet. Looking forward to the next one for sure!

I'm always afraid that the 2nd book in a series will suffer from middle-itis. Lots of stuff happening, but not really going anywhere.
This has a solid stand alone plot and a sorta newish (not really) love interest for Petra after Galen gets recalled to duty.
I'm really enjoying this series. It's mostly lighthearted, fun action with a few serious/sad moments.

*Digital review copy provided by NetGalley and the publisher*

This is the 2nd book in The Monster Smash series and this book is so fun. A pregnant Medusa, some heartbreak, romance and gods are just a few things of what is in the book, When Petra's dead fiancé turns out to not be so dead things start to get interesting. There is a truce and now Petra and her ex must work together to develop Anesthesia that would work on the gods. The prophecies have a way of affecting things and hopeful it will not lead to the end of man kind.

If you are looking for something fun and quick read you should pick up this series. Start with the 1st book because you will be lost if you pick up the 2nd book. You need to know the back story. Do yourself a favor and pick up this book.

Absolutely overjoyed to be back with these characters, I loved the first book in this series so much, that I was so happy to be approved for this too. I actually enjoyed this book even more than the first, I love how geeky these books are . I love Petra, even if the romance in this book had me worried, where is this going, who does she want, no spoilers read for yourself and I need book 3 now to find out more. Absolutely fantastic writing, addictive and fast paced, full of fun, perfect escapism

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

I'm a sucker for a fantasy novel with a mythology theme. This mentions quite a lot of different myths but focuses heavily on Greek myth which is my favourite. This is a unique take where the gods are at war with earth their battlefield and humans and other paranormals are conscripted to serve whichever army chooses them. The book is set in limbo where medics are tasked with savings soldiers. Medics who have been conscripted serve a life sentence. Never to return home and usually working in opposing camps to their families and friends.

This is the second in the series. I went back and read the first in the series but I feel you could read this book without reading the first but its better to read in order. I much preferred this book to the first. There was a better flow to the story and while there was little character development in my view, I enjoyed the plot. I've just started the third and final book in the series.

I received an arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The second book from Angie Fox' MASH series is fantastic. Action, tension, love and twists you couldn't expect make this novel at least as great as the first one.

3.5 stars

The Transylvania Twist is an excellent continuation of the Monster MASH series. I am always on the lookout for a new paranormal series and I ran across the first of the series as it was recently republished and I am totally digging it. The book is fun and funny with a splash of second chance romance thrown in.

Dr. Petra Robichaud has been drafted into the immortal war to be a human trauma surgeon for the new gods' side. She has a secret and forbidden gift (because, prophecies and godly spite and all that) that he struggles with daily to hide. Then one day, a demigod shows up on her table with a mortal wound, and BAM! prophecy started. Now in this installment, Commander Galen of Delphi, well he jumps ship. He's been placed on another super-secret mission and in an effort to "save" Petra, he breaks things off. (Boooo! Hiss!) Anywho. So Petra is sad and lonely and then BAM! again, her old flame from back when she was just a med school resident living in good ol' New Orleans is back from the dead. Well, not really dead-dead but pretend dead. Anyway, then the prophecies start all over again. Petra must face her past (literally, he keeps popping up) and save the mortals keep the cease-fire going. The Paranormal News Network is back in the swing of things and there is utter madness afoot. SO MUCH FUN!

This series "Monster MASH" was originally published as Immortally Yours in 2012. It looks like the author has edited and updated the series to be closer to her original vision rather than the prior publisher's wants/insights/changes. As such, The Transylvania Twist was originally published as Immortally Embraced.

The Transylvania Twist is entertaining, although I will say I enjoyed the first a bit more. I loved the continuation of the story. I was super mad at Galen for running off and then, well, the timeline on the whole ex reemerging from the ether to the super quick feeling I love you's. She just moved on so quickly, it almost gave the whole tone of all the love ever being maybe a bit disingenuous? Otherwise, I still really loved all the secondary characters. This time we get a pregnant Medusa and some really -interesting- goddesses. Still super fun. I loved the camp peoples always being up in everyone's business.

Oh and this book has a more fade-to-black aspect to it instead of an off-page aspect of the lovin'., so, again, the safety-patrol can rest easy.

I cannot wait for the next in the series Werewolves in London (or Immortally Ever After in the original series)!

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This second installment of Monster M*A*S*H Series. And I an not sure how I feel about it. Galen is sent on a secret mission and before he goes he dumps Petra. While believes he is doing the right thing because He wants Petra to move on and be happy without him and not worry if he dies on his mission. Petra is understandably upset but it doesn’t take her long to get over it. Not very long at all. And then an blast from the past finds Petra at her camp and asks for her help. He needs her ability to see ghosts to see if his colleague was murdered. Petra tries to fight her attraction at first, thinking only of Galen but it doesn’t take her long to give in to past desires. Marc is alright but it is to much flip flopping for me.

Back to Limbo, with a cease fire in the war between the old gods and the new gods, Dr Petra Robichaud and her paranormally staffed MASH unit has time for a breather and a change of pace from stitching wounded demigods back together. But of course prophecy has something else in mind for Petra, and her life goes from calm to "interesting" when her "dead" fiancé shows up to rope Petra into a secret mission - and the secret has far reaching consequences for the human world.
I liked Transylvania Twist even better than book 1, Monster Mash, even though it did take me a bit to get over Galen's departure and warm up to Petra's former fiancé Marc (but dragon shifter trumps demi god:) I thought the race against the prophecy was good and Petra's werewolf and vampire tent mates add an element of fun. I am looking forward to the final book and seeing how the prophecy throws more spanners in the works and hoping for HEAs and homecomings for Petra and her friends.

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This second book in this series was incredible. I did not think Petra could get herself into anymore trouble but buy was I wrong. She loses another person close to her but Marc comes back into her life. She works with him to find a way to end the war. You will have to read this book to find out what goes on in limbo.

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This book is full of romance and love. I honestly fell in love with the characters and plot!

I love this series so much, the characters are amazing and were written really well. I love Angie’s style of writing, the way she wrote their stories and how she has a way with words.

Not going to lie, in the beginning of the book I was a little uneasy about because I didn’t know how to feel about Marc coming back but I ended up loving it!