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#iHunt
#iHunt: The Chosen One
“She’s the light in the darkness. The chosen one. She will be one against the night, waging war eternal to vanquish the forces of evil.”
Lana's not the Chosen One. She's just a millennial trying to make ends meet. She makes ends meet by hunting monsters through an app called #iHunt. It's like Uber, but for hunting the killers that stalk the night. When she meets the real Chosen One, Veronica Vanderbilt, things get complicated. Veronica doesn't understand why Lana would charge money for doing good work. Lana doesn't understand why Veronica manages to survive despite being insufferable.
Meanwhile, Lana's trying to work out her issues with her girlfriend, a vampire named Natalie who struggles with Lana's job killing people like her.
#iHunt: The Chosen One is a darkly humorous take on the gender and social politics of our favorite 1990s TV vampire slayer, through the eyes of a millennial in 2019.
Lana's not the Chosen One. She's just a millennial trying to make ends meet. She makes ends meet by hunting monsters through an app called #iHunt. It's like Uber, but for hunting the killers that stalk the night. When she meets the real Chosen One, Veronica Vanderbilt, things get complicated. Veronica doesn't understand why Lana would charge money for doing good work. Lana doesn't understand why Veronica manages to survive despite being insufferable.
Meanwhile, Lana's trying to work out her issues with her girlfriend, a vampire named Natalie who struggles with Lana's job killing people like her.
#iHunt: The Chosen One is a darkly humorous take on the gender and social politics of our favorite 1990s TV vampire slayer, through the eyes of a millennial in 2019.
370 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2019
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About the author
Olivia Hill
56 books32 followersBios are tough. I'm an author and game designer based out of Tokyo. I've a soft spot for horror, urban fantasy, and science fiction. I write about vampires, about social issues, and the intersection of mythology and real life. I believe stories about monsters are actually stories about people, and that every good story about monsters is a story about the way people live and interact.
Should I have written that in the third person? That'd be weird, wouldn't it? "Olivia Hill is an author and game designer based out of..." It's really awkward, if you know I'm writing it about myself. But isn't this commentary kind of meta anyway? Is this really the purview of author bio? Do I really need to be worrying about this when the world could fall apart at any minute? Should I really be writing books when I only have a limited time on this earth, and could theoretically be doing something more meaningful? Does anything have meaning?
Long story short, you should buy my books. Because what if they're actually very important? What if they change the world, the way Bill & Ted changed the world with Wyld Stallyns? Wouldn't you want to be part of that before it's a thing?
Should I have written that in the third person? That'd be weird, wouldn't it? "Olivia Hill is an author and game designer based out of..." It's really awkward, if you know I'm writing it about myself. But isn't this commentary kind of meta anyway? Is this really the purview of author bio? Do I really need to be worrying about this when the world could fall apart at any minute? Should I really be writing books when I only have a limited time on this earth, and could theoretically be doing something more meaningful? Does anything have meaning?
Long story short, you should buy my books. Because what if they're actually very important? What if they change the world, the way Bill & Ted changed the world with Wyld Stallyns? Wouldn't you want to be part of that before it's a thing?
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September 23, 2020
I really loved the promise of this book.
The main character is a millenial who is collecting bounties by killing monsters in an app.
Sort of like Buffy meets the gig economy.
I got an ARC of the book believing it was the first in series, so I was a bit thrown in the middle of it but I could follow pretty much everything.
I liked the main character a lot, she had guts, an interesting character voice and fun ways to deal with monsters.
That being said, the Elephant on the Room is the constant, annoying breaking of the fourth wall. The constant self-refelential jokes about the tropes, the story and the genre were constantly throwing me off.
I will give Olivia Hill's earlier novels a read, because I have read reviews this fourth-wall-breaking is less frequent there.
The main character is a millenial who is collecting bounties by killing monsters in an app.
Sort of like Buffy meets the gig economy.
I got an ARC of the book believing it was the first in series, so I was a bit thrown in the middle of it but I could follow pretty much everything.
I liked the main character a lot, she had guts, an interesting character voice and fun ways to deal with monsters.
That being said, the Elephant on the Room is the constant, annoying breaking of the fourth wall. The constant self-refelential jokes about the tropes, the story and the genre were constantly throwing me off.
I will give Olivia Hill's earlier novels a read, because I have read reviews this fourth-wall-breaking is less frequent there.
June 18, 2019
The further adventures of Lana , which isn't at all a bad thing if you liked the series up to this point. It's the same class-spite-based skewering of modern capitalism and long-standing horror tropes, but it doesn't feel like a retread -- Lana's story actually changes and develops instead of just resetting between installments like a weekly TV series.
If you haven't read the previous books, it's relatively stand-alone. Smart-mouthed app-based scrappy vampire hunter with better action scenes and better quips than a lot of other entries in the genre.
If you haven't read the previous books, it's relatively stand-alone. Smart-mouthed app-based scrappy vampire hunter with better action scenes and better quips than a lot of other entries in the genre.
June 30, 2019
Good read, pick this one up.
Lana is a foul mouthed gremlin woman who I love to pieces. She's funny and self aware, and her story is fascinating. The book's well written and entertaining.
Lana is a foul mouthed gremlin woman who I love to pieces. She's funny and self aware, and her story is fascinating. The book's well written and entertaining.
November 22, 2020
A fun, fast-paced and informal book with snappy first-person narration. Light reading. I was never not in the mood to pick this up and read another chapter or two.
What makes this writing unique is its unflinching look at living on the edge financially. It's more than just "I can't afford to buy lunch today"; one's whole outlook and habits are affected. It's "I don't care that my job is dangerous, because I can't afford to retire anyway." Which I'd never thought about before. I'd rather read more about real-people struggles like this, than about characters who live in an unattainable perfect world of huge houses, lavish parties and buying airline tickets without a second thought.
Only complaint: half-way through, 6 new characters are introduced at once. I couldn't tell them apart and wasn't invested in them.
If you liked Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, or any other monster-of-the-week series, you'll enjoy this book.
The book also contains some bonus fiction and preview chapters at the end. Good value! I look forward to reading another iHUNT novel.
What makes this writing unique is its unflinching look at living on the edge financially. It's more than just "I can't afford to buy lunch today"; one's whole outlook and habits are affected. It's "I don't care that my job is dangerous, because I can't afford to retire anyway." Which I'd never thought about before. I'd rather read more about real-people struggles like this, than about characters who live in an unattainable perfect world of huge houses, lavish parties and buying airline tickets without a second thought.
Only complaint: half-way through, 6 new characters are introduced at once. I couldn't tell them apart and wasn't invested in them.
If you liked Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, or any other monster-of-the-week series, you'll enjoy this book.
The book also contains some bonus fiction and preview chapters at the end. Good value! I look forward to reading another iHUNT novel.
July 16, 2019
Delightful, savvy satire that embraces the fourth wall as its best friend and manages to be equally fun and emotional through its length.
#iHunt is a great read. It's light and fast and Hill weaves her social commentary through biting humor and quick-paced, clever action sequences. A lot of the character relationships feel like Hill took the stereotypical relationships in the genre and said, 'what if these had actual depth and nuance,' and it really pays off for connecting to the characters and their journeys, especially for those familiar with the genre. The real-world analogies never feel lacking and the book also isn't afraid to analyze the nuance of its own commentary through the protagonist's constant meta-reflections. Fans of the genre will most certainly enjoy this fresh, funny, and moving take, and people who feel dissociated with the genre will find this full of welcome change.
#iHunt is a great read. It's light and fast and Hill weaves her social commentary through biting humor and quick-paced, clever action sequences. A lot of the character relationships feel like Hill took the stereotypical relationships in the genre and said, 'what if these had actual depth and nuance,' and it really pays off for connecting to the characters and their journeys, especially for those familiar with the genre. The real-world analogies never feel lacking and the book also isn't afraid to analyze the nuance of its own commentary through the protagonist's constant meta-reflections. Fans of the genre will most certainly enjoy this fresh, funny, and moving take, and people who feel dissociated with the genre will find this full of welcome change.
October 21, 2019
Brilliant spin on Buffy
Lana the impaler, scourge of Wallachia and app worker in the gig economy returns for another chapter in her story of economic precariousness, student loans and vampire slayage. Here she joins forces with the chosen one, and explores and resolves issues of century-old patriarchal oppression that Joss Whedon thought about, but decided were too hard. Recommended for people who are interested in the practicalities of murdering vampires, leftist activists with a sense of self irony, and for those looking for a coherent critique of the late-stage capitalist system, but need hefty doses of drugs, sex and violence to maintain interest. Maybe not that much sex, but a lot of drugs and violence.
Lana the impaler, scourge of Wallachia and app worker in the gig economy returns for another chapter in her story of economic precariousness, student loans and vampire slayage. Here she joins forces with the chosen one, and explores and resolves issues of century-old patriarchal oppression that Joss Whedon thought about, but decided were too hard. Recommended for people who are interested in the practicalities of murdering vampires, leftist activists with a sense of self irony, and for those looking for a coherent critique of the late-stage capitalist system, but need hefty doses of drugs, sex and violence to maintain interest. Maybe not that much sex, but a lot of drugs and violence.
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