Croft and Tabby: The Complete Collection by Brad MagnarellaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A decent urban fantasy, kind of Dresden Files lite. Like Harry Dresden, Everson Croft is a youngish straight white wizard living in an apartment in a major US city with his large cat, and having to be careful around technology (I'm not sure how he's able to teach at a university without using a computer). However, the cat is possessed by a succubus and talks, so that's different.
Along with his friend Kayla, who's a somewhat flaky intuitive and puts him onto most of the cases, he sets out to do good and suppress dangerous supernatural entities. He fairly often gets hold of the wrong end of quite a dangerous stick, leading to danger and tribulation, but always wins through in the end, by a combination of a narrow set of magical abilities, courage, goodwill and the help of allies, sometimes including the snarky Tabitha (the possessed talking cat).
It's solid rather than amazing, but for the most part decently edited, except that it consistently uses "may" instead of "might" in past tense narration, occasionally misses a past perfect where one should ideally be, and confuses "leach" and "leech" (easy to do).
Not my new favourite or anything, but it's competently done and entertaining, and I'd read more in the series.
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