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Loading... Scout's Honor (original 2022; edition 2022)by Lily Anderson (Author)
Work InformationScout's Honor by Lily Anderson (2022)
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Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson, a YA paranormal perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs--interdimensional parasites who feast on human emotions like sadness and anger. Masquerading as a prim and proper ladies' social organization, the Ladybirds brew poisons masked as teas and use knitting needles as daggers, at least until they graduate to axes and swords. Three years ago, Prue's best friend was killed during a hunt, so she kissed the Scouts goodbye, preferring the company of her punkish friends lovingly dubbed the Criminal Element much to her mother and Tia Lo's disappointment. However, unable to move on from her guilt and trauma, Prue devises a risky plan to infiltrate the Ladybirds in order to swipe the Tea of Forgetting, a restricted tincture laced with a powerful amnesia spell. But old monster-slaying habits die hard and Prue finds herself falling back into the fold, growing close with the junior scouts that she trains to fight the creatures she can't face. When her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons, Prue knows it's time to confront the most powerful monster of all: her past. No library descriptions found. |
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Prudence Perry's PTSD changes her life. Previously, she dedicated herself to killing mulligrubs, wanting to be the best and lead the leader board. Three years have passed since she felt those ambitions; three years since her best friend died. Now, Prudence would like to be happily ignorant of these interdimensional parasites and live a normal life. Her mother, a Legacy Ladybird Scout, would like Pru to be an active member again. Prue likes her new life, however. She has a great boyfriend and loves hanging with her friends, labeled the Criminal Element. She would love to drink the tea of forgetting and make this new life permanent.
Life doesn't always happen as you plan. Prue agrees to train babybirds for the scouts in hopes of secretly ordering the tea of forgetting. Of course, nothing is easy. Prue trains her little cousin and her boyfriend's little sister. How do you keep all of this a secret from your boyfriend? The last trainee is Sasha, from the Criminal Element. She's tough and doesn't mind learning how to kill with knitting needles! Prue works hard to train the babybirds while dealing with the criminal element who have accidentally drank tea that makes them see mulligrubs now. She wants the girls to work as a team and not be concerned with the leader board. She also doesn't want them abused by her own former elite group. She also starts to get pulled back in to everything Scout related.
It's a cute story where Prue finds her leadership skills and the ability to choose the best path for everyone to work together. Honestly, I could easily stop listening and would listen later, but I wasn't enthralled the entire time. It's a pleasant enough afternoon read with some snarky fun thrown in, reminding me of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. (