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I don't read blurbs past one or two sentences, because they always spoil the book. The blurb for this is especially bad; it sounds so cool! Multiple magical creatures in a Wild West setting?! And yet, this book has some of the lowest stakes imaginable. I was never worried at all that bad things would happen, because this book is written like an episode of a workplace drama/comedy. At the end of every chapter, we got a funny quip, and the status quo was reset for the time being. I began to see the tiniest glimmers of character development and excitement when we learned some of the deeper motivations behind two characters, but then it never went deeper than surface-level. If your plot is going to revolve around "keep people alive", I have to care about them enough to worry what will happen if they don't. (Additionally, there were so many related people and quick introductions that I got people confused all the time.) It's not the worst thing I've ever read, but I was hoping this cool concept would do more than being solidly average. If the author has as many awards as their bio mentions, I'd be interested to see if their other work is better.

Used for 2022 r/Fantasy Bingo (historical fantasy, hard mode); also fits for shape-shifters (hard mode), cool weapon, name in the title, urban fantasy, and family matters.