Line #43 Literature/KeepersChronicles


1	A trilogy by Creator/TanyaHuff, which consists of:
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3	* ''Summon the Keeper:'' Claire Hansen is a Keeper, a woman of magical HeroicLineage who fixes the holes in the fabric of reality by using magic. She's accompanied by a LoyalAnimalCompanion / guard cat named Austin. She gets summoned to a HellHotel with a {{Hellgate}} in the basement and an evil Keeper immobilized in room six...and then the site babysitter/DirtyOldMan owner takes off and leaves her holding the bag. Unable to fix the stalemate situation, Claire realizes that she may be stuck running the hotel for life and waiting on the supernatural clientele that visit. Currently living in the hotel are a friendly French ghost named Jacques and the hunky jack-of-all-trades employee Dean. One's too young and the other's too dead, Claire says, but... And then there's her sister and fellow Keeper Diana, a girl who's not too uptight about making sure that situations don't explode.
4	* ''The Second Summoning:'' Claire and Dean see if they can juggle a Keeper/Bystander relationship, but after they have TheirFirstTime, all kinds of metaphysical consequences spring up. Specifically in the form of a teen angel and teen demon. Diana comes to the rescue in her own unique way, and gets a pet.
5	* ''Long Hot Summoning:'' Diana's first summons after graduating from high school is to try and save a mall from becoming a portal to the Otherside. Claire joins her, along with Sam and a bunch of street kids turned elves. And she meets a girl. Meanwhile, Dean and Austin are at home dealing with troublesome guests.
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7	The series ended due to Muse Existence Failure: the series was inspired by Huff's geriatric cat Austin, and after he died she couldn't bear to continue the series any more.
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9	!!These books provide examples of:
10	* AdventurerArchaeologist: Lance is convinced that he's one. Dr. Redik thinks this is poppycock...but then again, he's the one sleeping with a mummy.
11	* AirVentPassageway: This only gets used because it's on the Otherside, where everyone can end up a RealityWarper.
12	* AlwaysLawfulGood: Dean. He has one brief moment of hesitation about saving someone he thinks is abusing his girlfriend, and immediately thinks he should go to {{Hell}} for it. Later he actually kind of lies in order to keep Lance away from the paying customers.
13	* AmbiguouslyBi: Diana claims to be a lesbian but her one sexual encounter was with a man, then she meets Kris.
14	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Diana. Adding to the fun, thanks to YoungestChildWins logic and all other Keepers being only children, ''she's the most powerful Keeper in the world.''
15	%%* BlankBook
16	* BigBad: Hell. Notably, its the same hole all three books, and it remembers Claire and Diana.
17	* BottomlessBladder: Averted. "There's a demon loose in the world and we're waiting by the side of the road for a cat to pee."
18	* CatsAreMean: Occasionally, when they are in the mood or pissed off.
19	* CatsHaveNineLives: Austin seems to be on his last.
20	%%* CatsAreSnarkers: Austin, big time.
21	* ChasteHero: Dean in book one. After losing his virginity, he finally becomes aware of other women checking him out.
22	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Hell, [[StupidEvil even when it would be to it's benefit not to.]].
23	* CulturalStereotypes: Dean is from Newfoundland, something that's very much emphasized (not just in his UsefulNotes/{{Canadian accent\|s}} dialogue that Claire doesn't always comprehend) in the series.
24	%%* DirtyOldMan: Augustus Smythe and the mall security guard. Zeus in his guest appearance, but that probably goes without saying.
25	%%* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Dean and Claire
26	* EvilGloating: It's a requirement for any villain to do this... while the heroes stall.
27	%%* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Sasha, mostly.
28	* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: Regular Keepers vs. Sara the evil Keeper.
29	* ISeeDeadPeople: In this universe, everyone seems to be able to see ghosts, regardless of magical ability.
30	* {{Hellhound}}: Baby, who is also FluffyTheTerrible.
31	* HeroicSacrifice: Dean was entirely willing to make one. Ditto Kris.
32	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Keepers frequently wipe or messes with memories of Bystanders.
33	%%* LoveTriangle: Claire, Dean, and Jacques.
34	%%* MagicMirror
35	* MayDecemberRomance: Claire is seven years older than Dean, and she is quite disturbed by that.
36	* MeaningfulName: Elysian Fields Guest House, especially when nine retired Greek gods from Myth/ClassicalMythology come to stay.
37	%%* {{Muggles}}: Known here as Bystanders.
38	%%* {{Mummy}}: Meryat, who's after LifeEnergy.
39	* MyCard: Claire's magical business card changes slogans with the situation.
40	* NeatFreak: Dean is constantly cleaning, and dresses so neatly he ''irons'' his ''jeans''.
41	* NoodleIncident: Many. Either refers to a past adventure of Claire and Austin, or something Diana did.
42	* NoNameGiven: Entities from Hell before they've earned a name.
43	* NoPeriodsPeriod: Sverted: Diana has to make multiple trips to a public restroom in order to close down a hole. Two teenage boys notice this and comment on it. Diana then claims to be menstruating and explains how that works in great gory detail. Then there's the time the evil overlord finds her tampon and she and Kris elaborate in great detail as to what it's for.
44	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: ''Any'' time Dean talks to someone, they seem to have a connection to someone he knows from playing hockey.
45	%%* OneGenderRace: The "meat minds".
46	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Especially if they manifest as human teenagers. Or cats.
47	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Especially if they manifest as human teenagers.
48	* OurElvesAreDifferent: The street kids are morphing into elves on the Otherside. PointyEars and odd hair colors seem to do it.
49	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Jacques can only manifest in rooms that hold an object that was in the room with him when he died. Keepers can also give ghosts flesh for a night, for sexual purposes. Jacques is all too aware of this fact.
50	%%* OurWerwolvesAreDifferent: The triplets.
51	* PaintingTheMedium: Hell TALKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS to itself a lot.
52	* ParentalAbandonment: Dean's parents sacrificed themselves to save him from a house fire.
53	%%* {{Precognition}}: Diana has it.
54	%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
55	* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick[=/=]TalkingAnimal: The cats.
56	* StupidEvil: Hell is not above backstabbing itself.
57	* TakenForGranite: Dean finds a basilisk at the mall.
58	* TemptingFate: [[ItMakesSenseInContext (Could be worse, could be raining).]] Among other memorable occasions.
59	%%* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Lance, for Meryat.
60	%%* ThePowerOfLove
61	%%* ThereIsOnlyOneBed
62	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Claire and Dean. "You could cut the unresolved sexual tension between you two with a knife, and I, personally, am tired of it."
63	* VirginSacrifice: Sara's evil plan goes awry the first time because the 15-year-old neighbor next door turned out not to be one. The second time she finds the right virgin...Dean.
64	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: the main debate of book 2. Diana thinks that killing/releasing Samuel and Byleth is wrong now that they've become human and have personalities. Claire thinks that a demon needs to get eliminated from the world, period, and if the angel has to go in order to do it, then that's the case.
65	* WorldOfSnark: The only person that doesn't snark regularly is Dean.

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