"Cal Leandros" and "Trickster" series by Rob Thurman

SO. If you are a fan of brothers being brotherly, or supernatural beasties being beastly, or mythology come to life, or friends becoming a ragtag fightin' family, you might definitely want to check out the Cal Leandros series by Rob Thurman. Cal Leandros is a smart-mouthed, slobby, floppy-haired jackass who really likes his guns. Niko is his mostly-zen, fiercely overprotective, terrifyingly competent older brother. TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME. I don't want to spoil the series (there are five books so far), but there might also be an immortal trickster, a serial-marrying vampire, cranky bar-owning angels, a seer who takes payment in ice cream, a healer with a wolfish cousin, monsters that eat muggers, a mummified cat, an evil reflection, dimension-hopping elves, and many, many, many werewolves and zombies. I love this series. It is equal parts American Gods, Supernatural, and the funniest bits of Angel. And sometimes there is kissing, but Cal dislikes talking about his feelings, okay? Anyway, these folk are so competent it makes me squee, but they are also grumpy and flawed and have squabbles about junk food, so sometimes evildoers forget they can also kick ass hardcore. And then squabble some more about, like, who gets to drive. ♥! I also want to resoundingly recommend the "Trickster" series, also by Rob Thurman, which has one book out and one book upcoming. If you loved all the above stuff, but then thought, HEY. WOMEN, PLZ! This is the series. There is a war between heaven and hell, and there are demon hunters, and I will tell you this up front: Two incredibly hot dudes who are totally in love but don't know it yet. Everybody else does, and yet it is not frustrating at all. (Caveat: The author has hinted that sales for the first book weren't spectacular, so those two books might be all we get. WOE.) And there is Trixa, who loves the color red, does not take crap, and has mixed feelings about her found family because they might distract her from her mission of VENGEANCE. Trixa is terrifying. Trixa is AMAZING. I PROMISE YOU WILL LOVE THESE BOOKS. Give 'em a shot, won't you?