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Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead: Magnus Chase Series Book 3
8.3
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Book three in the acclaimed Magnus Chase series Loki the trickster god is free from his chains....
fantasy fiction
Misadventures with a Manny (Misadventures, #14)
10.0
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Vera Woods is at her wit’s end. Her husband has run off with the nanny, leaving Vera with a...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Witch’s Curse ( The Bone Coven Chronicles book 1) in Books
Feb 12, 2022
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Witch’s Curse (The Bone Coven Chronicles book 1)
By Jenna Wolfheart
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wanted: Magically Armed and Dangerous.
Ever since my parents died in the demon war, I’ve paid my way through life by using magic to con people. It’s not right, but a girl’s gotta do what she can to survive.
Unfortunately, my latest con has left me smack dab in the middle of a murder scene. Now, a coven of angry mages thinks I’m the killer. In order to clear my name, I have to team up with an infuriatingly sexy warlock whose powers are far darker than he admits. Throw in a string of related murders and a vexed vampire clan, and I’m up to my eyeballs in danger.
But that's not even the worst of it. When I get too close to the real killer, he casts a life-threatening curse on my grandmother. Before, I just wanted to save my own butt, but now I’ll do whatever it takes to track him down—even if it means following him through monstrous dimensions.
Because I don’t play nice with magic. And when you mess with Grandma, you become #1 on my sh*t list.
Ok so it was good I’m struggling between a 3 & 4 star so I eventually decided on a 3! I liked the concept and structure of the supernatural and the storyline line was good but it didn’t wow me. I’m hoping as the series develops it will be more gripping. Also a new author for me so that’s a plus.
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Life She Wants in Books
Nov 21, 2021
Now, whilst at first this might seem to be a negative, let me reassure you that if you stick with it, everything falls into place very nicely and the confusion was well worth it in the end.
Told from different perspectives over different timelines, this is a complex storyline which deals with various unsavoury but important and contemporary themes; coercive control, domestic abuse and loss. These are hard-hitting subjects but Mel deals with them with respect.
There are a number of characters and all have a part to play but I found I didn't really focus on them that much as I was more interested in the story and how it was going to play out. That's not to say they weren't great characters, far from it, it's just that the story was so engrossing that they felt secondary to me somehow.
Full of secrets, lies and manipulation, this is a book that makes you angry and sympathetic all at the same time. It's definitely one that kept me totally engrossed and I couldn't read fast enough.
With atmosphere, suspense and tension aplenty, this is a book that I would definitely recommend to lovers of psychological thrillers and I have to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.
The Quid Pro Quo (The Bradfield Trilogy #2)
8.0
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Village nurse Walter Kennett is content with his makeshift found-family in tiny Bradfield. However...
Found Family 1920's British Murder-Mystery Historical M/Transm
The Remembering Tree
8.0
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Only she who holds the key will unearth the secrets of the Remembering Tree. Still trying to...
Supernatural Gothic Suspense
True Love (Songbird, #5)
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One night can change everything… Nessa Sloan has been in love with Jimmy Baker since the ninth...
Contemporary Romance
