The Séance Garden Author: Juliet Blackwell Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: When a skeptic professor of the occult loses a bet and finds herself on a cheesy ghost tour, of course, they find a body buried under a witch tree in the yard of a house with a dark history where […]
Audiobook review: Corpses and Cauldrons by Allie Katt and Tasha Oakwood Corpses and Cauldrons kicks off the new small town, Witches of Willowbark Cozy Mystery series. Shared in the first person POV of Aurora (Rory), the reader learns how Rory was raised by her grandmother in Boston, away from their magical roots. After Nona passed, she […]
Audiobook review: Paranormal Payback Anthology Paranormal Payback is a solid urban fantasy anthology, featuring short to novella-length stories that focus on balancing scales with a revenge aspect and paranormal twist. On whole, the book is entertaining. Each story is a standalone, although some (several?) are related to existing (long-standing) series. I felt a little lost/confused […]
A Box Full of Darkness Author: Simone St. James Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Nothing could be more terrifying than their memories of the house they grew up in and nothing more tragic to them than the loss of their brother in that very house. However, when Ben calls, “Come Home,” […]
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death Author: Maxie Dara Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: A road trip with an estranged (and sometimes strange) twin brother, his quirky parrot and death hard on their heels has a passive risk-averse woman forced back into the rat-race known as life. Maxie Dara’s second […]
Audiobook review: Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews Unlike the previous books in this series, this is the first time I’ve reread Sweep of the Heart, so I opted for the unabridged audiobook. The story opens a while after the previous adventures, with Sean and Dina settled as the Innkeepers of Gertrude Hunt. The […]
Audiobook review: Sweep with Me [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews Picking up immediately after the conclusion of One Fell Sweep (book 3), and running parallel in time with Maud’s book (Sweep of the Blade, book 4) Sweep with Me takes readers back to Gertrude Hunt, the magical Inn for space travelers, where werewolf Sean is […]
A Dead End Wedding Author: Alyssa Day Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ September’s optional theme: Friend Squad What I’m Talking About: Now that Jack and Tess are engaged, they decide that they want their wedding right away, leaving only two months for planning. The book opens ten days before their wedding when Ruby, (the mayor and […]
Audiobook review: Sweep of the Blade [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read Sweep of the Blade. As with the re-reads of the earlier books, I continue to enjoy the series and books more and more with each reading. I also […]
Audiobook review: One Fell Sweep [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read One Fell Sweep. You can find my original ebook review here, as well as reviews of the original unabridged audiobook and the dramatized adaptation (both reviews on Goodreads). I found […]
Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett I really enjoyed jumping back into the world of Rosella Midnight after a couple years break. The Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries is an entertaining cozy paranormal mystery series that I’ve followed since it first came out. Since moving home in book 1, Ella has grown a lot. She’s now got […]
Audiobook review: Sweep in Peace [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read Sweep in Peace. You can find my original ebook review here, as well as reviews of the original unabridged audiobook and the dramatized adaptation (both reviews on Goodreads). I found […]
Audiobook review: Clean Sweep [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read Clean Sweep. You can find my original ebook review here, as well as the original unabridged audiobook review, and the dramatized adaptation (both reviews on Goodreads). I found that my […]
A New Lease on Death Author: Olivia Blacke Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: A woman rents an apartment in a rundown part of town only to discover she has a ghostly roommie, and the ghost wants to solve the murder of the across the hall neighbor. This was my first encounter with […]
Forgotten Ghosts Author: Cass Kay Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- October TBR optional theme: Spooky (Gothic) What I’m Talking About: Vianna is a legacy witch who ran from her history only to return and embrace her familiar demon to protect what is hers. Picking up about three months after the explosive events in the first book, […]