#3.5stars

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Quilty as Charged by Maggie Bailey- A review

Quilty as Charged- Read the review!

Quilty as Charged by Maggie Bailey- A review! This is the 50th post on MusingandRealizing. Lydia Barnes has to thread the needle in order to discover the killer locked in with her amidst a sewing retreat in this second installment of the series, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Molly MacRae. Lydia Barnes has made the picturesque town of Peridot, Georgia her home. But as the new owner of…

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In The Nick of Time (Subpar Heroes Collection) by Elle Keaton: New Release Review

In The Nick of Time (Subpar Heroes Collection) by Elle Keaton: #NewRelease #BookReview #lgbtq #mmromance #gayromance #superheroromance #multiauthorseries #3.5stars

Have you always thought you were special? Perennially unemployed loner Nick Sedgewick applies to an online job opening with that exact phrase and expects nothing to come of it. It was likely a no-so-funny prank after all. If Doug ‘Long Shot’ Swanson wanted a new work partner he’d hire one himself. He’s perfectly happy on his own and if he plays his cards right he’ll retire sooner rather than…

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Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar

Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar

I don’t know why but this book reminds me of The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. From the cover itself, it is quite “middle-grade”. However, the texts written inside the book contains the element that suggested otherwise. It’s a bit surprised that I’m able to finish reading this book in 3 days during my book reading slump days. Disclaimer: I received this copy of book from Pansing…

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Blood & Magic Series by Danielle Annett - A Book Review

Blood & Magic Series by Danielle Annett - a Book Review #Collection #UrbanFantasy #Romance #Supernaturals #3.5Stars #BoxedSet #bloodMagicSeries #NetGalley

Blood & Magic Series (Boxed set, Volumes 1 – 3) by Danielle Annett my rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Urban Fantasy

Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited

*I Received a Free Copy of this Collection from NetGalley in return for an honest Book review*

This Book review is for an entire boxed set, which includes the first 3 books in Danielle Annett’s Blood & Magic Series. In order to make this more…

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Borrowed From KINDLE UNLIMITED Title: A Mate to Protect Release Date: #AlreadyReleased Author: Lilly Wilder Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan Serial: Standalone, No Cliffhanger Genre:#PRN #DragonShifters 3.5Stars⭐⭐⭐⭐ •••••••••••••• 💢 I’m not sure why but I didn’t really get into this book. I was lost many times. 🔹️ Candice Booker has won the lottery, she is so excited because that meant she would get a weekend on DragonShifter Island. She goes for walks and runs into 3 hunks at different times. Little did she know that these three men we’re going to mean the world to her. 🔹️Saxon is DragonShifter for one clan, while Orion and Klyn are from another. No one wants war and Saxons’s father is trying very hard to have all the Dragon’s, Werewolves and other shifter all come together for peace. Is this possible? Especially when Saxon is engaged to one and wants another. Then to top that off he want a Triad. Will there be War?

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#Hohenzollern Castle, #Germany, 18/10/2019, 3.5star.

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Working Stiffs Audiobook Review

Working Stiffs by @ScottBell_Wrtr narrated by @Mydogfletcher #Audiobook #Review #3.5Stars

“Working Stiffs” is a story that takes the zombie genre in a very different direction than I have previously read.  Imagine a world where those who are dying of some long-term illness or have recently died can be reanimated through a process where these “stiffs” can be put to use in society rather then become a financial burden on their families or the next generation.  This is where the book…

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Another villain origin story ✔ ○○○ Some things of note: 🐉 Evil Queen from Snow White's rise to power 🐉 Rich Chinese-inspired court 🐉 Dark and ominous (the price of beauty is paid in blood) Check out my full review on my blog~ ○○○ #bookstagram #villains #evilqueen #snowwhite #ya #fantasy #retelling #fairytale #juliecdao #forestofathousandlanterns #3.5stars

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UnConVentional Kiss (The UnConVentional Series Book 1) by by Katherine McIntyre and K.C. Carmine: Release Day Review

UnConVentional Kiss (The UnConVentional Series Book 1) by by @authorkMcIntyre and @KC_Carmine: #NewRelease #BookReview #gay #lgbtq #mmromance #gayromance #contemporary #3.5stars

One Comic-Con. One chance encounter. One kiss that changes everything. Beck I never claimed to be easy to love. My steady stream of ex-girlfriends is proof positive, and my anxiety pretty much confirms I’ll be alone for the rest of my life. No matter who I date, I can’t ever feel completely myself. At least until I met Cay, who’s bright, charming, and captures my attention from the start. And one…

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‘Angelicus’ Book 4 of The Meadowsweet Chronicles

Published by Little Bird Publishing House London.

Date of Release 22nd of March 2018

Author Katie M. John

Website www.katiemjohn.com

‘Angelicus’ Buy Links

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N34MBP

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SERIES BLURB:

There’s no light without dark.

Fox Meadowsweet is a Witch. Jeremiah is a Witch Hunter. The Meadowsweet bloodline has lived in the sleepy English village of Heargton for thousands of years. Jeremiah Chase is a New York boy in exile.

Neither of them asked for their past, but now it’s the only thing that can save their future as dark and ancient paranormal forces threaten to obliterate the world.

When a local college girl is discovered ritually murdered and covered in strange symbols, old suspicions rise, ancient fears manifest, and centuries-spanning blood feuds reignite between the old households of the village.  

With their ancestral reputation of magic and witchcraft, eyes turn to the three beautiful Meadowsweet sisters. Including the eyes of Jeremiah Chase, who finds himself inexplicably drawn the quirky wild beauty of the middle sister, Fox.

But as Jeremiah learns the history of her bloodline, he also unearths the dark and tangled story of his own family, giving him knowledge of a terrible and diabolical legacy.

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REVIEWS

Jenni gave 4Stars and I gave 3.5 Stars out of 5 - NOTE we read the book when it first released

JENNI'S REVIEW

***I voluntarily reviewed this book for Katsindiebookblog, and I gained no monetary incentives nor was I specifically requested to review the book.*** This was a really good book to read, yes a few editing issues here and there but nothing that made it too difficult to read. There is also mild changing is writing style but yet again, it was still relatively an easy read. You start off with Jeremiah, an American Playboy, who gets sent to live with his Aunt to hopefully calm down his rich way of life. We get a brief explanation of who his family is, something we need to remember for the story itself. Then we meet Fox and her sisters. They play it off that they are not witches, but in reality they are. There are many old stories in the town that they live in, and their family is included in those stories. Due to an evening dinner Fox and Jeremiah briefly meet, both seem drawn to each other but with no explanation. Then another chance meeting on the bus to the school they go to. Could this be fate or just coincidence? Not only is Fox running into Jeremiah on the bus, but her powers also seem to start advancing, she has a vision, but is it from the past, present, or future? This particular gift she does not want, but is it something she can embrace? Especially when disappearances start happening around their town? From the beginning you are thrown into the action. It is a quick based read but action packed none the less. Some parts may be slight difficulty keeping up with, especially when all of a sudden a character cuts in, when they weren’t there in the beginning. All in all though, it is worth the read and I look forward to more in the series as well as the author!

KATS REVIEW

Witchcraft by Katie M. John

Kat's rating

#3.5stars overall

*** I voluntarily reviewed this book, I gained no monetary incentives nor was I specifically requested to review the book, these are my honest ramblings and I hope you enjoy reading them - kat***

When I first started this book I was going to DNF, I the writing style switches from UK to US intermittently, and using descriptions that are not used in the English Language, that ended up making the passages sound like a 5 yr old had written the sentence.

I am not sure how much research was done for the book but if the proper word had been used the sentences would have made more grammatical sense and not interrupted my reading flow.

Note: There are a few gruesome passages, due to the ritual killing.

Fox, comes into her gift at the same time as American newcomer Jeremiah Chase; is banished to live Aunt in the Chase ancestral home of Coldstone Hall. Spooky goings on in this house too, maybe they will be delved into more in the other books to come.

As the horrors of the disappearances are revealed the Meadowsweet Sisters, have to stop ignoring their heritage and get involved, but when the Chase family intervene too lives are altered and Fox and her sister's lives will never be the same.

So what did I think

Overall Plot line - good, it reminded me more of Sleepy Hollow than a UK witch story, but then I am from the North East, and the stories of witches are few and far between in my home area, they were witch trials in East Anglia, Yorkshire, Warwickshire.

Characters - Fox was annoying, shes 17 in the UK you leave school at 16, start college get your driving licence, most UK kids are not childish they are nearly adults, when she comes into a power, then decided to keep parts of what she finds out to herself, she caused more issues doing this and it made her look very childish and selfish too, people died because she refused to tell her family - and considering she knew she was a witch and knew what power she got, I could not understand this hesitance.

Chase - what a stereotypical male character, I am sure Ms. John did this deliberately - he had his good and bad points, but when he finds out his real family history is, he does the right thing - not what his family expects him to do, so he did well in my eyes.

The wicked witches ( spoiler free so not naming) - ooh the eldest was a mix of Cruella de'Vil and Evil Queen Regina from once upon a time.

I would say the first 1/3 was my least enjoyable part, but when the mystery starts to unfold the storyline kept me reading and ignoring the weird words picked for describing inner thoughts or what Fox ends up being, I enjoyed the story, one innocent girl dies and a boy's life is in ruins because Fox does not man up but I guess you need tragedy in the story so someone has to die.

want to know what words did my head in? See below:

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Spelled by K.B. Everly - A Book Review

Spelled *Toxic Bitchcraft - Book 2* by K.B. Everly - A Book Review #BookReview #MediumBurn #WhyChoose #RH #PNR #Paranormal #3.5Stars #BooksAndBlurbs

Spelled (Toxic Bitchcraft Book – 2) by K.B. Everly My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Medium Burn, Parnormal RH Romance Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited Down and Dirty

So short I wouldn’t buy it, but it’s on KU and bloody hilarious and totally worth a spot on your queue. (Read my Review of Book 1 – Jinxed, Here!)

What is it about? (Blurb from GoodReads)

Christi Craft is the name, and being witchy…

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Title: Geekerella
 Author: Ashley Poston
 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
 My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ (3.5Stars)


Cinderella mashed up with nerd culture? Are you kidding? It’s insanely the best idea ever! And what about Cinderella-goes-to-Geeky-Con-Ball subplot before midnight? OMG it’s dorkology overload. Nothing like reading nerdy stuff that you can instantly connect to. Blabbering: NERDOM APPRECIATION TO THE FULLEST.


If you bleed STAR WARS just like me, you would understand what it feels like to be a part of a family you called fandom. It is everything! Both of the main characters from the book were cult following STAR TREK spin off fandom. I instantly fell in love with them especially to Darien! He got me at “I have Star Wars boxers!” What an adorkable geek he really is! So precious and he really needs to be protected. I also adored all of the Lord Of the Rings references too – from Frodo’s “The One Ring” to Smeagol to Sauron! Bless Poston, she literally made my day.


As for the bad stuffs? I understand that this is a retelling of a Cinderella story so you would expect that there are evil step (monster) mother and step sisters; glass slippers and pumpkin colored (vegetable?) food truck… I guess what I’m saying is, it’s just so plain and predictable. It did not really bring out a good twist in the end. Everything was just so convenient and cliche - it bugged me. Also, the romance department is pretty much instalove. I couldn’t for the life of me understand how two people who just met in the internet (never seen each other face to face) and who haven’t had any “deep” conversations yet falls inlove so easily? But I’m here for the nerdy and geeky stuffs. So.


Nevertheless, this is still a light and fluffy read. I finished it overnight. I’m just so glad I stumbled upon this book because it made me so happy. And I loved one underlying message of this book that everyone should consider: STOP JUDGING PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW.

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Title:  The Alien Princess's Love  Series: Men of Omaron    Book Release Date:  #AlreadyReleased Author: Shea Malloy Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan Genre: #SciFi #Aliens #3.5Stars☆☆☆☆ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••      Idk it just wasn't like the rest of her books. It was good reading but no Adventure or Action-packed, which is what I like. Lust and Love was in this book. Just different from what I'm used to from Ms. Shea.      Suri Ahrisi is an Alien Princess she's very good at telekinesis too. She is trying to establish plans to integrate Earth into the Union. Earth was send four people to check it out the palace and beyond. Eighteen Times?      Officer Nicholas Thorne aka: Nick is the Earth's diplomat, they had four people to go for five days to check out the planet Omaron and report back to earth. When they landed he saw how beautiful it was. The beauty of the female in front of him made his little Nicki come to attention. Talk about embarrassing.      A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and my comments here are my honest opinion.

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BK Review - Day 23

Sour Puss Raspberry Berliner Weiss, Wayward Brewing co, 3.8 ABV

This beer took me back to Brussels circa 2003, drunken boys weekend away, parked at the bar in some back alley brewhouse trying to work our way though as many of the different fruity and wonderful ales mighty beligium has to offer. It certainly doesn’t taste like beer but there was something about the tartness of the raspberries and the fruity aroma that really seemed to work and I thoroughly enjoyed this ‘beer’. Decidedly different from the majority of the offerings put up by boozebud this year but a welcome change nonetheless, however you’d struggle to down more than 2 in one sitting I’d imagine. BK rating 3.5stars

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#Zugspitze, #Top of Germany, 3.5star, 17/10/2019, The border between Germany & Austria.