R20: Team #7 ~ Zeta Team

[Diane ~Firefly~]

You keep picking books I LOVE Allison.

[Allison Ann]

Glad I'm following along in your footsteps. :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yes, another favourite of mine as well, Allison!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

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Shelf 2: Sci-Fi Romance
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
pgs: 608
shelved 9 times as Sci-Fi-Romance

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #2 ~ 3 March: Sci-Fi Romance ~ ☑ 4/4 ~ stamp received (02/04/2021) ☑

☑ Allison Ann - Orchid - Jayne Castle ~ ★★★ (06/03/2021) - Review
☑ Art (aka Whistler Reads) - Under Fyre - Cara Bristol ~ ★★★★ (19/03/2021) - Review
☑ Diane ~Firefly~ - Illuminae - Amie Kaufman ~ ★★★★★ (10/03/2021) - Review
☑ Thenia - Rogue - Tana Stone ~ ★★★ (26/03/2021) - Review

[Allison Ann]

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SHELF #2 - Sci-Fi Romance
Orchid by Jayne Castle - 327 pages
How It Fits: Shelved 20 times as sci-fi-romance, page 5
Read: 3/06/21
Rating: 3 stars
Review: Not a big romance reader, so when I do read one, I prefer something with some humour. And Jayne Castle (Jayne Ann Krentz) always makes me laugh. This trilogy was completely enjoyable. The MCs have a sense of humour, albeit generally a weird one. They spar quite humourously. The female lead isn't incompetent and the male lead doesn't treat her as such. They are partners. And there is a mystery to keep my attention. And on St. Helens we have cat-dogs and coff-tea and aspara-cado and jag-pards and all kinds of wacky combintions to make things fun. Sorry there are no more in this series.

[Allison Ann]

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SHELF: FREE SPACE
Hammered by Kevin Hearne - 312 pages
How It Fits: Found on group bookshelf
Read: 3/07/21
Rating: 3 stars
Review: I did not like this book as much as the first two. There was altogether too much violence, death and sadness. Everything was no-win. Not enough Oberon, not enough fluff, not enough humour. The ending drew me in though. I want to know what will happen next, where will Atticus go, what happened to the widow, Leif, the pack, everything.

[Allison Ann]

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Shelf 3: Series To Finish

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen - 448 pages
Shelved 10 times as series-to-finish, page 18

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Completion Post: SHELF #2 - Sci-Fi Romance
by Amie Kaufman
pgs: 608
How It Fits: shelved 9 times as Sci-Fi-Romance
Read: 3/10/21
Rating: 5 stars

Review: Wow! First off the format of this book is unusual and it really works - you are reading a bunch different types of files explaining what happened as survivors of an attack on an unauthorized operation flee into space. Kady is amazing and I really admire her courage. There are a couple of great surprises as well. (view spoiler)[at 70% I wasn't sure if either Kady or Ezra would survive and being unsure of that in this type of book is amazing. (hide spoiler)]

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Selection Post: Free Space
To Fight A Fate
series on Best of PNR list (#45)
pgs: 289

[Art (aka Whistler Reads)]

Completion Post

... for Shelf #1 ~ 24 Feb: Book Boyfriend (s) I read:



Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 294 pages
How it fits: High on first page, both links
Read: 2/25
Rated: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✩

Review:

Well...

Real Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⁶/₁₁✩

Characters are angsty ... but it is YA
Science is WEAK ... but it is YA
Environs are well-described and believable ... Good author

This book was on a "book boyfriend" list, and he eventually ends up as quite nearly perfect. Eventually.

The story moves right along, with a lot of hidden dangers and pitfalls. There are minimal grammar or formatting type errors, and that makes it pretty readable except when your eyes are rolling at the outrageous science fantasy/fiction.

I started this series because so many of those whom I follow gave it good reviews, and overall, I agree. I've already read the next one...

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[Allison Ann]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Completion Post: SHELF #2 - Sci-Fi Romance
by Amie Kaufman
pgs: 608
How It Fits: shelved 9 times as Sci-Fi-Romance
Read: 3/10/21
Rating: 5 stars

Rev..."

That's a book that I really want to read, but I'm not willing to shell out money for the physical copy and I think that's the best way to read this. And my library is very small and this book isn't on the list. Someday I will get to it. :D Glad you loved it.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Allison Ann wrote: "Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Completion Post: SHELF #2 - Sci-Fi Romance
by Amie Kaufman
pgs: 608
How It Fits: shelved 9 times as Sci-Fi-Romance
Read: 3/10..."

I read it on the kindle and thought it was fine. The only thing I couldn't do was change the font size based on how they formatted it.

[Sam]

But if you hold down your finger on the pictures/inserts, it will allow you to blow them up.

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #3 ~ 10 March: Series to Finish ~ ☐ 4/4 ~ stamp pending

☑ Allison Ann - The Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen ~ ★★ (20/03/2021) -Review
☑ Art (aka Whistler Reads) - City of Ghosts - Victoria Schwab ~ ★★★★ (29/03/2021) -Review
☑ Diane ~Firefly~ - Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter ~ ★★★ 1/5 (20/03/2021) - Review
☑ Thenia - Tamed - Tana Stone ~ ★★★ (27/03/2021) - Review

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Hey guys. Just a quick reminder to refresh yourself with the rules, as needed, to ensure all your book choices fit the requirements.

❉ Bingo Rules
❉ Free Space Rules

Happy Reading!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Completion Post: Free Space
by Jane Cousins
pgs: 289
How It Fits: series on Best of PNR list (#45
Read: 3/14/21
Rating: 4 stars

Review: Riya and Marcus are both workaholics and fate intervenes to make sure they notice each other (view spoiler)[in the form of their time-traveling fetus making Riya visibly pregnant for their first meeting (hide spoiler)], then Riya is hired to tame "the monster' the warriors were saddled with and their attraction grows even as Marcus continues to under-estimate Riya. The book dragged a little in the middle, but otherwise it was lots of fun.

[Allison Ann]

My series-to-finish book is dragging. Sorry! I should finish it tomorrow.

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Shelf 4: Shapeshifter(s)

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 294 pages
Shelved 67 times as shapeshifter, page 1

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #4 ~ 17 March: Shapeshifter(s) ~ ☑ 4/4 ~ stamp pending

☑ Allison Ann - Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs ~ ★★★★ (23/03/2021) -Review
☑ Art (aka Whistler Reads) - Pack Challenge - Shelly Laurenston ~ ★★★★ (12/04/2021) -Review
☑ Diane ~Firefly~ - Wild Sign - Patricia Briggs ~ ★★★★ (19/03/2021) -Review
☑ Thenia - Wild Sign - Patricia Briggs ~ ★★★★ (18/03/2021) -Review

[Thenia]

Perfect timing for this shelf!

How are you all doing? I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately - I've been working through requests for the site and the backlog is killing me... (For those of you who don't know, I created a book series tracking website last year called Books On Track and let me tell you it's a LOT of work! Feel free to explore! There's a Goodreads group as well if you're interested - link here.)

I finished all of my books but need to write reviews for most of them.

Are you enjoying your books so far?

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #4 ~ 17 March: Shapeshifter(s)
Wild Sign - Patricia Briggs ~ ★★★★ (18/03/2021)
(368 pages - marked as shapeshifters 21 times)

Review:

Anna and Charles are back in an adventure that brings to light the story of how Leah became Bran's mate.

The story starts with the FBI knocking on Anna's door with questions about some land that Leah owns, where a whole village of people who had been living off grid disappeared from. Given that Leah was the only survivor of something really bad that happened at the same place when Bran found her many years ago, he is worried that he same evil might be responsible for the latest incidents too, and sends Charles and Anna, with Tag the berserker as backup, to investigate.

(view spoiler)[Leah has no memories of her time there, so they're going in mostly blind, but it's not long before they realize that the people who disappeared were white witches, and that a very old power is involved. (hide spoiler)]

Long story short, (view spoiler)[a being with the ability to affect memories called the "Singer" had made a pact with the white witches to give them security and power in exchange for them feeding it songs and children that would allow it to 'Become', a bargain similar to the one Leah's father had made once, at great cost to her and her family.

It was years before the powerful wolf known as Sherwood Post rescued Leah, who was the only survivor, or so they thought at the time. One of the two children Leah bore survived to become Zander, the shy snow cone seller/talented photographer that I was right in suspecting, since it turns out he was Singer's follower who had taken over the efforts of providing the Singer with acolytes and children.

It is revealed that Leah was turned by Sherwood in an effort to save her life, but she was nearly too far gone before Bran had come upon them. Still grieving the recent death of his beloved Blue Jay woman and determined to save her and Sherwood, he violated his own rules by forcing her to live through her Change and convincing her to be his mate when she wasn't really in a state to make such a decision.

The events of this book force them to face everything they've been avoiding for far too long, but unfortunately, and more than a little frustratingly, we don't get to see what happens after Bran tells Leah “I don’t want to lose you” since the scene ends with: “he opened the mating bond—which had always been tightly shut, always—and showed her”. It's all well and good that he showed her, but it would definitely have been nice if we could see too!

Leah ends up helping Anna and being instrumental in killing the big bad, and although she is still far from a favorite, I hope that now that she has all of her memories back and once things settle between her and Bran, she becomes less unlikable at least.

Other than that, there is another frustrating sort of cliffhanger in the form of Samuel and Ariana's newborn daughter being handed off to Charles and Anna to raise as their own (hide spoiler)].

I generally hate waiting for next books, but that is especially true when they leave things like this hanging!

An engaging book in one of my favorite book worlds that I'll have to wait until next year to revisit in a new Mercy story, Soul Taken.



Wild Sign on Books On Track


Previous book reviews:
✦ Asil and the Not-date (Alpha & Omega, #5.5) ~ ★★★★ (13/06/2020)
✦ Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson, #12) ~ ★★★★★ (23/03/2020)
✦ Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11) ~ ★★★★ (25/09/2019)
✦ Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5) ~ ★★★★ (25/09/2019)
✦ Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) ~ ★★★★ (10/03/2017, 24/09/2019)
✦ Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9) ~ ★★★★ (13/03/2016, 24/09/2019)
(view spoiler)[✦ Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) ~ ★★★★★ (12/03/2014, 23/09/2019)
✦ Hopcross Jilly #1-6 ~ ★★★★ (23/09/2019)
✦ Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4) ~ ★★★★ (30/05/2015, 23/09/2019)
✦ Unappreciated Gifts (Alpha & Omega, #3.5) ~ ★★★★ (22/09/2019)
✦ Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7) ~ ★★★★★ (22/03/2013, 22/09/2019)
✦ Fair Game (Alpha & Omega, #3) ~ ★★★★ (17/08/2013, 22/09/2019)
✦ River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6) ~ ★★★★★ (22/03/2013, 22/09/2019)
✦ Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5) ~ ★★★★★ (12/04/2012, 10/03/2014, 22/09/2019)
✦ Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4) ~ ★★★★★ (11/01/2011, 09/03/2014, 21/09/2019)
✦ Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3) ~ ★★★★★ (04/11/2010, 09/03/2014, 21/09/2019)
✦ Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2) ~ ★★★★★ (04/09/2010, 08/03/2014, 21/09/2019)
✦ Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, #2) ~ ★★★★ (12/05/2011, 20/09/2019)
✦ Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) ~ ★★★★ (08/09/2010, 20/09/2019)
✦ Alpha and Omega (Alpha & Omega, #0.5) ~ ★★★★ (16/09/2010, 19/09/2019)
✦ Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1) ~ ★★★★★ (01/08/2010, 11/03/2014, 20/09/2019)
✦ Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (Mercedes Thompson Graphic Novels 0) ~ ★★★ (13/03/2014) (hide spoiler)]

[Moondance]

Thenia wrote: "Perfect timing for this shelf!

How are you all doing? I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately - I've been working through requests for the site and the backlog is killing me... (For those of y..."

Lurking...I found your website. I need to update my series. Thank you for all the work you put into it.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Selection Post - Shelf 4: Shapeshifters
Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs
pgs: 368
shelved 15 times as Shapeshifters

[Art (aka Whistler Reads)]

Selection Post

For: Shelf #2 ~ 3 March: Sci-Fi Romance I will read:


Under Fyre by Cara Bristol Kindle pages ... 279
How it fits: found on "SOS' sci-fi romance" list

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[Thenia]

Moondance wrote: "Lurking...I found your website. I need to update my series. Thank you for all the work you put into it.."

The unexpected consequences of lurking. :D

Glad you found the site Moondance! Enjoy!

[Thenia]

Hey Art, if you can fill in the date you finished Obsidian I can request our first stamp!

[Art (aka Whistler Reads)]

Thenia wrote: "Hey Art, if you can fill in the date you finished Obsidian I can request our first stamp!"

Done............sorry I've gotten behind...

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[Diane ~Firefly~]

I changing Wild Sign from series-to-finish to shapeshifters since I didn't start it until after that shelf was announced.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Completion Post - Shelf 4: Shapeshifters
by Patricia Briggs
pgs: 368
How It Fits: shelved as shapeshifters 15 times
Read: 3/1921
Rating: 4 stars

Review: Anna, Charles and Tag go investigate when a settlement full of people disappear on land owned by Leah and discover an old enemy is still alive. Tag was a good addition as his banter with Anna was fun.

Overall it was a great story that unfolded smoothly and kept you engaged. It was great to finally get some back story on Leah and how she became Bran's mate. However I hated the epilogue (view spoiler)[Forcing Samuel to give up his kid is horrible as he has always wanted children (hide spoiler)]

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Selection Post - week 3: Series to Finish
Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter
pgs: 324
shelved 1 times as Series-to-finish

[Allison Ann]

Completion Post

SHELF 3: SERIES TO FINISH
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen - 448 pages
How It Fits: Shelved 10 times as series-to-finish, page 18
Read: 3/20/21
Rating: 2 stars
Review: I should know by now that if a book is marked as Fantasy and has a teenage girl as the MC, it is not for me. I finished it less than an hour ago and I already can't remember her name and had to go look it up. That's not a good sign. Kelsea. There we go.

Anyway, Kelsea is plain. She apparently had no other character, just plainness. She "falls in love" with her kidnapper because he's really hot and probably not as bad as he seems. And then she almost gets killed while thinking about how handsome he (and several other men) are and how she's probably too plain for them and then repeat. She improves slightly by the end of the book but it didn't improve my enjoyment. The world was interesting, I wish there was more about that and I wish that Kelsea didn't come into power until she was 45, but I think the problem was mainly me and many people love this book and I'm going to stop typing now.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Thenia, don't forget to request your Book Boyfriend stamp. Art added the date to his review :)

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Completion Post - Shelf 3: Series_to_Finish
by Elizabeth Hunter
pgs: 324
How It Fits: shelved as series to finish 1 time
Read: 3/21/21
Rating: 3.5 stars

Review: Three friends are in an accident and emerge with psychic powers. Robin has been unhappy with her marriage and life for a while and has just been phoning it in.

Now she and her friends are looking into a decades old murder that has ties to her family and she is seeing some not so great patterns and finally starts communicating with her husband.

The friendship was great and I look forward to learning more about Monica and Val in future books.

[Allison Ann]

Completion Post

SHELF #4 - Shapeshifter(s>
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - 294 pages
How It Fits: Shelved 67 times as shapeshifter, page 1
Read: 3/23/21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Mercy is my absolute favourite UF series. I portion them out like a really delicious snack, so that I don't run out too soon. Also, I didn't like the last "honeymoon" book very much, so I was crossing my fingers that we'd be back on track with this one. And we definitely were. It's funny because I don't usually like shifter books, but I love this series. And I don't generally like romance in my paranormal books, but Mercy+ Adam = adorable and I love them. The first conflict was resolved quite quickly in this book and the second was quite weird and vampire-y and again, quickly resolved. Maybe too quickly? I hope we get to learn more about The Moor. I hope we get to learn more about Tad. There's so many interesting side stories available in this series.

One quibble. I really don't like when I have to read two different series concurrently. I wanted to finish this and then read Alpha & Omega, but it sounds like this may be the beginning of when they intertwine and that doesn't make me happy. We shall see.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

@Allison Ann - when you start Alpha & Omega series make sure to read the short story prequel first. It is my all-time favorite short story and has good background info (BTW, tie-ins between the series start here).

[Allison Ann]

Thanks Diane. Looks like I should get the reading order for the world and start following that instead of just Mercy. Apparently I'm 3 books behind. :D And I have the short story, so I will definitely make a point of reading that first.

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #5 ~ 24 March: Auto-Buy(s) ~ ☑ 4/4 ~ stamp pending

☑ Allison Ann - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton ~ ★★★★ (01/04/2021) Review
☑ Art (aka Whistler Reads) - Truthwitch - Susan Dennard ~ ★★★★ (13/04/2021) Review
☑ Diane ~Firefly~ - Embers - Laura Bickle ~ ★★★ (31/03/2021) Review
☑ Thenia - Instant Attraction - Jill Shalvis ~ ★★★ (27/03/2021) Review

[Thenia]

Well done team ~ our Book Boyfriend stamp is on the way!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Zeta Team!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'book boyfriend(s)'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[Allison Ann]

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Shelf 5: Auto-Buy

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - 505 pages
Shelved 1 time as auto-buy, page 22

I suspect this might be a slow read, but no one is going to win this week right?

[Diane ~Firefly~]

You might be surprised at the speed as the book is intriguing.

[Allison Ann]

It's very intriguing so far, but it is also teeny tiny print and that horrible non-white paper that gives me headaches. :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp It's All Greek to Me!

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #2 ~ 3 March: Sci-Fi Romance
Rogue - Tana Stone ~ ★★★ (26/03/2021)
(202 pages - marked as Science Fiction Romance 3 times)

Review:


Tana Stone on Books On Track

Interesting premise but rushed execution...

Brooke is one of the humans who were selected to attend the alien warrior academy that would help them hone their skills in order to assist Earth in resisting the enemy invading aliens.

She is eager to prove herself and when Koran, the space-pod instructor of the class she is most interested in, doesn't immediately fawn over her awe inspiring skills, she acts like a petulant five year old and (view spoiler)[steals a pod to demonstrate said skills. He is less than amused, since he only intended to protect her from the other students' bad attitude, and puts her on cleaning duty as punishment.

She somehow ends up kissing him and their relationship becomes even more strained, putting her training on hold.

Eventually she goes to confront him, and after he rescues her from the students that attacked her, they have sex and become a sort of couple in secret (hide spoiler)].

In the meanwhile, it comes to light that there is a saboteur among them working for the bad aliens, and everyone is suspicious of everyone else, including Koran, who stood out anyway since he is from a lawless clan.

In the end (view spoiler)[Brooke ends up saving Koran from the students who were out to get him after he punished them for what they did to her and were also some of the saboteurs they were looking for. The two of them are allowed to be together since they discovered the bad guys (hide spoiler)] and all's well that ends well for the happy couple.

The hunt for the remaining traitor continues in the next book of the series, Rebel, and Layla's story. I am more interested in the timid hacker and hand-to-hand instructor's story, which comes after that, but every book in the series is by a different author, so perhaps the second one won't be as rushed as this one was.

[Thenia]

✦ Free Space
Once Burned - Jeaniene Frost ~ ★★★★ (08/03/2021)
(373 pages - SOS August 2012 BOM)

Review:



Once Burned on Books On Track

Vlad gets his own story and I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected!

Leila is a human with powers than Vlad's enemies want to use to get rid of him. Instead, she uses it to warn him and that's how the two of them meet.

He takes her prisoner until he can figure out who wants him dead, and she tries to blast him with her power than unfortunately doesn't work on him.

Vlas is arrogant, calculating and sarcastic, Leila is independent and stubborn, and there are sparks flying between them that have nothing to do with either of their powers.

I really enjoyed this book and went on to read the whole series, that continues with Twice Tempted in one sitting.


Previous book reviews:
✦ One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress, #6) ~ ★★★ (02/12/2018)
✦ This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress #5) ~ ★★★ (03/09/2014)
✦ Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World, #2) ~ ★★★★ (14/03/2020)
✦ First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress World, #1) ~ ★★★ (03/12/2018)
✦ One for the Money (Night Huntress #4.5) ~ ★★★ (02/12/2018)
✦ Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) ~ ★★★ (17/04/2013)
✦ At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) ~ ★★★★ (22/08/2011)

[Thenia]

✦ Shelf #5 ~ 24 March: Auto-Buy(s)
Instant Attraction - Jill Shalvis ~ ★★★ (27/03/2021)
(320 pages - marked as auto-buy 2 times)

Review:



Instant Attraction on Books On Track

The story of Katie, an accountant who survived a terrible accident and decided to take life by the horns, and Cameron, a pro athlete who lost his career and returned home after a year of wandering.

Katie is temping for the company Cameron's brothers run when he returns, and the two are instantly intrigued by one another. However Katie is only there for a month and Cameron is not ready to start anything, so it takes them a while before they inevitably succumb to the attraction between them.

Their ways of dealing with their life changing events are vastly different, yet they end up helping each other heal and move on from the past, and they end up falling in love in the process.

Enjoyable story that introduces the Wilder family. The series continues with Instant Gratification and the middle brother Stone's story next.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Selection Post - week 5: Auto Buy
Embers by Laura Bickle
pgs: 368
shelved 1 times as Auto Buy

[Art (aka Whistler Reads)]

Completion Post

For: Shelf #2 ~ 3 March: Sci-Fi Romance I read:


Under Fyre by Cara Bristol Kindle pages ... 279
How it fits: found on "SOS' sci-fi romance" list
Read: 3/19 Rated: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✩

Review:

WOW! A pnr romance that doesn't begin with a kidnaping...

This, and it's sequels, is a story arc of betrayals piled willy-nilly one upon another.
Characters both "good" and "bad" are well developed, the scify-lite is fairly consistent, so once suspension of disbelief is established, everything moves along smoothly.

I'd recommend this series to all, having read the next two already.

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[Art (aka Whistler Reads)]

Selection Post

For: Shelf #3 ~ 10 March: Series to Finish, I will read:


City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab 309 Kindle pages
How it fits: found on "SOS' series to finish" link

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[Art (aka Whistler Reads)]

Completion Post

For: Shelf #3 ~ 10 March: Series to Finish, I read:


City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab 309 Kindle pages
How it fits: found on "SOS' series to finish" link
Read: 3/29 Rated: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✩

Review:

I paged down thru 20+ pages going "Nope, Uh Uh, Nope, Not Even...", searching for a first-in-series title and description that intrigued me, and finally settled on City of Ghosts.
I couldn't be happier, because although the protagonists are an eleven year old girl and a similarly aged ghost, and the Kindle page flashing by as I purchased it said something about Middle Grade Readers, The book didn't read that way. (view spoiler)[It's a horror-lite story with murder and mayhem, and ages-old evil being destroyed and peace restored... while no one but a couple of kids (and a ghost, of course) ever realizes it. (hide spoiler)] Turns out it was a Reader's Choice nominee, and with the care in editing and formatting, and the authors incomparable storytelling, it was a great experience.
Truly, a "series to finish"!

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