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Book Review: The ABCs of Spellcraft Collection Volume 1 (Books 1-4) by Jordan Castillo Price [Audiobook]

Dixon comes from a family of spellcrafters but failed his test and has been working as a meal delivery person instead. But when he enters a greeting card contest, he discovers something weird is going on, ends up with a hot spellcrafter boyfriend, and they embark on a road trip to try and find Dixon's missing...

Mini Reviews: Unpopular Opinions – Vicious, The Night Circus, Lost Boy

In Vicious, two men decide to give themselves supernatural abilities, but it doesn’t quite turn out how they planned. In The Night Circus, two magicians are pitted against each other in a lifelong contest, using a magical traveling circus as their playing field. In Lost Boy, James tells the tale of how he started out in Neverland as a Lost Boy and eventually became Captain Hook. Enjoy (or maybe...

Book Review: On the Wings of War (Soulbound Book 5) by Hailey Turner

Still chasing down leads on the Morrigan's Staff, Patrick, Jono, and their unusual but loyal pack travel to London, once again employing Lucien's begrudging help. But they get caught up in the London godpack's trouble, they discover another shady group has their sights on the staff, and nothing goes quite as simply as they'd hoped it...

Book Review: A Vigil in the Mourning (Soulbound Book 4) by Hailey Turner [Audiobook]

Patrick, a mage working for the government as well as the gods he's indebted to, is sent to Chicago this time because Odin might be in danger, and because there might be info about the Morrigan's staff. Meanwhile, Jono continues in his push against the New York god pack while avoiding hunters and forming new...

Mini Reviews: M/M Paranormal/Urban Fantasy – Don’t Let Go, Kitto, The Magpie Lord

In Don't Let Go, Gideon and Lee continue to navigate their growing relationship when Gideon gets injured on the job and mysteries from Lee's past start plaguing his present. In Kitto, Gideon and Lee go on vacation to de-stress but encounter what may or may not be a ghost, struggle with Lee's growing psychic powers, find themselves in the middle of another mystery. In The Magpie Lord, an atypical...

Book Review: A Crown of Iron & Silver (Soulbound Book 3) by Hailey Turner [Audiobook]

Patrick has been assigned to find the Morrigan Staff, given a case about a changeling child, and confronted by some fae who need his help, and all three of these quickly become intertwined when Patrick, Jono, their pack, and Patrick's old team from the military cross over into the Faery realm and start making more deals with the fae. Secrets come to light that threaten to tear their group apart,...

Book Review: Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy Book 1) by Emily A. Duncan [Audiobook]

Nadya can communicate with the gods, and she may be the last cleric in Kalyazin who can do so, which is why she's been hidden away in a monastery---in the hopes that she will turn the tide of the war in favor of her country. But when her monastery is attacked by the enemy---Tranavians---she flees and teams up with three others, including a Tranavian blood mage, in order to sneak into Tranavia,...

Book Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow Book 2) by Rainbow Rowell [+ Audiobook]

Simon Snow was the chosen one, but now that he's done what he was supposed to do, he can't seem to get past the trauma or do anything with his life. Hoping to bring him out of his funk, Penny convinces Simon and Baz to take a road trip through the US, but the three of them seem to find magical trouble wherever they...

Book Review: Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch [Audiobook]

Thornby has been trapped on his father's estate for over a year with some sort of magic, so when magician John Blake shows up, Thornby reaches out to him for help. John is stumped by the strange magic but is determined to free Thornby, and things get even more complicated as the men start to fall for each...

Book Review: Carry On (Simon Snow Book 1) by Rainbow Rowell [+ Audiobook]

Simon is in his last year at Watford, a school for magicians, but he still doesn't feel like the chosen one since he still can't control his magic. When his roommate and enemy, Baz, gets a Visiting from his dead mother, the two form a truce as they work together to uncover the truth about her...