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5feet.of.fury
The Fate of Magic | Sara Raasch
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Mehso-so

It really wasn‘t as good as the first 1 which had a lot of world building & character development. This one now didn‘t need to set that up there could have been more action, trials, conflict, etc ESPECIALLY being written as a duology -I expected more. It‘s wasn‘t bad, but just kind of meandered.

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OutsmartYourShelf
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Panpan

This looked a promising thriller in the synopsis & I really enjoyed books set in/on isolated areas. I found this one a little underwhelming though. Although the idea is good, the POVs for Dee & Tori were not differentiated enough by their characters, & I had to keep checking who was narrating a particular chapter as it could have been either. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf I also found it a bit all over the place in terms of pacing & plot progression & it felt very haphazard at times. The 'team challenges' also seemed to take a back seat to general griping & sniping between characters. Disappointing. 2⭐

TWs: death, injury detail, drug use (minor references), strong language.

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Serpent's Tail/Viper/Profile Books, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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Andrew65 Well done on finishing it 🥶🥶🥶 (edited) 2d
BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s disappointing! On to better things! 1d
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MatchlessMarie
A Jingle Bell Mingle: A Novel | Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
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Pickpick

+ 390 Word Search Words.

#BookSpinBingo #HolidayBookDragons #SnickerdoodleSprint #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen Wreath and another bingo line for #AVeryMerryBingo. Letter J for #ChristmasAtoZ. Candy Cane for #ISpyBingo. Wreath for #ChristmasCheer. Blind Date for #ItsATrope. I found Art Gallery, completing December‘s #WickedWords (lobster was also in this book in case my last lobster post didn‘t count 😆)

Bookwormjillk 👏 👏 👏 2d
TheSpineView Fantastic! 2d
Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼 2d
DieAReader Wonderful!! 2d
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MatchlessMarie
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Pickpick

+ 75 Word Search Words.

#BookSpinBingo #HolidayBookDragons #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen Mistletoe for #AVeryMerryBingo. Letter S for #ChristmasAtoZ. Neck Tie for #ISpyBingo. Holly for #ChristmasCheer. Grumpy/Sunshine for #ItsATrope. I found Necklace for #WickedWords

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 4d
BookmarkTavern What an adorable cover! 4d
TheSpineView Fantastic! 4d
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Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 I love the title. 3d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love the purple cover 💜 3d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3d
Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 😍 3d
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BookwormAHN
The Book of Witching | C. J. Cooke
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I really enjoyed this book. It covers the lives of three women, Alison from the 1500s who is accused of witchcraft, Clem a woman from this century whose daughter has been badly burned and Erin Clem's daughter. This book covers some of the graphic history of witchcraft in the Orkney Islands as well as the power of modern-day cults and ancient curses 🖤
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #WGWordsearch @LiseWorks

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MatchlessMarie
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+270 Word Search words. #BookSpinBingo #HolidayBookDragons #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen Free Space and a bingo line! for #AVeryMerryBingo. Letters H for #ChristmasAtoZ. Eyes #ISpyBingo. Reindeer for #ChristmasCheer which is perfect because I think my favorite part is Blitzen‘s love for weeing and pooing on unsuspecting ppl lol 🦌 💩

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 4d
LiseWorks Go girl! 4d
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
Eggs Perfect 🦌 4d
TheSpineView Great job! 4d
Andrew65 Love this book, well done 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 I still need to see the film. 3d
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5feet.of.fury
Sleep Like Death | Kalynn Bayron
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LOVED IT. I was worried because I thought this would be related to Cinderella is Dead, which wasn‘t totally for me… but it wasn‘t and the fairytale references & imagery were elaborate & fun. I loved the characters, it was so good!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 5d
BookmarkTavern I liked Cinderella, so I will definitely be putting this on my TBR! 5d
5feet.of.fury @BookmarkTavern I somewhat enjoyed Cinderella, but I liked this one way better. I think you‘ll enjoy it! 5d
BookmarkTavern Most of my issues with Cinderella were because it felt so obviously like a debut novel. I‘m really looking forward to this one now! 4d
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OutsmartYourShelf
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Pickpick

This penultimate (for now) book in the series examines the dark side of....Morris dancing. Yes the traditionally twee pastime involving dressing in a costume, with bells, & banging wooden sticks together! I might have been more incredulous had I not read a book earlier this year (or last year) about the old practice of wassailing & its more sinister side.

OutsmartYourShelf Merrily is still dealing with the coterie of modernisers within the Church who want to root out anything 'medieval', including Deliverance aka exorcism. Elsewhere her daughter Jane continues to not return her boyfriend's calls or texts & then worries (not irrationally) that he may have moved on. 3.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2232459413
Read 9th-15th Dec 2024

3630 points (including 291 words found)
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willaful I actually have a friend who does Morris Dancing! I hope she never reads this. 😉
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DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 7d
TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩📖📚 6d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6d
Andrew65 Excellent 🎄☃️🎅🏼 6d
BookmarkTavern Congrats! 6d
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BookwormAHN
'Salem's Lot | Stephen King
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BookmarkTavern Well done! 7d
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BookwormAHN
Hera | Jennifer Saint
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Mehso-so

This is the mythical retelling of the Queen of the Gods, Hera. I really wanted to like it, and the beginning and very end were good but the middle drug. It felt like the longest book, but it was actually under 400 pages.
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #WGwordsearch #WinterClearDown #SeasonalMonsterSmash @PuddleJumper #AVeryMerryBingo #AVeryScaryChristmas @Jadams89 #Adventathon @BookmarkTavern #LittenListen @aperfectmjk #MidDecemberReadathon

BookmarkTavern This one‘s on my TBR! 7d
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