Call of the Deep - JC McKenzie

Standalone cosy paranormal romance 

This is a standalone Cosy Paranormal Romance set on a small island on Canada’s Sunshine Coast. There is romance and there are some scenes of a sexual nature.

I enjoyed this book. It encompassed all the things I wanted from an evening with my feet up and a book in my hands; interesting characters, family drama, secrets, betrayal, an element of danger and an unusual supernatural love interest. 

The writing is easy to read and I quickly found myself lost in this world filled with fae, witches, sea sprites and mermaids.

Willa has finally ditched her cheating ex and needs to get away from her controlling Mother. A stay on the island helping her aunt run her small bookshop seems like just the place to get over all that and try to get back to being herself again. She arrives on the island only to find that her aunt has gone missing and she’s left trying to hold the reins in the bookshop while helping to look for her aunt. 

As if that’s not enough stress, her life is thrown into even more turmoil when her aunt’s very large and very good looking friend Lon turns up looking for her during a storm at 3am. Willa finds herself wildly attracted to him, which she feels is inappropriate, especially as he offers to help look for her aunt. Her time with him uncovers some family secrets which throw everything into turmoil and change Willa’s perspective on her entire life.

This book presents itself as a standalone novel but I’m really hoping there will be more. I love the setting, I really like the characters and I feel that there is so much more potential from them. I want to know more! One book isn’t enough.

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Dark Legacy (Crawford Investigations, Book 7) : JC McKenzie

There’s no such thing as a quiet life for the Queen of Corvids. 

This is the seventh book in the Crawford Investigations series.The book is Urban Fantasy with some level of romance. There are mentions of sexual activity but no descriptive scenes.This book once again focuses on Raven Crawford and is set six years after the first book and follows on directly from the books about Raven’s sister, Juni. 

There’s no such thing as a quiet life for the Queen of Corvids. It seems that everyone needs Raven’s attention: the young Troll Prince is missing and the Trolls are requesting her help to find him; her brother, Mike, is investigating another case of a missing boy and needs her help to find him; yet another Roller group is causing problems, attempting to link their souls to the Realm of Light; to top it all off, Juni has been coerced into binding herself to the Lord of War and Raven is forced to look for a way to break the binding. 

As ever, JC McKenzie’s style of writing is fluid and easy to read. The story is well paced and although there is a lot going on, we don’t lose track of it. The world building is very good. We get more of a glimpse into the Realm of Light in this book. The characters are well developed and interact with each other in a believable and relatable way. The story is increasingly complex; the big shiny hook at the end has definitely reeled me in and I want to know more.

I’m enjoying this series. If you like to read predominantly Urban Fantasy with a touch of Paranormal Romance and worldbuilding which takes you beyond the mortal realm, then this is the series for you.

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