Dead Ringer (Haven Hollow, Book 30) - HP Mallory & JR Rain

A Real Dead Ringer for … Power?

 

I really enjoy reading about the world of Haven Hollow and its diverse cast of characters; they make me happy. The writing flows well and is easy to read. The world building is great, and all of the characters continue to develop well as the series progresses. 

This is a Spook Society book, so we are seeing the world of Haven Hollow through Darla’s eyes. Darla originally died in 1920’s America before she was resurrected and given a second chance at life, so she speaks with the slang of that era and is still getting to grips with the modern world.

The present day sees Darla trying her hand at being a private investigator. A power struggle within a wealthy, influential family sees Darla pulled into the turmoil, both on the living and the spiritual side. Unsurprisingly, she gets herself into a lot more danger than she planned for. 

The Haven Hollow series is written from a variety of points of view and features stories from Wanda’s Witchery, Poppy’s Potions, Spook Society, Haven Homes, Remarkable Remedies, Princess Procedural and Blood Rose Academy. They all run in parallel with each other. The reading order so far is:

Gypsy Magic : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 1) 

Cashmere Curses : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 2)

Faery Enchantment : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 3)

Spandex Sorcery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 4)

Love’s Goddess : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 5)

Demon in Denim : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 6)

Taffeta Trickery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 7)   

The Black Cat Cocktail Club : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 8)

French Country Frights : Haven Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 9)

All Hallows Eve : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 10)

Mystic Veil : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 11)

The Yule Log : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 12)

The Broken Mirror : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 13)

Art Deco Apparitions : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 14)

The Vampire’s Grave : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 15)

Herringbone Hexes : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 16)

Raising Cain : Spook Society (Haven Hollow, Book 17)

Druid’s Curse : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 18)

Colonial Corpses : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 19)

Angora Alchemy : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 20)

Day Dream : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 21)

Ritzy Business : Spook Society (Haven Hollow, Book 22)

Pan’s Delight : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 23)

Armed and Charmed : Princess Procedural (Haven Hollow, Book 24)

The Christmas Spirit : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 25)

Blood Rose : Blood Rose Academy (Haven Hollow, Book 26)

Blood Bond : Blood Rose Academy (Haven Hollow, Book 27)

Georgian Ghouls : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 28)

Velvet Voodoo : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 29)

Dead Ringer : Spook Society (Haven Hollow, Book 30)

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Velvet Voodoo (Haven Hollow, Book 29) - HP Mallory & JR Rain

I love this new story arc. More please.

 

Another enjoyable read. The world of Haven Hollow and its diverse cast of characters makes me happy. The writing flows well and is easy to read. The world building is good and all of the characters have developed well throughout the series. I really like the recent underlying story arc that was introduced a few books ago and I’m keen to see where it takes us.

It’s good to see the growth in Wanda’s character. She started as a very prickly, unapproachable character who would hex someone in a heartbeat and not think twice about it. Now she is developing connections; friends, family and a fledgeling coven, albeit reluctantly.

Something is amiss in the Hollow. Something is hurting innocent residents. Something is specifically targeting the coven. Something is a threat at the most inconvenient time; just before a new member is about to be initiated. Wanda needs it gone before it destroys the small coven and the safety of the Hollow. 

The Haven Hollow series is written from a variety of points of view and features stories from Wanda’s Witchery, Poppy’s Potions, Spook Society, Haven Homes, Remarkable Remedies, Princess Procedural and Blood Rose Academy. They all run in parallel with each other. The reading order so far is:

Gypsy Magic : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 1) 

Cashmere Curses : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 2)

Faery Enchantment : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 3)

Spandex Sorcery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 4)

Love’s Goddess : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 5)

Demon in Denim : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 6)

Taffeta Trickery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 7)   

The Black Cat Cocktail Club : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 8)

French Country Frights : Haven Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 9)

All Hallows Eve : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 10)

Mystic Veil : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 11)

The Yule Log : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 12)

The Broken Mirror : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 13)

Art Deco Apparitions : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 14)

The Vampire’s Grave : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 15)

Herringbone Hexes : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 16)

Raising Cain : Spook Society (Haven Hollow, Book 17)

Druid’s Curse : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 18)

Colonial Corpses : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 19)

Angora Alchemy : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 20)

Day Dream : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 21)

Ritzy Business : Spook Society (Haven Hollow, Book 22)

Pan’s Delight : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book 23)

Armed and Charmed : Princess Procedural (Haven Hollow, Book 24)

The Christmas Spirit : Remarkable Remedies (Haven Hollow, Book 25)

Blood Rose : Blood Rose Academy (Haven Hollow, Book 26)

Blood Bond : Blood Rose Academy (Haven Hollow, Book 27)

Georgian Ghouls : Hallowed Homes (Haven Hollow, Book 28)

Velvet Voodoo : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book 29)

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Gorgon Gone Wild (Misty Hollow, Book 3) - HP Mallory & JR Rain

Things are ramping up in this spooky series

This series gets spookier with every book and I love it! This is a new Hollow series from these authors with a dark and sinister feel. Grab yourself a cuppa, a snack and a footstool because you’ll want to read this in one go.

Things in the swamp have gone from bad to worse. Teen weregators are missing, presumed dead and the mystery predator in the swamp seems to be the prime suspect. Things go from worse to disastrous when the weregator community’s pleas for asylum are rejected by the Hollow’s Vampire Mayor and tragedy ensues.

Dory is a Gorgon on a mission. She’s a descendent of Medusa who has left her reclusive colony and gone out into the wider world. Hired as protection by the weregators, she’s involved in their efforts to seek asylum in the hollow. 

She’s strangely drawn to the Mayor and he seems equally fascinated by her. During the course of her negotiations, she uncovers his secret and the reasons why the hollow is being built in an unconventional way. It’s worse than any of them could have imagined.

We finally get to see who the Mayor is and what makes him tick. I can’t wait for the next book.

The Misty Hollow series is written from a variety of points of view which all run in parallel with each other. They have an underlying story arc, so need to be read in the correct order. 

The reading order so far is:

Book 1 : Mermaid Mayhem (Eerie Investigations)

Book 2 : Big Girls Don’t Scry (Miscellaneous Magic)

Book 3 : Gorgon Gone Wild (Serpentine Solutions)

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Big Girls Don't Scry (Misty Hollow, Book 2) - HP Mallory & JR Rain

This series has me hooked and it’s only book two!

This series is getting increasingly spooky and I love it! This is a new Hollow series from these authors but it has a very different feel to that of Haven Hollow. This already feels darker and more sinister. 

Something is not quite right in the Hollow. Something is not quite right with the resident vampire Mayor. Something is most definitely very wrong in the swamp surrounding the hollow. Trouble is afoot and no-one has any idea of what they are facing. The neighbouring weregator community are under threat and still at odds with the Mayor; tensions are rising. 

Bruja for hire, Gillette arrives at the partially built Hollow with her young daughter Luna. Hired to help put up protective wards, she soon discovers that the hollow is not being built to effectively make use of the ley lines and that there is something sinister behind that decision. 

Luna is coming into her own uncontrolled Bruja powers far too young, so Gillette has to stay in Misty Hollow to keep her daughter safe from her own coven. But at what cost?

As with the Haven Hollow series, Misty Hollow seems to be written from a variety of points of view which all run in parallel with each other and have an underlying story arc, so need to be read in the correct order.. 

The reading order so far is:

Book 1 : Mermaid Mayhem (Eerie Investigations)

Book 2 : Big Girls Don’t Scry (Miscellaneous Magic)

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Our Satyr Prince (Myth Shifters, book 1) - Dylan Drakes

Truly Excellent Debut Novel.

I absolutely loved this book; it is such a good book that I would never have assumed it was a debut novel. Utterly superb.

Our Satyr Prince is an LGBTQ+ paranormal romance filled with both humans and mythical beings, set in a faraway land based on ancient Greece. There is an abundance of action, politics, scheming, war, rescue, love and the forging of new personal bonds and international alliances.

The writing style is excellent; so easy to read. I really enjoyed the world building: the places, the people, the magic are all wonderfully described. There are new and exciting takes on shape-shifting beings.

There are some descriptive scenes of a sexual nature between two consenting male beings. It is pertinent to the plot and there is so much more to this book than sexual encounters.

Everything about this book feels new and exciting. I love the naivety of the main female character and the moral greyness of the main male character; he and his younger female cousin have both experienced a life of privilege followed by different types of hardship. Both are emotionally scarred by it and each is trying to fulfil their potential in their own way. Both travel far afield to do so and despite their initial close relationship, their individual journeys lead one to betray the other. Neither ends up where they thought they would and both of them discover themselves in ways they never dreamed of.

I raced through this book. I didn’t want to put it down and I cannot wait for book two. Absolutely fantastic debut novel. More, more, more please!

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Rogue (Hellfire Series, Book 4) - Ella Moore

This is one of my favourite series  

I really enjoyed reading this book. I actually love this series; I haven’t read anything else like it and it’s definitely one of my favourites.

This is the fourth book in the paranormal romance series. It could be read as a standalone but in my opinion, it really is better to read it as part of the series. There is an underlying story arc and you need to read them in order to appreciate it.

The story is set on a version of Earth where humans and demons both live in their own tribes on the same plane of existence during a time after Lucifer had fallen but was still fighting his way to dominion over all demonkind. This book contains detailed scenes of a sexual nature between two consenting female beings. 

The world building in these books is superb. Ella Moore’s writing is an absolute joy to read. All the characters in this series are complex and carry their share of baggage. There are ongoing themes of damaged beings who find love and acceptance where they expect there to be none. 

This book really starts to pull together the underlying story arc which began quietly in book one; things which seemed to be incidental in previous books are now revealed to have a much greater importance.

The stories in this series contain violent and brutal elements, as you would expect in a land filled with demonic tribes and vengeful angels. They are filled with action, politics, scheming, war, rescue, love and the forging of family bonds. I absolutely love it. Ella Moore is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. I cannot wait to see what comes next.

Hellfire series reading order so far:

Book 1 : Wildfire

Book 2 : Lucifer’s Rule

Book 3 : Commander

Book 4 : Rogue

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Her Orc Husband (Black Bear Clan, Book 5) - Zoe Ashwood

Spicy, Spicy Monster Romance

I really enjoy reading this series. I hope the author writes many, many more books in this world she has created. This is the fifth book in this paranormal monster romance series. The story is set in a fantasy world of orcs and humans. There are very descriptive scenes of a sexual nature between consenting adults. 

I love the characters this author writes. Women who escape an oppressive human world and large (very large) orc males who are fiercely protective of those they love.

All the books in this series can be read as standalones but I would recommend reading them in series order. Chances are, if you love a good monster romance with a fair bit of heat and a happy ever after, then you will want to read the whole series anyway.

The reading order for this series so far:

Her Orc King (Black Bear Clan, Book 1)

Her Orc Guardian (Black Bear Clan, Book 2)

Her Orc Warrior (Black Bear Clan, Book 3)

Her Orc Protector (Black Bear Clan, Book 4)

Her Orc Husband (Black Bear Clan, Book 5)

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