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I listened but I didn’t learn.

February 25, 2016 by alwaysanswerb 5 Comments

I was warned that this one wasn’t that great, but in the spirit of getting back on the horse of reading monthy book club picks, I went ahead and read it anyway. I am not filled with righteous fury over this book, but I am very disappointed. The premise sounded pretty entertaining, an Ilona Andrews-lite set up of a young woman from a magical family whose own powers are mostly unknown and untested. She’s drawn into an investigation being overseen by a very powerful vampire […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Meghan Ciana Doidge, the dowser series, Urban Fantasy, vampires, werewolves, witches

alwaysanswerb's CBR8 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Meghan Ciana Doidge, the dowser series, Urban Fantasy, vampires, werewolves, witches ·
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Well…. the cupcakes sounded tasty…

January 30, 2016 by melanir 18 Comments

I didn’t hate this novel, but I also can’t give it more then one star. It’s badly written and badly in need of an editor. The writing was so frustratingly bad that I would just shake my kindle in annoyance (I’m not throwing it across the room, I like my kindle). There were some redeeming factors: it was free, there were werewolves, and there were more then a few female characters. The plot is a fairly standard plot for the first novel in an urban fantasy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Meghan Ciana Doidge, Urban Fantasy

melanir's CBR8 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Meghan Ciana Doidge, Urban Fantasy ·
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