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Bethan Dixon Bate
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Iris Beaglehole
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Why don't more 60-something-year-olds get to have fun magical adventures?
Delia Spark is caught in a maelstrom. Her former life as a London theatre director is on the brink of implosion amid a scandalous divorce, a tarnished reputation, and, for reasons she cannot fathom, things keep spontaneously combusting around her. Her sixties were supposed to be peaceful, but now even her grown daughter won't return her calls. Escape is the only option.
In the remote village of Myrtlewood, she seeks solace, not suspecting that in this quaint haven, far stranger adventures await than the urban chaos she left behind. Delia is oblivious to the undercurrent that her arrival stirs. Amid whispers of magic, she finds herself on the precipice of an extraordinary transformation.
As she grapples with these new realities, an ominous shadow lurks—a secret Order steeped in ancient lore is watching, plotting, and scheming. Delia must confront her destiny. Will she surrender to the enchanting pull of Myrtlewood and the ancient prophecies of the elemental crones, or will she claw back her former life from her power-hungry ex?
Welcome to a world where the extraordinary is ordinary, where tranquillity is a veil for the mystical, and where time itself whispers secrets of old served with delicious cakes and cups of tea—or coffee if you insist!
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Life’s a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn’s mysterious death. Despite her cousin's sinister maneuverings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. There's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out—in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.
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Could Not Finish
- By Kimberly on 08-23-23
By: Iris Beaglehole
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Misplaced Magic
- By: Jessica Dodge
- Narrated by: Brooke Burfitt
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
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Working as a journalist in the quiet corners of a Maine town, Ionna Bellmore receives an estate letter that unravels her reality. A mysterious grandmother, an inherited estate, and a journey to the enchanting landscapes of northern Wales await her. But what she uncovers there fractures her perception of her family, revealing a darkness lying just below the surface.
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Love it so far
- By geevesnc on 07-10-24
By: Jessica Dodge
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River of Dreams
- Dreamrealm Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Iris Beaglehole
- Narrated by: Natalie Beran
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Life is already complicated enough for Awa Bryant when she starts having weird dreams—waking dreams—and strange coincidences start appearing in her real life. She meets dream-charmer Veila, a quirky glowing creature who helps to guide Awa through the mysterious Dream realm. At first, the Dream realm is a glorious escape from Awa's daily struggles, but something is not right… Soon, Awa discovers she has a bigger quest, and everything she cares about is at stake. Will she be brave enough to face her fears and save her friends?
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River of Dreams
- By Anonymous User on 08-07-24
By: Iris Beaglehole
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The Witch's Tree
- By: Elena Collins
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Present day. As a love affair comes to an end, and with it her dreams for her future, artist Selena needs a retreat. The picture-postcard Sloe Cottage in the Somerset village of Ashcombe promises to be the perfect place to forget her problems, and Selena settles into her new home as spring arrives. 1682: Grace Cotter longs for nothing more than a husband and family of her own. Separated by three hundred years, two women are drawn together by a home bathed in blood and magic.
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A most beautiful “ghost” story!
- By Kimberly Di Benedetto on 10-24-24
By: Elena Collins
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The Book of Lost Enchantments
- By: Jessica Dodge
- Narrated by: Samantha Norbury, Hannah Hedley
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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At twenty-nine, Nora Cameron's life feels adrift, her days are spent working in her parents’ bakery, and her nights are spent alone watching Hallmark movies. She yearns for something beyond her predictable existence, though she has no idea what that might be. That is, until fate intervenes, and Nora is swept into an unforeseen adventure to Scotland.
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Narrator is just ok, story normalizes excusing toxic behavior
- By CC Nelson on 03-07-25
By: Jessica Dodge
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Becoming Crone
- The Crone Wars, Book 1
- By: Lydia M. Hawke
- Narrated by: Carol Schneider
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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For Claire Emerson, there is nothing ordinary about turning sixty. First, there are the crows. Then, a pendant that unlocks a gate to a house in the woods—which comes with a snarky gargoyle, an entirely too-sexy wolf shifter claiming to be Claire's protector, and a legacy that turns her reality upside down. Because divorced, menopausal grandmothers with creaky hips and hot flashes? They don't just randomly discover they're next in a long line of powerful women protecting the world from the dark magick of Mages.
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Proof that you do not have to use sex to tell a story.
- By E on 07-05-24
By: Lydia M. Hawke
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Accidental Magic
- Myrtlewood Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Iris Beaglehole
- Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Life’s a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn’s mysterious death. Despite her cousin's sinister maneuverings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. There's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out—in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.
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Could Not Finish
- By Kimberly on 08-23-23
By: Iris Beaglehole
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Misplaced Magic
- By: Jessica Dodge
- Narrated by: Brooke Burfitt
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Working as a journalist in the quiet corners of a Maine town, Ionna Bellmore receives an estate letter that unravels her reality. A mysterious grandmother, an inherited estate, and a journey to the enchanting landscapes of northern Wales await her. But what she uncovers there fractures her perception of her family, revealing a darkness lying just below the surface.
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Love it so far
- By geevesnc on 07-10-24
By: Jessica Dodge
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River of Dreams
- Dreamrealm Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Iris Beaglehole
- Narrated by: Natalie Beran
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Life is already complicated enough for Awa Bryant when she starts having weird dreams—waking dreams—and strange coincidences start appearing in her real life. She meets dream-charmer Veila, a quirky glowing creature who helps to guide Awa through the mysterious Dream realm. At first, the Dream realm is a glorious escape from Awa's daily struggles, but something is not right… Soon, Awa discovers she has a bigger quest, and everything she cares about is at stake. Will she be brave enough to face her fears and save her friends?
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River of Dreams
- By Anonymous User on 08-07-24
By: Iris Beaglehole
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The Witch's Tree
- By: Elena Collins
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Present day. As a love affair comes to an end, and with it her dreams for her future, artist Selena needs a retreat. The picture-postcard Sloe Cottage in the Somerset village of Ashcombe promises to be the perfect place to forget her problems, and Selena settles into her new home as spring arrives. 1682: Grace Cotter longs for nothing more than a husband and family of her own. Separated by three hundred years, two women are drawn together by a home bathed in blood and magic.
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A most beautiful “ghost” story!
- By Kimberly Di Benedetto on 10-24-24
By: Elena Collins
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The Book of Lost Enchantments
- By: Jessica Dodge
- Narrated by: Samantha Norbury, Hannah Hedley
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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At twenty-nine, Nora Cameron's life feels adrift, her days are spent working in her parents’ bakery, and her nights are spent alone watching Hallmark movies. She yearns for something beyond her predictable existence, though she has no idea what that might be. That is, until fate intervenes, and Nora is swept into an unforeseen adventure to Scotland.
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Narrator is just ok, story normalizes excusing toxic behavior
- By CC Nelson on 03-07-25
By: Jessica Dodge
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Becoming Crone
- The Crone Wars, Book 1
- By: Lydia M. Hawke
- Narrated by: Carol Schneider
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For Claire Emerson, there is nothing ordinary about turning sixty. First, there are the crows. Then, a pendant that unlocks a gate to a house in the woods—which comes with a snarky gargoyle, an entirely too-sexy wolf shifter claiming to be Claire's protector, and a legacy that turns her reality upside down. Because divorced, menopausal grandmothers with creaky hips and hot flashes? They don't just randomly discover they're next in a long line of powerful women protecting the world from the dark magick of Mages.
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Proof that you do not have to use sex to tell a story.
- By E on 07-05-24
By: Lydia M. Hawke
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The House of the Witch
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Here she can forget her life in the city, and the problems she’s left behind there, at least for a while. But – like Adrianna herself – the cottage holds secrets. And when Adrianna finds a mysterious bundle of notes hidden under a floorboard, she can’t shake the idea that they’ve been waiting for her. Especially when – in the rambling, overgrown garden – she then finds a strangely-carved stone, drawing her into a centuries-old mystery…
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Could have been better
- By Amazon Customer on 03-09-25
By: Clare Marchant
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The Forgotten Witch
- By: Jessica Dodge
- Narrated by: Francesca Harrall
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Helen Kent never dares to step outside her comfort zone. She lives a lonely, mundane life in the city, grinding through her uninspiring marketing job. That is, until a spontaneous online purchase brings her to the little bay town of Oban, Scotland, where a 500-year-old cottage full of secrets and stories awaits her. After Helen unearths the local legend of a 16th-century witch, she discovers a set of mysterious journals in the cottage’s library. Thrust into a world of magic she doesn’t understand, she soon realizes there are both light and dark forces at work beyond her control.
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This Book Needs to be a Movie!!
- By Security Guard Marketing on 10-06-22
By: Jessica Dodge
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The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish
- A Novel
- By: Paula Brackston
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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England, 1881. Hereford Cathedral stands sentinel over the city, keeping its secrets, holding long forgotten souls in its stony embrace. Hecate Cavendish speeds through the cobbled streets on her bicycle, skirts hitched daringly high, heading for her new life as Assistant Librarian. But this is no ordinary collection of books. The cathedral houses an ancient chained library, wisdom guarded for centuries, mysteries and stories locked onto its worn, humble shelves. The most prized artifact, however, is the medieval world map which hangs next to Hecate’s desk.
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Narration was awful
- By karen on 08-25-24
By: Paula Brackston
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Magical Makeover: Paranormal Women's Fiction
- Mystical Midlife in Maine, Book 1
- By: Brenda Trim
- Narrated by: Regan Brown
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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One day, I'm married, living in the triangle, and working as a head nurse at one of the country's best hospitals. The next, I've shed a 175 pounds of idiot and find myself encountering ghosts, dragons, and pixies while taking care of a sick patient. Losing my sanity didn't seem like the worst thing to happen since I moved back home with my mom and nana.
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not grabbing me
- By Melanie Soto on 08-07-21
By: Brenda Trim
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Dragon Riders of Ragond
- Nine Book World Boxset
- By: Ava Richardson
- Narrated by: Rebekah Nemethy
- Length: 95 hrs and 48 mins
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Experience the adventure of this epic fantasy box set featuring nine books of dragon riding excitement… Dragons and dragon riders are all that stands between Ragond and total annihilation. But Ragond is a realm that exists beside Earth, and when portals begin to open, everyone is in danger.
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Dragon Riders of Ragond: Nine Book World Boxset
- By RobbieGA on 02-13-25
By: Ava Richardson
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Sucks to Be Me
- First Fangs Club
- By: Kristen Painter
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone’s mobbed-up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she’s finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into. Then the boss tells her that she has to complete her husband’s last job before that freedom is truly hers. No big deal, she figures. Until things go south in ways she never imagined. Suddenly she’s thrust into a whole new world that makes the mob look like kindergarten. Vampires and werewolves are real? How is that freaking possible?
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Meh
- By Amazon Customer on 05-14-20
By: Kristen Painter
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The Ward Witch
- Unholy Island, Book 1
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Katie Villa
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Luke Taylor has been searching for his missing twin for months, but has begun to believe that his brother might be dead. With his hope in tatters, a tip off leads him to a remote tidal island in the North Sea. It’s further out than the famous Holy Island, and far stranger.
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Story is slow
- By Mady M on 10-06-23
By: Sarah Painter
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The Case of the Spring Fling's Missing Offspring
- Witched and Hitched in Seattle (Witched and Hitched Mysteries, Book 1)
- By: Dakota Cassidy
- Narrated by: Hollie Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Stevie Cartwright-Winterbottom here! Witch and afterlife specialist, along with my reincarnated ghost-talking husband and ex-British spy, Crispin Alistair Winterbottom. After solving one of our hardest cases yet (on our wedding day, no less), we're back from our gloriously perfect, ghost-free Italian honeymoon, rested and ready to begin our lives together! There's just one problem . . . The long line of people outside our door (literally) who've come from parts near and far in Washington, hoping we'll help them solve all their mystery needs.
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Exciting and thrilling storylines
- By Deanne M. on 11-09-24
By: Dakota Cassidy
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The Burning Witch
- The Burning Witch, Book 1
- By: Delemhach
- Narrated by: Matthew Wolf
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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Katarina Ashowan was not made for courtly life. Sure, her father is the famous house witch of Daxaria so she was raised among majestic castles, proper manners, and royal expectations. But Kat is also a mutated witch whose power aligns predominantly with fire. She’s more comfortable riding horses or learning to fight than she is making polite conversation and wearing fancy dresses. Which is why her upcoming assignment—serving her best friend, Alina, the soon-to-be crowned Troivackian queen—is anything but ideal.
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Great continue to the story.
- By Dan Walder on 01-05-24
By: Delemhach
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The Stars Too Fondly
- A Novel
- By: Emily Hamilton
- Narrated by: Vico Ortiz
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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So, here’s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn’t mean to steal this spaceship. They just wanted to know why, twenty years ago, the entire Providence crew vanished without a trace. But then the stupid dark matter engine started all on its own, and now these four twenty-somethings are en route to Proxima Centauri, unable to turn around, and being harangued by a snarky hologram that has the face and attitude of the ship’s missing captain, Billie.
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Good idea, but hard to get through. Interrupted.
- By Jenn on 12-04-24
By: Emily Hamilton
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The Ravenswood Witch
- By: Jenni Keer
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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The year is 1885 and a young woman is on the run, knowing if she’s caught, she’ll be hanged for murder. Moments from a safe haven, she collides with a gruff stranger, falling and breaking her ankle. To her surprise, the man – Marcus Greybourne – convinces the local constable that she is his reclusive wife of ten years, Luna. He carries her back to the neglected and crumbling Ravenswood Hall, promising if she agrees to maintain this charade, he will keep her safe until her injuries have healed. But the house is haunted by shadows and secrets.
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Voice talent
- By MICHELLE TOLTZ on 01-18-25
By: Jenni Keer
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A Dark and Secret Magic
- By: Wallis Kinney
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
- Length: 11 hrs
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Hecate Goodwin, Kate to her friends, has curated the perfect life as a hedge witch, living in a secluded cottage with only a black cat for company. She spends her days foraging herbs from the Ipswich forest, gardening, and creating tinctures to sell at the apothecary she owns. Most evenings pass without her speaking to another human being, an arrangement she quite prefers. Kate’s solitude is thrown into disarray when her older sister, Miranda, reaches out and asks her to host their coven’s annual Halloween gathering.
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Very compelling for about 1/2 the book
- By Dog momma trio on 10-19-24
By: Wallis Kinney
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- Me
- 03-26-24
I'm obsessed with iris beaglehole, fun, witty, exciting. just everything!
there is no book out to read next. I don't want to wait to listen to more I want it now!!
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- Heather Snow-Flamer
- 07-05-24
Harry Potter meets the Golden Girls
This is a delightful, engaging and well written story enhanced by the perfect narration. I can’t wait to dive into the next book in the series!
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-04-24
Great book!
Got this as a free book, but will be getting the others in the series. Very creative and lots of fun!
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- Sue Anne Scott
- 09-18-24
Engaging storyline
The story is focused on main characters who have experienced life and now face new challenges that are usually saved for a younger generation which I greatly enjoyed. Each chapter is centered around a particular character and helps the reader get to know them easily. I'm very much looking forward to getting into the next book.
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- ricard kostelecky
- 01-17-25
crone of midnight embers
It feels like a children's story written for older adults. When you just want to relax and not have violence or politics thrown you. I am enjoying it like you would a cup of tea in front of the fireplace.
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- Mary Sherman
- 03-07-24
Characters
Good introductions to basic elementals, hope following books will continue to expand on powers. Nice pacing.
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- Tammy Montanez
- 03-14-24
relatable in the current time
I want to be part of this story, what a great idea to bring a story to a current time period with the mystery of old.
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- Häxa Haapala
- 04-11-24
such fun!
This was over too quickly. not a Nobel prize winning price, but truly delightful and entertaining. I'm buying the next book forth with!
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- Scott
- 07-26-24
Delightful in so many ways!
I have been moaning for years at the lack of fantasy with female main characters over the age of 30, or at least few where that character kicks ass AND is a mother, and here comes another Myrtlewood work 💗 My heart is full.
For gauging if it's your jam; wry old lady humor abounds, the constant cycle of growth and change, only the *barest* hints at a couple romantic interests, but knowing the author's other work I don't see it getting more than a quick few sentences.
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- Dana
- 08-13-24
Very cozy magical book
This is a delightful cozy book read by an incredible narrator. I really enjoyed 90% of it.
The parts that I wasn’t thrilled about was the bits and pieces that obviously were referred to from another book that the author never followed up on, so it was a complete mystery.
For instance, what happened the Margaret’s husband Herb?? I wish the author would not have referred to these things or at least given us an idea of what happened. It leaves you speculating but maybe that’s what the author wants.
Other than that, I really enjoyed this book! I just downloaded the second one in the series and I’m looking forward to listening to it as well! I love magical fantasy and this definitely wets the whistle! 🌙🌕🌙
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