
The Queen and the Tower
The Nightcraft Quartet, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Moira K. McKelvey
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By:
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Shannon Page
Calendula Isadora (Callie) is an uncommonly powerful witch with a mind for science. But her independent ways run afoul of her San Francisco coven house, especially when she creates life in the form of a massive golem. And her unseemly affection for her human boyfriend? Such things are simply not done among respectable witchkind.
Callie is settling into a new, more private home when the attentions of an enticingly sexy Old Country warlock complicate her relationship. Then Callie's best friend, Logandina, falls ill with a mysterious malady that causes her spirit to waste away before vanishing altogether. Worse yet, this illness appears to be contagious.
As Callie delves deeper into the mysteries behind her friend's departure, the witchkind powers-that-be try to keep her from searching for the cause - or culprit. But she defies them with help from her mentor, 800-year-old Gregorio Andromedus, and her mother, a "wild magic" witch with a talent for the tarot.
In this world of coven politics, witchkind parties cloaked with illusion, and devious warlocks, Callie finds herself embroiled in a deadly mystery...one that only becomes more complex the more she pursues its answer.
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An engaging, can't-put-it-down read.
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The performance/production quality was a little choppy.
A good hook into a collision of worlds
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Not sure about this one
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I’m going with “it’s not for me.”
I listened to the sample on audible as I read the sample. It sounded (and read!) intriguing and promising.
A witch creating a golem out of dirt? Naming it, too?! A mystery/thriller and supernatural/paranormal that screamed it was unique and captivating.
Yeah. That lasted to the third chapter, when she moved out, was involved in a ‘sex triangle’ - cuz she doesn’t know what love is. Juggling her human not quite boyfriend and her recently deceased friend’s love interest was just ... gross. In the same 24 hrs. They could have been cut from the same mold - or doormat. Wimpy, whiny, wheezy geezers.
Callie turned out to be TSTL, much less have a book built on her skank. None of the characters were solidly built. My pet peeve is books written in first person POV BUT gives information about characters or ‘reads’ as if it’s third person, because the MC wouldn’t know or think like that.
The magic system failed to make sense.
One moment, she can’t be alone, the next, she’s been abandoned. Like, huh?
I listened to the end simply because I had a couple very long days and I tried, tried, tried to figure out what/how/if I was missing a diamond in the rough. It kept me alert although I looked just as frazzled as my 12-14 days made me feel.
My final conclusion? It’s coal, folks. Stick it in the stocking of the person you like least. Or skip it. You aren’t missing much and you’ll gain extra hours to find anything better. Or play on social media and save the heavy thinking to composing witty memes.
TSTL + Sex Triangle with wimps + nonsensical magic
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