Reviews

Magpies & Mayhem by Elsie Winters

zeef33's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

beckmstar's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really cute, enjoyable. Loved the plot, the characters were all so loveable. The romance was really sweet. 

gillbillian's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was really cute…and now I want a baby dragon! This was nice and light but with enough of a plot. I do wish that there had been a bit more of looking for the bad guys. If that had been woven in a bit more then I wouldn’t have found the middle part a little bit slow, but this was a fun read and I loved the character relationships.

tessisreading2's review

3.0

Cute and insubstantial, an easy light read with villains so sketchily drawn that they were basically irrelevant and a plot that mostly existed to set up some forced proximity. The FMC (and primary narrator) was fun, it felt in some sense like a lighter, easier, less-cartoony Shelly Laurenston novel. Props for how fertility was dealt with:

the MMC's vampirism has made him sterile, the FMC always thought that she wanted children, and they don't reach any particular conclusions about what they're going to do besides "figure it out" - she doesn't know if she'll settle into not wanting kids or if they'll pursue other options for having children besides biological - but there's no miracle cure or concrete resolution

no_mourners_'s review

lighthearted relaxing

3.0

bluelast04's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

matson's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

4.25

redraspberry520's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

whitneykelley's review

5.0

Super cute!

Elsie Winters is one of my new favorite authors and this didn’t disappoint. Absolutely fantastic worldbuilding, low angst cute romance, interesting characters, and an interesting plot. Great book!

poppymonster's review

5.0

Chaotic FMC meets determined to be alone forever MMC

Jordan and Sidney were an awesome couple, with Sidney pushing his boundaries while respecting the big ones. Jordan had lost all his self confidence and I loved seeing him gain it back gradually with Sidney. Also, the baby dragon was utterly adorable and now I need a pet dragon.
This book was funnier than the previous one and had me cracking up at the stick courtship and Sidney’s inner monologue. I would have loved to hear more of Jordan’s POV, but Sidney was still engaging AF.

Spice: 3/5

Triggers: fire, burns, animal cruelty, infertility, physical assault while drunk (off page), victim blaming (off page), family estrangement, violence