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The Witch Club by Felicity Green
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Felicity Green - The Witch Club (Scottish Witches Mysteries #1)
I received an ARC ebook for free from BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Dessie - young owner of Bed and Breakfast accommodation in the Scottish Highlands, who still, after ten years, waits for her husband to come back to her, after he went missing in the same neighborhood.
Andie - Dessies employee, who has a special mission and tries to protect Dessie while she’s not allowed to expose her intentions.
There are weird things happening around the village and everybody seems to be connected to Dessie's husband disappearing.
At first, I couldn’t get past the first chapters. The author's writing style seemed too easy and chaotic. But something kept me reading. The cover suggests this book would be similar to ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’. I expected a cozy mystery (fun, cocoa, tea…). I’ve got thriller, suspense and dark secrets instead.
The witches are not that prevalent in the first book. There is more mystery around them, and we aren’t even sure what's going on with them. All the loose ends tie towards the end, and you see the true character of everybody. There’s only one thing missing. And that's an explanation of how the witches work and chant. I hope we get more of their coven and witchcraft detectives in the next books.
Novus Dies by Schalk Holloway
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I really enjoyed the themes and worldbuilding in this book. Dark atmosphere of metro tunnels and robots going rouge. This is my first book written by Schalk Holloway and definitely not the last. I’m looking forward to the next book.
3.5
I received an ARC ebook for free from BookSirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I really liked the atmosphere and story in the Novus Dies book. It’s a well-built start to The Posterity Doctrine series. The story takes place in 2364. Robots are beginning to behave in a very weird way. We're following the main protagonists, a wife and husband couple working for the Special Task Force. Kate and Monthy Park are super badass fighters.
The author, Schalk Holloway, decided to give us in the beginning of every chapter an excerpt from a dated material source. It helps with imagining the scifi future. It's not only about robots, but about a society with new norms and ways of raising kids. Every adult citizen must be able to regulate their emotions.
I really enjoyed the themes and worldbuilding in this book. Dark atmosphere of metro tunnels and robots going rouge. This is my first book written by Schalk Holloway and definitely not the last. I’m looking forward to the next book.
Ostatky Archy by Lukáš Kordiak
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Lukáš Kordiak - Ostatky Archy 1
Lukáš napísal ďalšiu knihu a ja som sa konečne dostala k tomu, aby som si ju prečítala. Tentokrát sa nepustil do scifi, ani hororu, ale rovno do fantasy série. Kniha sa mi čítala ľahko a obľúbila som si aj postavy. Príbeh je písaný z viacerých pohľadov. Sledujeme osud dievčatka, magickej Nily, ktoré musí spolu s bratom Brelennom ujsť z rodnej dediny. Nilu sa totiž snaží dostať do pazúrov Navriel - čarodejnica/démonka s krídlami. Spolu s hlavnými postavami sa ocitneme vo svete, v ktorom čarodejníci odvádzajú deti s tajomnou mocou na temné miesta. Kde démoni chodia po povrchu a pomáhajú im zlovestní impovia.
Cítiť, že je to prvý diel série a mnoho záhad ostáva na konci nevyriešených.
Kniha sa dá nájsť iba na autorovej stránke: https://www.kordoveknihy.sk/p/ostatky-archy/