Tag: Michelle M. Pillow

Witching the Night Away Anthology-A Potion for Your Thoughts by Michelle M. Pillow

4 Stars

How lucky is Lucky Valley?

This is part of an anthology series called Witching the Night Away which has 12 different author’s short stories.

Michelle M. Pillow has written other stories set in (Un)Lucky Valley, and this short story gives us Jessamine (Jessie) Goode as our main character.  She is being forced to go to Lucky Valley to refuse an inheritance.  Her aunt and sister both are living there, so she is staying with them.  And she has a handsome hot half-Elf trying to help her with everything that is going sideways for her.  I enjoyed this 3rd installment of the (Un)Lucky Valley series and look forward to more tales of the strangeness that happens there.  I was given an ARC through BookSprout, and this is my honest opinion.

Released today! The Seventh Key by Michelle M. Pillow

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Author Website: https://michellepillow.com/book/the-seventh-key/

Books2Read Link: https://books2read.com/the-seventh-key/

Add to TBR/Review Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59754915-the-seventh-key

Review on Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-seventh-key-a-paranormal-women-s-fiction-romance-novel-order-of-magic-book-6-by-michelle-m-pillow

Series on Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3icdomi

Series on Amazon Uk: https://amzn.to/3VoNCtr

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The Seventh Key: A Paranormal Women’s Fiction Romance Novel (Order of Magic #6) by Michelle M. Pillow

5 Stars

A new addition…

Nina Cole has been unlucky, but she escaped a serial killer.  Since then, her life has been getting worse and worse.  Trying to escape from reporters, she ends up in Freewild Cove.  Following her there is Private Investigator Jacob Paddock, who proves to her he is really interested in her and not her story.   Instead of things getting better, they continue to get worse until she meets Heather, Vivian, Lorna, Sue, and the ghost of Grandma Julia.  For me, the story started slow, and I wasn’t sure that this book was going to be a god addition to Michelle M. Pillow’s series.  I was wrong!  The story got more and more interesting. and I wanted to see how the women would be able to help Nina.  The story is well written, with Nina and Jacob well fleshed-out.  This is a complete story, but ties into the series Order of Magic.  I am ready to read the next book now!  I received an ARC of The Seventh Key from the author through BookSprout and this is my honest opinion.

King of the Unblessed (Realm Immortal: #1) by Michelle M. Pillow

4 Stars

The story grew on me.

The story starts with the reader meeting Lady Julianna of Bellemare and her brothers, who are preparing for her wedding to a much older neighbor.  Julianna wishes otherwise, but for her family she’ll do this.  Watching her from his kingdom from the otherworld is King Merrick of the Unblessed, King of Valdis.  He hears Julianna wishing in her room to be taken on a adventure; Merrick comes to her, and coerces her to leave Bellemare, and go to the Otherworld on a quest.  I found that the character of Julianna to be very immature for her age, and very colorless.  Merrick is a much better developed non-hero whom I couldn’t help but root for.  The story grew on me as I read further into it, but I never could care for Julianna.  I like the Faery Queen Tania better, even though she had a very small part in this story.  I plan on reading the next book Realm Immortal: Faery Queen.  I was given and ARC of the book from the author through BookSprout, and this is my honest opinion.

Vampire’s Fae Witch Healer (Dark Lords of London, #2) by Jessie Donovan

4 Stars

Book 2 of the Dark Lords of London

This second book of the series gives us the vampire sister of Leo Yates (Book 1), Nora who has lived a traumatized life while she was a teenager, and the brother of Yesenia Vale, Dr. River Vale.   Yesenia was attempting to use her Witch Time Bender powers to bring into the past a Fated Mate to a vampire.  She did not focus on Nora, but Nora’s Fated Mate is who she has brought back in time- who turns out to be her brother.  The story continues as the two try and reconcile their different lives.  Jessie Donovan gives us quite a bit of backstory for both of these main characters, which would allow a reader who hasn’t read the first book to read this one with minimum problems.  The characters are well developed, and the plot is easily followed.  This series is a new direction for the author and shows that her imagination knows no bounds.  I was given an ARC of this book by the author, and this is my honest opinion.

Any Witch Way But Goode: A Cozy Paranormal Mystery by Michelle M. Pillow

4 Stars

Continuing the story from the first book

This book follows the first one, giving us more of the story of Lily, Dante, Mira, Aunt Polly, and Nolan.  It’s well-written, and has an interesting plot, but I still don’t particularly like Lily.   Her character hasn’t grown any, while the other most important character, the wolf shifter Nolan, has now moved into the “boyfriend” category – maybe.  I enjoyed reading it, but it frustrated me with how Lily can’t (or won’t) make a decision and stick to it.  Reading the first book, Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes will help with understanding this book.  I received a copy of the book from the author through BookSprout and this is my honest opinion.

Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes by Michelle M. Pillow

4 Stars

Different from what I’m used to from Michelle

This is the first book in a new series by Michelle M. Pillow, and it’s different from her previous series.  This one has a mystery as part of the plot, along with the main character Lily figuring out who she is, and what her place in life is supposed to be.  The other main and supporting characters are Nolan, a building inspector; her brother, Dante; and her distant Aunt Polly.  The story which is set in a small town called Lucky Valley, is well set up, and the main characters are well developed.  Garden gnomes do play a part in the book, and I hope that in the next book we will learn more about them-they are inanimate objects of course!  I would call this a light mystery involving paranormal occurrences with a small romance on the side.  I enjoyed reading this ARC provided through Booksprout by the author, and this is my honest opinion.