Ivy Gamble is the type of private investigator involved in tracking people who are up to all manner of unpleasant things in order to keep the lights (barely) on. She longs for a day when a lucrative job comes her way with a real challenge, not another cheating spouse or embezzling employee. Ivy’s dreams come true when a mysterious woman appears in her office asking her to investigate a murder for a decent fee. The only catch? It’s the illustrious magic academy her sister works for and Ivy has plenty of personal baggage when it comes to magic and her sister.. Reading ... Continue Reading...
Review: Ninth House
Ninth House is Leigh Bardugo's first attempt at an adult series after writing a number of wildly popular young adult novels. Our heroine is Galaxy (Alex) Stern: a badass, street smart twenty-something who can see ghosts. And not the casper kind. The gritty, very dead kind. After her boyfriend is murdered and she almost dies in the same attack, she is given full ride to Yale and, while things are finally looking up for Alex, her new role as Dante in a secret society that is tasked with policing students using magic on campus may be more than she bargained for.. I ... Continue Reading...
Review: Chasing Shadows
Chasing Shadows is a decent detective novel with plenty of details to keep reader guessing. Ignoring the parts that were rather drawn out, this was an acceptable read with strong plot and character development. We enter with the mysterious circumstances surrounding the mysterious murder/suicide of a plantation owner, a slowly burn romance between our main characters Claire and Nick, and end with a shocking revelation concerning Nick's past that impacts every single character we meet in Karen Harper's first novel in the South Shores series. A slow, often plodding ... Continue Reading...