The diverse cast of characters was incredible. Yeah, the main character is a basic blond, but he has a heart of gold, lived as a homeless kid for a while, and goes to an afterlife where he is the minority because of his heritage.
But the character that really made me fall in love with the series is his love interest, a gender fluid, take-no-prisoners, shapeshifting child of Loki who gives no cares on whether you like him/her or not. This character lives her/his truth and he/she will fight you if you so much as look at her/him wrong. You will respect, or you will be flung out the nearest window.
All three books in the best-selling Magnus Chase trilogy, collected in a gift-worthy paperback boxed set. Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is on a death-defying quest across the Norse realms, literally. As a resident of the Hotel Valhalla, this son of the god Frey is now one of Odin's chosen warriors. Magnus and his friends, Hearthstone the elf, Blitzen the dwarf, Samirah the Valkyrie, and other heroic characters must use all their wits and special talents in order to defeat fearsome giants, lethal creatures, and meddlesome gods in order stave off Ragnarok. "A whirlwind of myth, action, and wry sarcasm,…
A woman running from her nature as a werewolf has to confront the fear she has of herself and choose whether to be with the human she has wanted to marry for several years or if she wants to throw that normal life away to be with the handsome hunk of a werewolf she meets while on the run.
I love this story because it isn't just a romance novel. There's blood and gore, murder and mayhem. It's an illustration of what women go through when the standards of society view them as pretty pictures rather than living, breathing flames that can and will burn you should you try to put her out.
The pack's roots are buried beneath the dunes... Ama Chilton is the matriarch of the Wharton wolves: unfathomably old and impossibly strong. But, she wasn't always Angus' packrat granny with a penchant for muumuus. After the bloody end of both World War II and her relationship, Ama Chilton abandons the Big Apple in search of what she's never had: a wolfpack, a family. Wharton-and the Cove Motel-was just supposed to be a rest stop on her journey south. That is, until she meets Rafe, a handsome Alpha. Rafe has just returned from the Pacific Theater, and is haunted by what…
What can I say? It's witchy, it's fluffy, it's got a murder mystery. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book, because of the amount of the secondhand embarrassment in it, but the characters were likeable, and it's outside of the typical young heroine tropes we see.
The main character is also a single mother, and she has my heart. You that feeling you get when you walk into a room and forget why you went in there. That is this MC in a nutshell. She is that feeling, and watching her navigate the changes to her life was really nice.
Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town, steeped in magic, tea, and mystery…
Life’s a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn’s mysterious death.
Despite her cousin's sinister manoeuvrings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. But there's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out — in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.
Life in Myrtlewood would be bliss if Rosemary could only clear her name in a certain murder…
There is something under the earth. It is breathing. It is searching. It is hungry.
Wren and Kaito are outlaws. Banished from League soil, the pair find themselves in the middle of the pirate city, surrounded by friend and foe alike. Without access to a proper network, Kaito’s tech is malfunctioning, and to make matters worse, the Songstress of Lorelei loses her voice to a trickster fae and, as a result, must accept a bargain she can’t decline.
Nightmares of the past are catching up to them. Meanwhile, an angry and confused Renki seeks to discover the truth behind his mentor’s betrayal. His curiosity may lead him on the path to self-discovery, but at what cost?
The fairies are dancing, the ghosts are screaming, and somewhere in all the chaos, the witch must once again sing.
