WWW Wednesday — 9 October 2024

Title: Three Mages and a Margarita
Author: Annette Marie
Series: The Guild Codex: Spellbound #1
Released: 14 Sep 2014
Read: October 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I did enjoy this — but not as much as I was hoping. I thought the story was going in a certain way (the cover misled me), and then it didn’t, so that’s why only 3 stars. But I am going to continue the series in 2025.

Title: Double Pucked
Author: Lauren Blakely
Series: My Hockey Romance #1
Released: 5 Jun 2023
Read: October 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
I didn’t enjoy this. I thought the story was under-evolved, and the writing felt a bit like fan-fic. The spice was also just awkward to read. I didn’t vivbe with the chemistry of the characters either.

I am FINALLY getting to Blitz by Daniel O’Malley, which is the third book in The Checquy Files. The forst book in this series is The Rook, which I scream about all the time. It’s genuinely one of my fave fantasy / thriller / murder-mystery books, and a go to recommendation for who want to try fantasy.

I had put it off for ages because I thought it was a prequel set in WW2, and I just don’t love war time books. BUT, so far it seems to be one chapter WW2, and then one chapter current day. Which I was not expecting at all!!

I’m hoping some of my fave characters from books 1-2 make appreanaces (at this stage some have been referenced). And yes, I am kicking myself for not reading this sooner. But, that’s what happens when you get distracted by shiny new books all the time.

Hahaha, I thought I was going to read The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix after Three Mages and a Margarita, but we’re two books past that now. It’s on my TBR for October so I will try and get to it next.

I hope this book doesn’t just sit in this spot for the whole month because that will make me sad (and also not want to read it).

I still ahven’t found my copy (slightly concerning), so if it doesn’t pop up soon then I’ll probably skip to Wolfsong by TJ Klune. Although Booksellers is a MUCH smaller book than both, Blitz and Wolfsong. Plus my copy of Wolfsong is a hardcover so it’s super heavy.