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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Shadow Blood: Book 4 in the Witch Fairy series by Bonnie Lamer

Shadow Blood takes a neat turn in this saga.  Aunt Barb and Zach have astral projected themselves into the shadow realm.  Its up to Xandra to go in after them, and lucky for her, she's part angel so it should be no problem right?  Well, maybe...

Xandra finds herself on the hunt for her aunt and brother.  Guided into the shadow realm by another angel with a bit of an attitude, Xandra finds them and brings them back, but they aren't alone. Xandra is hearing voices, she can't remember doing things that her friends tell her she's done, and her friend Alita has been having mega migraines ever since Xandra got back from the shadow realm.  What is going on?

Your never gonna see this one coming and I can't be the one to spoil it for you.  This review is rather short I know, but to much and you'll know it all, then what fun would it be for you when you read the book?  Because your gonna read it, so just go get it.  Go on, I'll wait.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Blood Lines: book 3 in the Witch Fairy series by Bonnie Lamer

Book 3 is a fantastic addition.  I was so excited when it came out.  This chapter in the Witch Fairy series has Xandra, Kallen, and grandma Iris traveling back into the Fey realm, where it is up to Xandra to convince her father, King Dagda, that peace between the realms is imperative. Upon entering the fey realm, Xandra is presented with several new challenges and meets a few new friends, one of which is Kallen's almost identical cousin, Kegan.  Not only does she have to deal with the 2 cousins and their fight over her heart, she also gets to work through Kallen's past and the girl who wants Xandra dead for stealing him away.  Along the way, King Dagda's followers start to mutiny against him, thinking their king is a failure for not opening the realms.  Now she gets to add biological father babysitting to her list of things to do.

There are several, and I do mean several parts of this book that had me laughing hard.  I mean funny stuff.  Xandra doesn't know how powerful she is in the fey realm.  Without the pollution and damage the human realm has done to the earth, the fey realm is pure and therefore the magic is stronger.  Xandra does several laugh out loud things that make the story even better. And like the first 2, I couldn't put it down and it was over before I knew it.  Lucky for me the 4th book was waiting...

Blood Prophecy: Book 2 in the Witch Fairy series by Bonnie Lamer

The thing about this book is, the first sentence picks up right where the author ended True of Blood.  If she hadn't stopped it there, you would have never known the books were separated. It was great!  You didn't have to think back to what it was that you just read, cause it never actually stopped.

 Blood prophecy takes a different angle in the Xandra saga.  Book 1 was about her father trying to kill her. Book 2, her grandfather is trying to kill her.  Poor girl, its rough being the Witch Fairy.

This book tells us about her mother's side of the DNA pool, her witch side.  Xandra's mother also just so happens to be the daughter of the King of witches, making her the princess.  Her mother, a surprise lurks there... shh

Grandpa witch king wants Xandra dead. According to the prophecy, Xandra can do no good and will only cause destruction.  This is his interpretation, so, along with his "board" of witches, he travels to the remote little cabin in the mountains of Colorado to take care of what he believes will destroy balance in the human realm.  He already thinks she's an abomination cause of her tainted fey blood.

After several failed attempts, it becomes obvious that Xandra is far more powerful than the entire group of witches and proves it when she, one by one, teaches them each an individual lesson, personalized to the specific witch. It was wonderful, I wanted to be a witch fairy so bad after reading this, lol

In this chapter of the Witch Fairy series, we learn what exactly the prophecy means and where Xandra gets her magical DNA.  I won't tell you cause I want you to read it for yourself :) So go, read it.  On Nook or Kindle, go now..

True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer

You know how every once in awhile you find that series that you just can't get enough of?  You stalk the author's face book and blogs for the tiniest iota of information regarding the next release, or anything related to it in any way?  That's this series right here.  The Witch Fairy series by Bonnie Lamer.

I knew in the first 3 pages that this book was gonna keep me up all night reading.  And I wasn't wrong.  In the first few pages we learn that Xandra is a 17 year old girl, her parents have died and are floating around the house in spirit form while her living breathing aunt Barb cares for her and her younger brother Zach.  Her dad, even in ghost form, continues to educate the children with homeschooling lessons, tests and homework.  Everything is fine and well even though ma and pa have departed.

Within the first 2 or 3 chapters we discover a little secret about Xandra.  Her mother was a witch and her biological father is the king of the Pooka Fey, making her the prophesied Witch Fairy. A witch fairy that has no idea what magic is or how to harness her powers.  Her father wants her dead, her blood will re-open the portal between the human and faerie realms allowing him and his fey brethren to return to the human realm and wreak havoc and destruction.  This can't happen.  enter Kallen.  A very powerful Sheahogue fey, sent through the temporary portal to help Xandra overcome the threat that is at her door. With Kallen's help, Xandra learns a bit of control over her powers and is able to defeat the fey that threaten her home, sending them back through a portal only she can create.  Unfortunately for her, that's only the beginning of her troubles.  She is the Witch fairy of prophecy after all..