Weekly Wrap Up #11

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I hope every one had a wonderful Holiday. I have/ had a three day weekend so I relaxed got some reading done. Unplug from the internet, for the most part. We're going out to my Mom's later today. I'm pretty excited I asked for Amazon gift cards from folks so I could get a new Kindle. I bought a 10 inch Kindle Fire. I love my old 7 but it's almost 10 years old and is having some issues reregistering the touch screen and tends to crash frequently. I got a 128 gig SD card to go with it for extra storage. If all goes as planned that should be here Tuesday. Other bookish related present my Hubby got me the boxset of the Dragon Age Novels. This is one of my favorite games and I've wanted the novels for a while now. He also got me some bookish planner stickers, I'm a sticker addict and love my planners. I also received several She Hulk comics that I was missing for my collection. 

 

I reached my Holiday Reading Burn out point shortly before Christmas and went back to reading my ghost stories. I feel bad I didn't do very well on my own challenge but a girl can only take so much Holiday Cheer. Frankly I'm glad it's over. 

My hubby got me the entire Dragon Age Novel Collection for Christmas.

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These two have been placed on the back burner/

 

                

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Book Review: Krampus and the Crone (Horned Holidays #1) by Honey Phillips

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Book Review: Krampus and the Crone (Horned Holidays #1) by Honey Phillips

Krampus and the Crone (Horned Holidays #1)
by Honey Phillips
Published December 3rd 2020
Received from Kindle Unlimited

Can a horned alien warrior and an isolated woman grant two children their holiday wish for a family?

Jaelle is lonely. Ostracized by the village, like her mother and grandmother before her, she poses as an old witch in order to eke out a meager living selling herbal remedies to people who don't want to admit they need her help. When children start disappearing from the village, she is determined to find an answer to the riddle. She doesn't expect to find a massive, horned alien - one who sees through all her disguises.

Since crash-landing on K.R.S Three, Commander Krampusarian D'Marchandar spends his time working on his ship and secretly observing the other inhabitants. During his explorations, he discovers a strange, beautiful female. It is an impossible attraction - but when he sees her treatment at the hands of the other villagers, he decides she is his to protect.

Book Review: I really enjoyed this story. It was short fast paced but intriguing and engaging. It was a unique take on the story of Krampus. This evil spirit is not a spirit but an alien and not so much evil as down right smexy. Krampusarian becomes fascinated by Jaelle a lonely young women who lives on the outskirts of the village below where he crash landed. When Jaelle is attacked by one of the village men, Krampus misguidedly kidnaps one of the village children thinking it will be a fitting revenge on the man. The boy then convinces him to kidnap his sister. When Jaelle finds out the children are missing she ventures into a snow storm to search the mountain to find them. Of course you can see where this is going so I'm not going to give any spoilers.

I enjoyed how they characters came together it was a lighthearted, read with a touching ending and just the right amount of sexiness'. It was a nice holiday read.

 

Book Review: Reindeer Runes (Winter Witches of Holiday Haven #2) by Danielle Garrett

 

Reindeer Runes
(Winter Witches of Holiday Haven #2)
by Danielle Garrett
Read via KindleUnlimited

Have yourself a very Merry Witchmas in Holiday Haven, where the magic and mystery of Christmas is snow joke!

Lumi Northrop is a powerful guardian of the north—the North Star Reindeer Sanctuary, that is.

When Rudolph vanishes the week before Christmas, Lumi is thrust from the peace and quiet of her family’s farm, into the magical town of Holiday Haven to help find him.

Lumi quickly discovers that Rudolph isn’t the only local celebrity who’s gone missing. Jack Frost is also MIA, just days before his coronation as the next Frost King.

Teaming up with Corbin Frost, Jack’s reclusive brother, Lumi finds more questions than answers. What she thinks is an odd coincidence quickly turns into something more sinister.

With time running out for Rudolph and Jack, can Lumi use her powers to save the North Pole? 

Review: To be fair I almost didn't read this, I wasn't crazy about the first book in the series and considered passing this one up until I realized that they weren't done by the same authors. So I gave it a chance and oh my goodness I am so glad that I did. I loved Lumi, she's a down to earth witch who finds herself caught up in two mysteries. I also really liked Corbin and these two make such a cute couple. They have great chemistry as they go hunting for Jack Frost who's gone missing. 

The writing is top notch and the characters are wonderful. The plot moves along at a good clip keeping you engaged and guessing. My only real problem was it was over to soon, it's kind of a short read. Although there are two other books in the series featuring Lumi and Corbin, yes I jumped around but to be fair the series can be read as stand alones. While they do take place in the same world and do bleed into one another there are no spoilers from one main character to another. The series is a lot of light hearted Christmas fun, splashed with mystery and sprinkled with a hint of romance.