The First Fight by Lana Melyan (The Weight of Magic #5)

Synopsis:

I have another trip ahead. I am about to face the Order for the first time.

We've solved one problem, but before we stopped Murphy, he managed to pass some information on to the Order. The damage is done, and our lives and the mission are in danger once again.

I'm eager to get into this fight, and I convince Nate to take me with him. Am I ready for that? I don't know. But there's a first time for everything.

It's also time for Nate to answer the question I'm yearning to, and at the same time dreading to ask. Are our feelings strong enough to withstand the truth? 

Review:

Fifth nook in the brilliant series The Weight of Magic. Any reader of the supernatural will enjoy this series. These are quick-read novellas, finished in a couple of evenings meaning you don’t have long to wait for the next part and none of the sometimes frustratingly long descriptions.

Story continues with the issue of Murphy passing on the information he discovered to the Order, so again it is a race against time, against the order and against the destruction of Nicki’s family heritage. She must save everything her family worked and died for.

It’s action packed book, delving even deeper into friendships and relationships and another fab instalment in this great series.

Thank you very much to the author and TBConFB for this book.

Rating: 4/5

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The Cake Fairies by Isabella May

Synopsis:

1960's Somerset is no fun for cousins Polly and Annabelle Williams. Mourning their non-existent love lives, and the mundanity of village life, their only pleasure is baking - until a chance encounter has them magically transported to the bright lights of London... in 2019!

Promised a chance of love, first they must teach the people of the future about the simpler pleasures of life by becoming Cake Fairies. Over the course of a year they set off on a delectable tour of the UK, dropping off cakes in the most unexpected of places and replacing the lure of technology with much sweeter temptations.

But will their philanthropical endeavours lead them to everlasting love? Or will they discover you can't have your cake and eat it?

The Cake Fairies is the fifth novel by fantastical foodie author, Isabella May.

Review:

Polly and Annabelle are stuck. In their little village, with their lovely little bakery, with pretty much useless families to look after, single and with no prospect of meeting the big Mr Right any time soon. It’s 1969 and unbeknown to them both, they have just about ran out of chances for happily, ever after.

But all is not lost. They meet a strange lady in a tent at local fair and well, things go a bit magic. They are transported to 2019 to be the new cake fairies and to have a go at happiness – spreading and enjoying it.

Annabelle and Polly will drive you mad. Annabelle swings between very selfish and very selfless at times and Polly just seems so stuck up and unwilling to try anything new, you want to pick her up and shake her a little. But you do get to love them eventually and root for them too.

I found myself reading this book in a funny voice in my head (like a comedian) and that confirmed to me that’s this is a funny, well written book. I could not do it out loud though so a little disappointed. The novel is refreshing, little too slow in places, but overall comes together well. It is a nice, light read that helps getting through those dark evenings with a smile.

Thank you very much to TBConFB and the author.

Rating: 4/5

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