Dime Store Magic - Kelley Armstrong

...I did in fact read: Dime Store Magic. Obviously if I had realised I would have started with Bitten but I didn't which goes some way to explain my thoughts herein… Firstly I can't for the life of me see the comparison between Kelley Armstrong and Anne Rice. Anne's novels are full of historical and geographical research transporting you backwards and forwards through land and time with ease and obvious knowledge. The 'ew' factor in a lot of A.R novels ...
...and release dates abound. The ISBN on Dime Store Magic: 1-84149-323-6 My paperback copy was free (after a fashion) but is priced at £6.99 on the jacket. A quick browse on Amazon and eBay and it seems to go for roughly £1.50/£2.00 plus P&P on both sites. Bubye. ...

whoopidoo 08.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Dime Store Magic - Kelley Armstrong

I picked this book up on the off chance that it might be good, having never heard of Kelley Armstrong before (and therefore had never read any of her previous books), and I have to say, it was more than good. The Book *********** The story is told by Paige Winterbourne, a witch, but not your everyday, pointy-black-hat, haloween witch. No, Paige is a normal 23 year old girl with ambitions and hopes, faults and feelings just like everyone else, ...
...in her blood. Oh, and the pre-adolescent ward she has just accquired. Aside from the usual teenage riots that every parent/guardian has to go through, ("Can I have a cell phone?" "Yeah, when you have a job and can afford to pay the bills!") Paige also has to come to terms with the fact that Savannah's now deceased mother, (Eve Levine), practiced dark magic and was also a half-demon, giving the girl an interesting viewpoint on magic and how it should ...

aphenderson 03.11.2006 (24.11.2006) · Read full review
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I love it when an author decides to continue writing books based in a world already created, but takes the opportunity to develop other, previously secondary, characters and give them stories of their own. In this, the third book in the series, Paige has returned to her life with the Coven taking Savannah with her to be trained, however the Coven Elders don't take to Savannah, despite her Aunt being one of them. So when Leah appears on the scene ...
...to take custody of Savannah, Paige is told by the Elders that she should let her go. Paige finds out that the person suing for custody is claiming to be Savannah's father but she is suspicious and vows to fight the battle. However when the Cabals get involved and bring in a couple of half-demons and a necromancer to take custody of Savannah, Paige's home town suddenly gets a rude awakening to her nature and everything starts to go horribly wrong. ...

dracoiratus 31.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Dime Store Magic - Kelley Armstrong

i have to say i was realy looking forward to reading this book as the first two in the series, "Bitten" and "Stolen" were very good. i was disappointed to discover that this book mostly sets the scene for book 4 "Industrial Magic" and only has a few of the original characters from the first two books in it. the first two books in the series concentrate for the most part on werewolves which i really enjoyed and had a very strong lead female role ...
...was quite wishy washy and actually a bit pathetic. i would recomend this book if you are planing on reading books 4-6 and i have to say that the characters from this book do get better in the future books and a lot more of the characters background is explored and explained in the other books. its a not a book i'll be rushing to read again but i have kept it as part of my collection. ...

jillys29 06.09.2006 · Read full review
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