{"id":21507,"date":"2023-02-12T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T16:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21507"},"modified":"2023-02-27T20:48:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T01:48:02","slug":"love-lies-and-hocus-pocus-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21507","title":{"rendered":"Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings<\/a><\/em> (2016) Lydia Sherrer<\/a> (The Lily Singer Adventures)<\/p>\n

\"Love,<\/a>Lily Singer is a wizard. She didn’t learn this until she went away to college, but she quickly acquired a mentor, and even a friend who was a witch (much to the chagrin of her mentor, as the witch is her nephew).<\/p>\n

To drastically oversimplify, wizards were born; witches were made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This book contains two episodes, Hell Hath No Fury<\/em> and Mobius Strip<\/em> and an Interlude, Chasing Rabbits<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The episodes are from Lily’s point of view, the interlude from Sebastian’s, with the interlude tying the two stories together as well as giving us a bit of Sebastian’s past.<\/p>\n

Not like him, not after what he\u2019d done as a teenager; he\u2019d never been the same after that. Not that it wasn\u2019t entirely his own fault. He knew he\u2019d never be rid of his past, so he just cleaned up his act as best he could. His goal was to be someone his parents could be proud of, even if they\u2019d never have approved of his methods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The world building and magic systems are interesting — especially the magical creatures inhabiting the world with us.<\/p>\n

She crossed her arms, still miffed. \u201cWhat is it\u2026 he?\u201d <\/p>\n

The creature glowered at her as Sebastian replied. \u201cHe\u2019s a mold fae. They eat decaying things, and Grimmold has quite a taste for moldy pizza.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The book ends on a tiny teaser–not a cliffhanger, and not anything that left you wondering, but something to keep you interested.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Chenoweth Press<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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