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Spells & Shelves by Elle Adams

natalielanec's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

catkayxo's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

crafalsk264's review against another edition

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challenging emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Rory Hawthorne is struggling alone to make a go of a family owned bookshop since her dad’s death three years ago. But things aren’t going so well and when she is attacked by three vampires who want her to give them her dad’s journal. Rory resorts to a pen-paper with incantation that results in a magical fire and puts out an alert to her aunts that she has discovered her magical powers. Rory begins magical training and moves into her family’s home above the family owned library. Her new family includes her aunts Candace, Estelle, and Adelaide and a cousin, Cassandra. When dead bodies begin to show up in the Library and books are returned with curses. Vampires continue to attempt to get her father’s journal from her and destroy the Library in the process. 

This book was a fun read with lots of twists, turns and false starts. The characters are quirky but lovable. The town for magical beings is a nice place to visit. All in all a comforting read and I will look forward to some future volumes. Recommend to readers of mysteries, paranormal, witches, magic, fantasy, vampires, books about books.

castella_and_novellas's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

nickyb3po's review against another edition

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funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

duskvamp's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

4.0

charleyraper's review against another edition

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I found the book incredibly boring, not a lot happens and it feels very repetitive.

danika004's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

itsabookthing2021's review against another edition

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5.0

Spells and Shelves sees our main character Aurora (Rory) getting fired from the bookshop her late Father used to own. Rory finds his journal that she can't decipher and this leads to 3 Vampires attacking her.
Enter 2 Aunts and 2 cousins - A family she never knew existed, They help take her back to their home: a massive magical library.
Que: Rory finding out that she's a biblio-witch

Whilst Rory finds her footing in the new world of magic 2 deaths happen. The whole story turns into a magical who dunnit.

Great cozy witchy mystery. The world building is great and throws you into a magical world with all different characters.
Rory is a great newbie witch, Estelle is a wonderful character along with the Aunts. Cass is a character that just like portrayed is unlikeable for her rudeness, though as the series goes on she may become likeable.
I love Xavier the reaper, and have high hopes for him and Rory. Though nothing suggests anything other than friendship I still think it may turn.

This was an incredibly easy page turning read, which I found most pleasant. I'm actually loving the paranormal cozy mysteries and am looking forward to reading the next novel

ehaddow's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0