Goodreads Summary
📍Series: #5
📍Release Date: November 7, 2014
📍Format: Hardcover
📍Setting: New York
📍Page Count: 287
📍Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Adult
📍Date(s) Read: 8/1/19-8/2/19
📍Rating: Book: 2.75/5 Audio: 2.5/5 Narrator(s): Heather Lind
N.E.W.T.'s Magical Readathon
An "E" in herbology: Mandrake! Quick, put your headphones on! Listen to an audio book
My Rambles:
The narrator was a bit monotone and kind of boring. I had to keep her at 1.2 speed to understand her (was able to take it up later in the book). I finally got used to her enough to finish but she still just wasn't really for me.
This book started off kind of slow (As did the last one). Maybe slow is the wrong word for this one, I just couldn't get into it for the few first chapters or so and the same thing happened with the previous. It got better as it went on though.
The book wasn't bad, it just wasn't something I was into throughout most of it. I think both the audio book and the book played into my being iffy about it. Plus, I'm not sure I was in as much of a mood to read it as I thought when I picked it for the readathon but I needed to get it off of my shelf.
Naturally, I can't say much about the book without giving away spoilers but I still loved all the "main" characters in this book (characters that carry over from book to book). These are more companions but to understand some things that's going on, I do suggest reading them in order because there are things that may carry over from one book to another. So I'd especially make sure to read book 4 before this one. I don't quite remember if an instance took place in book 3 that carried over into 4 & 5 but again, just read them in order.
They are good books but, as with many series (even companions), sometimes, you have a book or two that may not be favorites but sometimes, you carry on because you want to know what happens and/or you may still be enjoying them enough to continue on. Yes, I still recommend these books even though I hit a rough patch with a couple. One day, I may look back, want to re-read just to see if my opinion changes but that may be a long while as there are so many books out there and I may do it when I just need a go to for a readathon, a author I know I like when I'm in a slump or just in the mood to re-read.
If you like M.H.C. and/or Alafair Burke and have read these yet then go for it.
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