Harley Merlin and the Broken Spell

I consider these books an “adult fairy tale”. I bought and read the first one. I immediately bought the second, the third and so on. I am now waiting for number 6 to be loaded on my kindle. They may be written for”young readers”, but I’m past 70 and am enjoying them immensely! Try them you’ll like them!!!

There is so much going on in this book. The Rag team are trying to outwit Katherine which is proving to be a mammoth task. Running parallel to that thread are the blossoming relationships between the four couples. There is a lot of teenage angst, self discovery and support within this group of magical. Levi the dictator is doing his best to hinder any progress they try to make and his hatred of Harley has blinded him to her potential of being able to take on Katherine as she is the only one who has the power to do it. This series is a entertaining and their are nuances of Harry Potter in these chapters. The quest to seek retribution and save the world may be Harley’s undoing, only time will tell.

This was so incredibly intense! The visuals and emotions kept me gripping my kindle. I was so afraid it would end that I kept checking to make sure I still had more to read, just in case. Bella Forrest did not disappoint!!! I so desperately wished I could jump right inside this book to see what they see and experience everything with them. You aren’t going to be able to put this down once you start!

I bought and read the first book and found it diverting enough. A California millennial witch foster child who discovers a magical world. The first book had some character development and was quirky enough. I bought several more books in the series. By book 5 I had had enough, set the story down and walked away. The plot was repetitive and completely predictable. There were long passages about teenage angst but little to develop the characters or the “magical world” in a detailed way. I got so upset with the same plot reversal that I could not tolerate any more of the story. This series was advertised as the next thing for Harry Potter readers. The language and story telling is not even is same class as JK Rowling. Completely disappointing. You are warned!

If youve enjoyed the previous stories in this series, you will likely enjoy this too. Is the writing perfect? No, its far from it. But I nevertheless find myself sucked into this series without being able to put the books down, and this newest edition is no different. This is probably my favorite of the bunch, perhaps because of Harleys vulnerabilities, or perhaps because this is the first time in the series Ive actually enjoyed when the author switches to another characters perspective. In this book, Harley races against the clock to try to safely deal with her suppressor slowly breaking. I do think that sometimes, some of the things Harley (or the other characters) are up against rectify themselves too easily, which feels unrealistic and a bit of a cop out, but I read the book in a day and ended with a longing to read more. I truly cannot wait for the next installment.

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