Review: Doubleshot Reviews $0.02....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
Okay, let's start off with my biggest complaint about Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, I need chocolate during and after reading it. No, not want...NEED! Jade thinks, dreams and lives chocolate and baking. When a magical person is around her Jade tends smells various bakery items...like marshmellows and vanilla, or chocolate with hints of cinnamon. All magic to her has a smell...and yes, evil magic smells bad. Thus, reading through this book makes you seriously CRAVE a nice cupcake or square of chocolate, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is when you don't have chocolate in the house.Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic continues three month after the death of Jade's sister Sienna. Jade is coming to terms with her death, as well as, learning more about her own magic and where it may come from and training to use it more effectively. While on this journey of learning, of course, Jade find herself in trouble and the cause of this trouble is highly disturbing. Now Jade, her mother and her vampire and shapeshifter companions are pulled into a situation that is, to their knowledge, way above the skill level of any of them.As with all that I have read by Meghan Ciana Doidge,  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, is well written with wonderful detail and fun/entertaining dialogue. I adore the interactions Jade has with Ket (vampire), Kandy (werewolf), Desmond (mountain lion) and even her mother. The communication is very realistic and, as I have mentioned before, I love characters that, even though they are supernatural beings, are believable. While there are definitely some serious aspects to the storyline, there is also a lightheartedness that I find refreshing. Plus, while not a romance novel there is a bit of a budding romance that I find very enticing and hope book 3 goes into more detail (hint hint...cause that was HOT).Ultimately,  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic is a must read from this reader, especially if you like supernatural/fantasy tales. Book one  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Deadly Magic can be found on Amazon (HERE) if you have not already read it. Otherwise, click the cover image above and head over to grab book two, but may I also suggest having a nice fluffy cupcake or a few squares of fine chocolate on hand before reading...trust me, you'll thank me for the suggestion.