Review: another great adventure for the team
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2013
Serafina and the Leprechaun's Shoe. (Book 3, Serafina's). Marie Treanor.Review from Jeannie Zelos Book Reviews.I've read and reviewed the first two Serafina books, loved those and was pleased to get book three. Its the same excellent quality as the other two, writing that flows, people that feel real, and a mystery to keep the reader enthralled. The whole gang are in this book once again, the  delicious vampire Blair, Sera, Jilly and briefly Adam, witch Mel appears once the adventure/danger is under way, and of course Jack is the main feature in this book. We met Roxy briefly in the last book as an ex girlfriend of Adam, and she's bought a house in Scotland that seems to be haunted. When her mum disappears in an instant she calls Jilly for help, and Jack is despatched to investigate as he's on his way to visit nearby family. He jumps at the chance to shorten the visit - the family want him in the business and there's nothing he wants less, but he feels he can't let them down.I loved Jack in earlier books, clever, quirky and funny, he's the posh side of the business. He loves working with them, from just drifting into the job its become something that fascinates him, and his intelligence makes the researcher role perfect for him. He doesn't want to leave it all behind and join the family firm but...so he's kind of in limbo. Sera and Co don't want him to go either but know he's vastly under used where he is as his skills are so wide.Once again Marie has woven a clever story together, taking people that don't mix on paper but work perfectly together in practice, introducing what seem to be disparate events that then join to form a main plot, and all the while keeping the threat of The Founder running in the background. I love her style of writing, fresh and easy to read, clever plots that don't rely on some last minute new and unknown power to fix, but where the teams research and skills sort the problems. She shows us how each member of the team have skills that complement the rest, and that's why they work so well. I really enjoyed this book, I've always had a soft spot for Jack, he seems a loner even though he's part of the team, and Roxy with her lovely giving nature was just perfect for him.There's so much to enjoy in this series, and this book. Jack and Roxy's budding romance, the mysterious disappearance of Sinead, the weird Leprechaun shoe, the band and their Satanic leanings, though much of that could be due to drug use and simply  imagined!! and add in ghosts, zombie skeletons, and weird noises, and I had to finish it in the morning rather than late at night. Its not a real horror, scary book but I am a terrible wimp and the slightest supernatural scary bits give me nightmares :) My family find it very funny that I can't even watch the kids films without getting scared...Its excellent value at 1.91/$2.99 for 246 pages and a great read.Stars: once again a great read, five stars :)NB: ARC supplied via Netgalley