Realms of Magic: A
Spellcasters Short Story Collection
Published: September
24, 2019
Publisher: Kydala
Publishing, Inc.
Genre: Fantasy, Magic,
Short Stories, Witches, Dragons, Dark Fae, Mystics
Blurb:
Witches, mystics, dragons, dark fae, and bone women abound
in this enchanting fantasy story collection featuring eight different authors.
In these short stories, you'll find not only chilling tales,
suitable for cozying up with a cup of tea on a Halloween night, but romance,
adventure, and redemption too.
With over 400 pages of tales, the Realms of Magic Anthology
is sure to keep you up way past your bedtime.
This boxset includes the following stories:
A Marked Witch by Ashley McLeo
A Mystic's Choice by Kelly N. Jane
The Dark Season by Jaci Miller
Water Lilies and Bones by Tamara Rockiki
The Nutcracker Curse Prequel by Margo Ryerkerk
Blessed with a Curse by Katie Cherry
Samhain's Gift by Melania Tolan
Reactive by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
Review of Realms of Magic: A Spellcasters Short Story Collection
My Review:
Realms of Magic has a little bit
for everyone in the fantasy world who likes witches, dragons, fae, magic and
stories set in academy worlds. I am leaving reviews for five of the books in
Realms of Magic universe. I would like to give a great big shout out to all
these wonderful authors in this anthology for writing such wonderful stories.
Ashley McLeo
Kelly N. Jane
Jaci Miller
Tamara Rockiki
Margo Ryerkerk
Katie Cherry
Melania Tolan
Helen Vivienne Fletcher
A Marked Witch by Ashley McLeo
My Review:
Four students who attend the
Spellcasters Spy Academy are on summer break but decide to spend that time by
doing an internship in Portland in but in different fields. Eva is a witch and
decides she wants to study demons. Eva and her mentor find some old ancient
ruins that allow demons to cross over into their world. Eva and her friends end
up fighting some of the demons that pass through the portal.
I enjoyed reading A Marked Witch
and getting a sneak peek into this new series of Ashley McLeo and can’t wait to
get started on the first book in the Spellcasters Spy Academy, A Legacy Witch.
Sneak Peek:
Master Exeter’s head jerked in a
nod, and slowly, we turned our attention from the tree to the larger graveyard.
That was when we saw it, a hand
reaching out from the ground not twenty feet away.
The Dark Season by Jaci Miller
My Review:
Sixteen year old Claire and seven
year old Livy lost their parents three years ago and ever since Claire has been
taking care of Livy with the help of her friend William who helps her out with
the chores.
It is almost Halloween and every
year on Halloween Claire and Livy try to contact their parents in the other
realm without success but this year just may be different. Will this year be
the year? Will they make contact with their parents or will they make contact
with something else?
I really liked reading The Dark
Season and can’t wait to check out more stories by Jaci Miller.
Sneak Peek:
Impulsively she glanced over her
shoulder and saw the ancient witch weaving in and out of the shadow behind her.
Green eyes pierced the darkness, devilish orbs mocking her as she gave chase. A
tangled mass of gray hair surrounded the witch’s ashen face, the edges of which
were sharp and pointed. Black remnants of a tattered dress billowed around her
as she flew.
The Nutcracker Curse Prequel by Margo
Ryerkerk
My Review:
Clara finds a key that she
believes belonged to her mother and would open her trunk. Clara and Philp take
the key to the basement where her mother’s trunk is being kept and uses it to
unlock the trunk.
Clara, Philip and her unicorn
Biscuit take a dive into the trunk and in up the mer world where they meet a
mermaid who needs her help.
I have read Clara and Philips
story in The Nutcracker Curse and couldn’t wait to read about their adventures
into the mer world. I would like to read more about Alantia and Fabian and the
mer world.
Sneak Peek:
Carefully, almost reverently, I
pushed the silver key into the trunk’s lock and turned. The lock sprang open
and I lifted the top of the trunk. What I found made me gasp. Biscuit neighed,
and Philip said tightly, “Clara.”
He might’ve said more but I didn’t
hear him as the glittering water in the trunk called to me. Yes, there was a
lake in the trunk. I didn’t understand how it was possible only that the water
whispered, “Come to me, I’ll tell you all you want to know, Clara Marie of
Austria.”
Samhain’s Gift by Melania Tolan
My Review:
It’s Halloween and Mindy should
have been celebrating with her friend Everly’s birthday but she can’t do that
as her friend is dead. Mindy misses her so much so when her families grimoire
shows up on her door step she starts browsing through the pages when she finds
a spell for contacting the dead. What she finds after casting the spell is not
what she thought it would be. Things take a turn for the worst and now her life
is in danger.
Samhain’s Gift has magic and
spells and the dead, spells to bring the dead back.
Sneak Peek:
I deciphered a few spells. One was
for protection, another for ridding the house of fleas, another was for
beautifying one’s face, and then one was for creating hot water without fire.
“This is crazy,” I said out loud.
“I don’t have powers and I am no witch.”
I flipped the book halfway through
and found a spell written in English. It was a love spell. I laughed ou loud as
I read the ingredients. Rose petals, jasmine blossoms, chocolate shavings, a
glass of red wind, a pinch of cinnamon, and one piece of hair of love interest.
These ladies had been hardcore. I flipped two pages back and my blood chilled.
At the top of the page in bold red
letters were written: Spell to commune with the dead.
Reactive by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
My Review:
When Toby first arrived at the
school he thought learning magic was going to be fun until the day he overheard
some of his teachers talking saying he was going to be the death of all of
them.
Then a new student Callipe arrives
at the school. She won’t talk to anyone and when she does it is real hateful
like. Toby and Callipe are paired together in class and told they are to be
partners and must work together. Toby is
not sure how this is going to happen as she won’t even talk to him.
Reactive is filled with magic and
wonderful characters that I would so love to get to know more of.
Sneak Peek:
So far, all I knew about Calliope
was that she was weird and had anger issues. Well, that and she was apparently
supposed to stop me becoming a threat to humanity. Probably not something I
should lead with, but it sure sounded like us spending more time together was
going to be worth everyone’s while.
I have honestly loved and enjoyed
reading each of the stories in Realms of Magic. I loved the magic, spells, witches,
dragons, unicorns, mermaids, mermen and mercorn. Each and every story brings
something to the table for everyone that like stories like these with witches,
magic, mermaids, unicorns plus a whole lot more. If you like stories like this
then I would like to suggest that you one click yourself a copy today and join
these wonderful characters on their journeys through the land of magic.
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