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Wormwood Summer (San Amaro Investigations, #1)

Kai Butler

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Why we're reading this: Have read all of the series that is currently available and love the characters and story arch. Both lead…more
[close] Have read all of the series that is currently available and love the characters and story arch. Both lead mail character are well developed, flawed, and relatable. You are drawn into their world and want to stay. This is the first book but there are 2 shorts to provide back story (not necessary to read first, but nice to) and 1 short between this and book 2.

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Aug 31, 2025 Dumbledore11214 rated it liked it

Shelves: m-m-romance, urban-fantasy, werewolves, vampires, fae

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Parker Ferro owes the fae his life. They’ve come to collect.
When the Summer Queen summons Parker to her court, the private investigator knows there’s trouble brewing. Trapped into compliance by his past debt to the fae monarch, he’s tasked with locating a missing girl in San Amaro. Now he has to find the girl or give up his life.
Things only get more complicated when a very familiar cop asks Parker for his help on a case involving murdered magic users. With the victims completely drained of their ...more

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Oct 30, 2022 K. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2022, fantasy, paranormal, m-m, law-enforcement, hard-to-put-down-before-finishing, shifters, magic, funny, new-author

When I read the blurb, I was a bit worried that it was going to be a copy of the Soulbound series. Nope.

Lots and lots of worldbuilding. I love books when there are fae characters and witches, and shifters. I loved how Parker's magic works. The moment he started using it, I was like ooh that is something new. Right and then we got Nick, whose magic was also awesome and different.

Parker just got into so much trouble all the time. I love that (view spoiler) ...more

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Aug 15, 2022 Bibliophile rated it really liked it

This review is for Books 1-4 which I read over a 2.5 day period. Overall, I'd rate all the books in the 3.5-4.0 range. I like the world building, the unique characters, and the paranormal aspects of the book. My only quibble is that I wish I could see more relationship development between Parker and his partner over the course of the 4 books. My favorite series take us on a journey--they show us the couple in every stage of their relationship and satisfactorily transition readers from that initi ...more

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Jan 22, 2021 Sherry rated it really liked it

What a fun read!

I enjoyed this paranormal romance a lot. The worldbuilding is well done, with lots of different types of paranormals who interact in a complicated relationship with each other and with regular humans. The lead, Parker, is fae, which is a nice change from all the vampires and werewolves that dominate the genre. Parker is also a private investigator with a very life—full of trouble, that is. Lots of folks want something from Parker, or just don’t like him, and I kind of lost count ...more

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