Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft (Grimm Cove, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 16, 2020 Katyana rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, kindle-unlimited, pnr, second-chance, paranormal-women-s

There was one major flaw with this book, but that flaw alone brings this down to ***3.5***

The opening chapter is a brief flash back to 6 months ago, for a scene. The entire rest of the book takes place in a single day .

That's a tough swallow. In this single day, Poppy - recently on the other side of a nasty divorce - encounters her first love. A man who she thought she'd be with for the rest of her life, who ran out of the room one night as they were about to have sex, and then sent her a let There was one major flaw with this book, but that flaw alone brings this down to ***3.5***

The opening chapter is a brief flash back to 6 months ago, for a scene. The entire rest of the book takes place in a single day .

That's a tough swallow. In this single day, Poppy - recently on the other side of a nasty divorce - encounters her first love. A man who she thought she'd be with for the rest of her life, who ran out of the room one night as they were about to have sex, and then sent her a letter saying it was over and he never wanted to hear from her again.

He destroyed her.

So they encounter each other on this one day, 20 years later. He says hey, I didn't mean anything in that letter, I was an asshole. She says "really?" ... and then is making out with him within 30 minutes, and mated with him within, what, 10 hours?

No. Way.

I'm sorry, but no fucking way. I don't believe it for even a second. She was just shit on by her new ex, who after 19 years of marriage told her out of nowhere that he didn't love her, has had multiple affairs, and wanted her out of the house. He was vicious in the divorce, trying to take everything from her. She then encounters this dude who horrifically betrayed her, and she's like yeah, okay, let's have sex and be mated for all eternity. In like 30 seconds. With nothing done to make her believe he's not a total shitbag who flips hot/cold - just like her fucking ex - at the flip of a switch with no warning.

Guys, I really felt like this book had all the right pieces, but it needed to slow way the fuck down. Make him earn her trust again. Let her slowly open up to him again. Zipping through it like this, it had no weight and just ... it meant nothing.

Also, give her time to come into her powers, understand how it works, etc. Again, everything whipped through so fast that it seemed to not matter at all.

I really liked the relationship between the three women, though - their friendship was fantastic and 3 dimensional and awesome. And that's why I'm rounding this up to 4. But I am hella disappointed. This should have been amazing. ...more

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Nov 25, 2020 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, magic, paranormal, kindle, demon-demon-hunter, shifters, vampires, chick-lit

Poppy's life goes into overdrive after her husband divorces her.

What I enjoyed:
* The friendship between Poppy, Dana and Marcy is great and I look forward to the next books
* I love towns where the paranormal is normal and look forward to learning more about it and the people who live there
* I like Brett and am glad he and Poppy got another chance.
* The twins seem great, would have really liked to see them meet Brett

What could have been better:
* It was too fast. We get one day when Poppy's husband ...more

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Aug 20, 2020 Cc rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook, ku, 2020

Poppy and Brett

What a fun story.

While out to dinner with her husband he tells her he no longer wants to be married to her. Poppy doesn’t freak but she does stand up for herself.

This is how her eventual move to Grimm Cove starts.

I enjoyed Poppy discovering herself and her powers. I’ll be immediately reading further in the series

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