YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WORLD OF MAGICAL BOARDING SCHOOLS? NOT FROM A TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE AT A SCHOOL FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.The day Clarissa Lawrence got married, she didn’t just gain a husband, but she lost a fairy godmother—to the Raven Queen. While Clarissa desperately searches for a magical solution to rescue the woman who raised her and kept her safe from the evil Fae, she finds herself … finds herself immersed in other problems. Students come to her for help with their morally questionable choices, the principal is bent on firing Clarissa, and her new husband is resistant to teaching her the defensive magic she needs to defeat their enemies.
Meanwhile, time is running out for her fairy godmother. Only if Clarissa delivers the answers of the Fae Fertility Paradox, is there a chance she might be reunited with her mom. Yet if the Raven Queen knows how to produce heirs and populate the Fae race again, she will also produce an army of invincible Red affinities who will serve as her slaves and wipe out other Fae and Witchkin.
Can Clarissa bargain with the devil and survive?
Get a little more cozy with this cozy mystery.
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Warning not a book for children. this an adult version of a Harry Potter type book.
At this point in the series, if you have not read the previous books, you will need to do so. There is so much that has happened and the journey cannot be recapped in a few sentences. You will be lost in this book otherwise. It also has a bit of a cliffhanger at the end for the next few books.
All that aside I love the book and the story line.
What kind of honeymoon do you want to have. Do you want to worry about keeping your job? How about helping your students? Rescuing your mom form the Queen of Darkness? That and are are part of Clarissa’s honeymoon.
So I apologize. I read this book in March and how forgot to do a review then.
This is my honest and freely given review. I did receive an ARC book.
If you don’t read the previous books in the series, you just won’t have a full appreciation of the references and humor of this, Book 15. Start with Tardy Bells and Witches’ Spells: A Cozy Witch Mystery (Womby’s School for Wayward Witches Book 1) for greatest enjoyment, and read sequentially in order. As expected from the previous book Wedding Bells and Midnight Spells: A Not-So-Cozy Witch Mystery (Womby’s School for Wayward Witches Book 14), Clarissa and Thatch are working on magic to rescue Abigail Lawrence from the Raven Court. Clarissa also has a side effort to protect Maddy from the Crab King’s debt. And another idea to negotiate with the Raven Queen for the release of Mrs. Lawrence. Guilt piles on guilt as Clarissa realizes all of her efforts have had the opposite effect she intended, causing more harm than good. The effort to save Mrs. Lawrence ends unexpectedly, in a cliffhanger leading to the next book.
Oh. My. Goodness! That was freaking awesome! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading! I could NOT put this down! Clarissa is definitely coming to terms with her affinity. I love this series so much! I can’t wait to read the next book!!
Clarissa can’t get past the disastrous Raven Court siege at her and Felix’s wedding. She feels guilty about what she did to survive her own kidnapping, and guilty about the dead, the injured and, most of all, the kidnapping of her fairy godmother. The story demonstrates the damage that guilt and resentment can do to a marriage, even one as magical as the newlywed Thatches’. All Clarissa can think of is becoming strong enough to wreak revenge. She knows she’s hurting Felix, and teaching her students is suffering as well. Before she’s ready, she and Felix must stage an emergency raid on the Raven Court. Still, they have amassed powerful magic and hope for the best. The encounter is so suspenseful, I couldn’t stop reading. True love will always win, right? Well, maybe. It doesn’t look good at the major cliffhanger end. I can’t wait to read #16!
What about happily every after?
So Clarissa’s wedding went horrible wrong. Her fairy godmother was taken, the guilt of friends dying, and what she did to save herself. Now she is trying to learn how to defeat the Raven queen in record time which isn’t going well either. And the never ending question of whose side is Felix on? Will she be able to save her fairy godmother before it’s too late? No spoilers here, you’re going to have to read the book!
I received an ARC. This is my honest review.
I love this series, the characters are whimsical and fun to read.
Clarissa loses all her patience in this book and wants nothing but to save her fairy godmother from the Raven Queen. She also loses her trust in even her husband, ready to jump in and handle everything herself. Things were getting intense in the last couple of books with the story, and it only gets more so in leaps and bounds in this one. Once the story starts to pick up speed, I couldn’t put the book down. It ends with a major cliffhanger, and you’ll want the next book to read right away, if it’s available (was not out yet at the time of my review).
I received a free copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.