$0.99 Release Sale (regularly $3.99)!Dark. Romantic. Dangerous. Discover the exciting new paranormal romance thriller that is captivating readers around the world. Perfect for fans of The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, and all things Supernatural.All Kat Montgomery wanted was a fun night out on the town. What she got was a death warrant. As it turns out, the quaint little hamlet of Mystic Harbor, … quaint little hamlet of Mystic Harbor, Maine houses more than sandy beaches and adorable B&B’s. Beneath the New England charm rests a deadly world where shifters, demons, vampires, and angelic hunters all vie for power.
A world where magic is the greatest weapon.
Magic that Kat now possesses.
After that one fateful night, she can feel the changes beginning to take hold of her. Only problem, she doesn’t even know what she’s turning into. With threats hiding in plain sight, deciphering the lines between friend and foe is nearly impossible. As if things couldn’t get any worse, Kat learns her only real ally rests in the one person she can’t stand: Reese Blackburn, an insufferably handsome magician whom the town fears most.
Kat’s very soul is at stake, and destiny doesn’t seem to be playing out in her favor. Can these two unlikely partners challenge fate itself before it’s too late?
If you love paranormal romances, urban fantasy, fated mates, magic, vampires, shifters, demons, teen fantasy, and some devilish bad boys, then the world of THE MARKED MAGE CHRONICLES awaits you!
“Fans of SUPERNATURAL and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES will rejoice in this amazing first installment. Evers crafts a riveting paranormal thriller that will leave you breathless and begging for more.” -The Book Blitzer ★★★★★
“This book was brilliant! A great story with characters that you can’t help but love!” – Lela Eder ★★★★★
“A non-stop unveiling of brilliant characters, a tantalizing plot filled with more twists than a Twizzler all wrapped up into one riveting read!” -Tome Tender ★★★★★
“This book absolutely blew me away!” – Happily Drowning in Books ★★★★★
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This story is told by Kat who’s expected to be a perfect country-club teenage girl for her extremely superficial and unloving parents who expect total obedience. She’s in a fatal accident but somehow survives with a quick recovery. Soon things start getting crazy and she is opened to a world of magicians, hell hounds, reapers, and an array of demons. The only person who can help her is the guy she loathes, Reese Blackburn, who ends up educating her about this world along with her ex and his father. Only these strange tattoos show up on her arm which Reese informs her are like a target for everyone in their world–good and evil–to eliminate her. As they try to figure out what her tattoo means, hide what she is from everyone, and deal with their budding attraction for each other, there is someone–her mate–out there stalking and harassing her hoping she’ll fall right into his trap.
Cons–The beginning is hard to get into. The prologue scene is straight out of a movie–or so close to it I recalled the movie I had only seen once years ago–which is plagiarism. It would’ve been much more effective to merely have Kat watch a news report on it, since it is sort of important later. Also, there was a weird issue with word choices. People were described more by weird labels than their names as if trying to force a variation of word choices rather than depending on pronouns like “he” or a name. Last, there’s a huge amount of references in this book to pop-culture things like TV, movies, etc. but the majority are from the 90’s which probably goes over teens head (some I had no clue about myself either). I had to double check that the book was written recently and not back then. Just kind of awkward at times with these references and word choices.
Pros–I loved the characters. Kat had to grow on me but immediately I loved Reese and the sub characters. The mythology business with magicians, powers, demons, and reapers were the making of the book. I absolutely loved this supernatural world amidst our real one, and although I heard of the creatures mentioned before, this was done in a unique way. The mythology dealing with Hell and sinning was kind of a cool twist too. I also loved the attention to detail throughout the book in places and the pick up in pacing at the action scenes where readers want to know what happens quickly. The ending throws in lots of surprises, a couple holy crap moments, and it was refreshingly unpredictable. The plot, characters, and fantasy elements were the best parts of the book.
Overall, it was an excellent read but it needed some tweaking when it came down to the writing and the beginning of the book. I will give it 4/5 stars because I did enjoy it and it was difficult to put down; however, I don’t think I’ll read the second because I just didn’t fall in love with it to care enough, and from the description of the next book it seems to start a love triangle with a character I cannot possibly be on board with. However, I do recommend the first book and would love to have someone change my mind and give me reasons to read the second.
Started off slow but then picked up and had me hooked because of the mystery. Good world building, good characters, sadness, surprises, possible romance and magic
4 stars for Insidious by Victoria Evers. This is book one in the Marked Mage Chronicles. Victoria Evers is a new to me author and I am now a fan. Everything changes in Kat’s life after a night out with friends. The one person she can not stand is the one person who might be able to help, Reese Blackburn. Reese is a strong boy, but he seems to have magical abilities. Everyone seems to be keeping secrets from Kat, but whose secrets will be the worse. Kat and Reese are on a journey to learn what Kat is and why everything is happening in Mystic Harbor. I enjoyed this story; it was exciting from the very beginning. I cannot wait to see what is to come for Kat and Reese. I am going to pause with reading the rest of this series since all the books have yet to be released and I do not see a date for the next books. However, I can not wait to see what is to come.