Enter an award-winning urban fantasy world where monsters roam the streets and things aren’t always what they seem.Ivy Granger Psychic Detective box set includes Books 1-3 and Bonus Prequel short story.FROSTBITE (Bonus Prequel: Ivy Granger #0.5)Everyone knows that there’s no such thing as ghosts, but when a client claims that her house is being haunted, Ivy tries to keep her mind open and her … keep her mind open and her weapons handy. If her psychic gifts and recent cases have taught her anything, it’s that you’re better off arming yourself for the unexpected.
Anything is possible in Harborsmouth.
SHADOW SIGHT (Ivy Granger #1)
Ivy Granger’s second sight is finally giving her life purpose. Ivy and her best friend Jinx may not be raking in the dough, but their psychic detective agency pays the bills–most of the time. Their only worry is the boredom of a slow day and the occasional crazy client–until a demon walks through their door.
Demons are never a good sign.
GHOST LIGHT (Ivy Granger #2)
Ivy Granger is back, gathering clues in the darkest shadows of downtown Harborsmouth. With the lives of multiple clients on the line, she’s in a race against time. Ivy finally has a lead to the whereabouts of the one person who can help her control her wisp abilities, but will she put the needs of her clients above her own?
If Ivy doesn’t find a solution soon, she could wind up a ghost herself.
BURNING BRIGHT (Ivy Granger #3)
Things are not going well at the offices of Private Eye. Jinx is having demon problems, the city is overrun with pyromaniacal imps, and Ivy’s wisp powers are burning out of control, attracting the attention of both the Seelie and Unseelie courts. It’s the worst possible time for the Green Lady to call in a favor, but Ivy’s bound by her deal with the glaistig. Too bad there’s no wiggle room in faerie bargains.
Ivy must rid the city of imps, keep Jinx from murdering her one solid link to Hell, and fulfill her bargain with the Green Lady–with sidhe assassins hot on her tail.
Just another day’s work for Ivy Granger, psychic detective.
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The world of Ivy Granger, including the Ivy Granger Psychic Detective series and Hunters’ Guild series, is filled with action, mystery, magic, dark humor, quirky characters, bloodsucking vampires, flirtatious demons, sarcastic gargoyles, sexy shifters, temperamental witches, psychotic faeries, and snarky, kick-butt heroines.
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Interesting use of age old mythology. Kudos.
Ivy Granger Psychic Detective Box Set (Ivy Granger #0.5, 1–3) by E.J. Stevens is a good fantasy box set. Ivy is half fae, and a princess but didn’t find out until later in life when her powers started developing and she started glowing! Into this strange world are far of various kinds, her kelpie boyfriend, witches, vampires, brownies, trolls, demons, and so many more! Terrific cast of characters and many layers of plots going on. A fun world to get lost in!
Only read the first in the set and didn’t really care for it. It didn’t grab me and infact kind of anoyed me. Maybe you will have better luck.
Ivy Granger Psychic Detective Box Set by E.J. Stevens
Series: Ivy Granger, Book 11. Price: $9.99 USD@ SMASHWORDS. Words: 239,440. Language: English. Published: October 24, 2017. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
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APN Action-romance, magic, political intrigue, strong female lead.
A great character-driven escape-read with an interesting world, built slightly overlapping our own in a sea-side town and surrounding areas. All kinds of magical individuals live side by side to unknowing humans and tourists.
Ivy, with her care-taker friend do their best to solve mysteries, handle crimes and other pesky issues to insure the safety of both the magical and human community. This world is populated with all sorts of interesting characters from all walks of life, anywhere on the spectrum from crazy megalomaniacs to sometimes sweet monsters, and simpler magical creatures. Not everyone or everything is as it would appear, including secret doorways leading to even more magical realms just a shadow away, traps set by both flora and creatures to lure unsuspecting prey in for dinner. While there are dangers, it is not all gloom and doom. There is also love, beauty, kindness, and other positives to balance the scales in the Ivy-verse. This would make a great tv series, I think. There is a nice balance between quieter character moments and action-scenes to satisfy most readers.
I look forward to reading the rest of the stories set in this universe as my book-budget allows.
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I love this series. I liked it so much I bought the next two in the series. I will keep buying them every time they come out. I highly recommend
Loved it
Well written, good character development and engaging active storyline
Tore through these books non-stop! Great story, lots of twists and turns. Looking forward to the next.
One of my new favorite authors! Incredibly well written. Great world building, action packed and great witt is all in store for you in this boxed set.
A magical adventure from beginning until ending. The characters come alive and I felt like I was a part of the storyline. It’s a win win with four big books and a novella in this amazing book set. I highly recommend this book set.
FROSTBITE (Bonus Prequel: Ivy Granger #0.5)
A wonderful start to the box set finds Ivy and Jinx investigating claims of a haunted house. What they find is far more terrifying. I enjoyed this short story when I read it in the Tales from Harborsmouth short story collection.
SHADOW SIGHT (Ivy Granger #1)
Partial Review:
Shadow Sight is Book 1 in the Ivy Granger, Psychic Detective series by E. J. Stevens.
Ivy and her bestie, Jinx, are great duo. Ivy is stand-offish and handles the paranormal part of the cases, whereas Jinx is the super friendly, extroverted, take no prisoners, contract negotiator – which is a good thing and Forneus had no idea what hit him. Ivy admits many times that it’s a good thing Jinx takes care of that part of the business; she has the perfect attitude to make friends but is rigid enough to stand her ground and do what’s in the best interest of Private Eye, Ivy, and herself.
The character development is steady and well done. We get backgrounds on how Ivy and Jinx met, who Ivy’s family members were, and how Ivy figured out she had a “gift” as a kid, among other things. As the novel progresses we see Ivy develop a bit more and she learns a secret that has been kept from her through her whole life. A love interest is also introduced for one of the characters and I can’t wait to see that unfold.
The descriptions given for scenes, characters, the epic battle, etc. are well done. Nothing overly descriptive to the point of boring or making the reader want to skip chunks of the page, and nothing is left lacking in description. There’s enough to tell the story and still allow you to imagine it in your head ~ your way. The plot is solid and the characters are likable ~well, except the each uisage, they are not so much.
All-in-all this is great first book in a new series.
GHOST LIGHT (Ivy Granger #2)
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The plot lines for each book are different, yet pull from each type of paranormal group at some point or another; whether it be tips from demons, help from sidhe cats, crazy ex-wives, trolls, vamps, etc. Each has a part to play and the author does an excellent job bringing it all together. And I haven’t mentioned this in the other reviews but, yeah, there’s a unicorn 🙂
Ivy just keeps on amazing her readers. She’s an introvert, mostly due to her ability to receive visions just by touching objects, yet when the town needs her the most ~ their children are missing ~ Ivy pulls up her big girl panties, removes the gloves and begins the tough job of handling whatever item the child’s parent brought to her. Ivy is such a strong heroine. Her support team; Jinx, Ceff, Kaye, Hob,etc., is phenomenal. Plus she has a Hunter ally named Jenna that will come to assist in a heartbeat.
Very enjoyable series that is easy to read, understand, and follow. The good guys and gals are likable and you definitely find yourself rooting for them. The baddies are also well written and sometimes give the reader the shivers ~ which means the author did her job! 🙂
BURNING BRIGHT (Ivy Granger #3)
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Another action-packed installment of the Ivy Granger series. There are some many story lines that have the illusion of being entirely stand alone then E.J. weaves her magic and next thing you know they are entirely dependent on one another. Her ability to tell a story is amazing. Each story in the series is well developed and pulls the reader in from the very beginning. Burning Bright is very suspenseful in the “how is she going to do (insert something here) and live with herself later?” sort of way.
Ivy is written in such a way that she is still brand new; never becoming stagnant, dull, or predictable. She continues to kick butt in the name of protecting her family, friends, and townsfolk. Ivy does all of this while maintaining safe distances since she has the ability of touching objects or people and being able to discern history of said objects/people. Her relationship with Ceff, while challenging due to the whole touching issue, is progressing along nicely. Ivy manages to make friends wherever she goes, and as such ends up befriending the cutest little imp she names Sparky. Don’t let this lull you into a sense of complacency since she makes just as many, if not more, enemies.
Please make sure to read the books in order since the world and character building, plotlines, subjects, and themes build off of the previous books.
I voluntarily review each and every book in the Ivy Granger series by E.J. Stevens.
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If you haven’t met Ivy Granger yet or visited Harborsmouth by way of E.J. Steven’s highly imaginative Ivy Granger series, than you are certainly missing out. Ivy is a psychic detective with her own agency and stays quite busy in this city located on magical ley lines where the supernaturals live unknown to humans.
First up. Shadow Sight. In this one Kelpies are having major evil problems and Ivy is tasked with what’s going on. The fact that a demon came to the office to hire her is not appreciated, but Ivy can’t let that stop her. And when she meets King of the Kelpies, Ceff, sparks may just be flying between the two. This book also introduces the reader to so many fun characters including, Kaye, an elderly, but powerful witch, Kaye’s kitchen brownie with an attitude, and Marvin the teenage troll.
Next up Ghost Light. This time around, Ivy is inundated with requests from the fairy community. Thirty three fairy children have been stolen from their beds. In addition, Ceff’s ex-wife, a sea dragon, known as a lamia is in town and out for vengence. All the characters are back from the first book and we also meet the fascinating Torn, the King of the cats. He evolves throughout the series to become one of my favorite characters.
And Third, Burning Bright. “Ever play whack-a-mole with a jinca? No? Well then aren’t you the fortunate one.” When I read the first couple of lines like that in a book, I know I am in for a good time while reading. And as with all of these books, this was a good time. Did I mention that Ivy is full of snark, and is supernatural in her own right? Well she is and the further you go into these books, more and more about her powers becomes evident. This time around Ivy’s roommate and best friend Jinx, a human, has gone to Club Nexxus without Ivy, and has come home really sick. You can’t trust anyone at Club Nexxus due to it being a supernatural hangout, and Jinx is now the poster child of why human’s should never go there without a protector. It’s again up to Ivy and her gang of supernatural friends to find out what’s up and save Jinx.
Frostbite. A bonus short story. Harborsmouth, a true city of supernaturals living next to humans. As the city’s only psychic detective, she has seen it all or as in the case of Frostbite, she thought she had. This is a short story starring Ivy and her work partner, Jinx, as they try to help a lady that lives in a so called haunted house. Although short, it told an interesting and a bit horrific story and even had a twist to go along with it. Just another glimpse of what Harborsmouth is all about.
Highly recommended!