Shrill Dusk (City of Magic #1)

Posted on 24 February 2017 by Helen Harper

Charley is a cleaner by day and a professional gambler by night She might be haunted by her tragic past but she s never thought of herself as anything or anyone special Until, that is, things start to go terribly wrong all across the city of Manchester Between plagues of rats, firestorms and the gleaming blue eyes of a sexy Scottish werewolf, she might just have landed herself in the middle of a magical apocalypse She might also be the only person who has the ability to bring order to an utterly chaotic new world This is the first book in The City Of Magic series Free Read Kindle ePUB Shrill Dusk (City of Magic #1) By Helen Harper – kino-fada.fr Charley was your average human until an unusual encounter in the ladies room that will transform her life forever Charley finds herself magically enhanced and her home in Manchester has become a magically infused post apocalyptic town that is cut off from the rest of the world.Choosing to stay in Manchester, Charley finds herself teaming up with a reluctant werewolf, an actress vampire and some everyday humans who have decided to stay in their city.Fun, fast and intriguing, Harper world buil Charley was your average human until an unusual encounter in the ladies room that will transform her life forever Charley finds herself magically enhanced and her home in Manchester has become a magically infused post apocalyptic town that is cut off from the rest of the world.Choosing to stay in Manchester, Charley finds herself teaming up with a reluctant werewolf, an act...Thank you NetGalley and Helen Harper for this arc.I thought this was a short and easy read the pace was fast without being breathtaking A good book for the young adult reader even though it isn t being marketed as such a couple of kisses only, reasonably clean language Ambitious world building with some interesting paranormal elements I thought the characters were the weakest part of the book By the end of it, I was so irritated with Charley s naivety I was ready to slap some sense i Thank you NetGalley and Helen Harper for this arc.I thought this was a short and easy read the pace was fast without being breathtaking A good book for the young adult reader even though it isn t being marketed as such a couple of kisses only, reasonably clean language Ambitious world building with some interesting paranormal elements I thought the characters were the weakest part of the book By the end of it, I was so irritated with Charley s naivety I...I don t know why, but the first half of this book reads like Charley is the side character and there s some other book going on where the main characters are fighting to stop the apocalypse, and then here s this side character going on about her side character NPC business while the main characters do their apocalypse stopping main character thing Is there another series that runs parallel to this Like there are some weird crossover episodes when the TV shows Buffy and Angel were running concu I don t know why, but the first half of this book reads like Charley is the side character and there s some other book going on where the main characters are fighting to stop the apocalypse, and then here s this side character going on about her side character NPC business while the main characters do their apocalypse stopping main character thing Is there another series that runs parallel to this Like there are some weird crossover episodes when the TV shows Buffy and Angel were running concurrently Because I feel like that would have made sense It got much better in the second half, where it felt like Charley was actually finally the main character of her own story I liked Charley for ...I can t believe I m DNFing at 61% but here we are This girl is outrageously self sacrificing to the point that she s downright fucking stupid Offensively stupid She s like one of those people that rescues dozens of stray cats and lets them live in their house and buys them all kinds of cat towers and toys and shit while she has a horrible cat allergy.Oh, and the hero is a douchebag.I find Helen Harper s writing works very well for me, I can really slip into her books and time flies by And I I can t believe I m DNFing at 61% but here we are This girl is outrageously self sacrificing to the point that she s downright...This was my first book by Ms Helen Harper and while I didn t exactly love it I didn t hate it either It simply didn t wow me It had a very interesting beginning, a messy, very messy middle and an ok ending That messy middle kept losing my interest and I had to force myself to keep reading it instead of the book pulling me in If the book was a little longer I d probably give up and not finish it There were also so many secondary characters popping up and deciding to live in Charley s house This was...I am DNFing this book at 36% This is NOT because I hated it, it wasokay However, I made a resolution that for 2019 I would stop reading just okay books I know if I had continued to read I would have given this 3 stars but I am after 3.5 star reads and above only this year, unfortunately tat may mean...DNFMon avis en Fran aisMy English reviewI had had a good time with another of the author s novels and I was really curious to discover something else about her I must say that the synopsis and the cover really made me want to discover it Charley is haunted by a tragic event of her youth, but today she is a housekeeper and poker addict, and she lives a little on the margins of society Yet a magical apocalypse will change all that and she will find herself dealing with things she thought were im DNFMon avis en Fran aisMy English reviewI had had a good time with another of the author s novels and I was really curious to discover something else about her I must say that the synopsis and the cover really made me want to discover it Charley is haunted by a tragic event of her youth, but today she is a housekeeper and poker addict, and she lives a little on the margins of society Yet a magical apocalypse will change all that and she will find herself dealing with things she thought were impossible.As I said, I was curious to discover this novel but I must say that I am di...I received a copy of this through NetGalley and the author Helen Harper in exchange for an honest review This is one of those books where I really just didn t know how to rate it I almost want to really break everything down and rate everything individually because there were some aspects of this book that were really enjoyable for me, and at the same time I had major issues with the story line which I will explai...A fun take on the Urban Fantasy genre.Our heroine is a character well loved in previous books who is finally taking center stage While a bit chaotic at times, the book reads fast paced and takes you one one hell of a ride.Helen creates a truly unique world and relatable characters for the reader to connect with.Fans of Darynda Jones or Linsey Hall wou...I received this book as an ARC from the author, but this review is all my own I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which follows the aftermath of the events at the end of Skulk of Foxes The Fractured Faery 3 , but with a different protagonist this time in the form of Charley Charley is just a normal human in the city of Manc...

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24 February 2017

Helen Harper