Thank Netgalley for a copy of this book for an honest review.

This book was a welcome surprise. I’ve put it off for sometime now. It was one of the ARCs I received when I obtained more than I could handle. I finally got to it and I’m happy that the next books in the series are already out and ready for me to dive into ASAP.

Our main character Raven is relatable and her inner dialogue is quite funny. One part of her inner thoughts did get quite repetitive though. She had the same sayings over and over again “Odin this” and “Odin that”. I would have liked to see a bit of creativeness and uniqueness when it came to her sayings and thoughts.

But all in all I really enjoyed this book. It was nothing overly remarkable in terms of writing, but I just had a lot of fun with it!

This urban fantasy novel has Norse mythology, with a fantastic female protagonist and dark say love interests! But it still lacked in the build-up of the climax and the overall feel of the story.
Raven and her twin brother are not what they seem. Hidden away in a family of fox shifters, Raven and her brother lived “peacefully.” Well, that is until he went looking for trouble. Now Raven must save her brother and expose their secret to the realm of the fae.

A really engaging fantasy/paranormal romance. Dark magic, fae, mystery, it's all there. Highly recommend

What a fun read. I loved the interactions between the characters. Raven is snarky and sarcastic and I related to her. The plot was fun and the paranormal romance was steamy. Definitely a surprisingly fun read for me.

i really enjoyed reading this, the characters were great and I really enjoyed this as a start of a series. I look forward to more from the author and more in the series.

"“The biggest problem with red flags is I’m drawn to them.” ~ Bulls and Raven Crawford"

Conspiracy of Ravens is a Paranormal/New Adult story and is the first book in the Raven Crawford series. It follows Raven Crawford, a Shifter who has the unique ability to transform into a Conspiracy of Ravens, as she tries to find out what happened to her twin brother Bear who has been missing for a couple weeks. When dangerous strangers start approaching Raven and her family she knows he must be in big trouble. As it turns her small time criminal brother has stolen a very big, important artifact from a very important person. 

"She should be worried about survival right now, not clothes. Why couldn’t she focus like normal people?"

Raven finds herself teaming up with The Lord of Shadows, Cole, to help find her brother before the other Big Bads do. Although the two are working together Raven isn't sure she can trust the Shadow Lord, but has no other choice if she wants to survive herself to find Bear. From the first time they crossed their paths, Raven finds herself drawn to Cole. Raven was a snarky and hilarious main character who you can't help but root for the whole time. Cole was dark and mysterious and funny and the chemistry between the two was ~fire~. 

I loved Raven, I loved Cole, and I loved Ravens whole family. They had such a great relationship. The plot was so intriguing and really pulls you in. This was such a humorous, fun read. I really loved it! It even had an enjoyable story line that got me excited to read the rest of the series. Although some of the twists were predictable, I still found myself going whaaaaaaaat I can't wait to find out what Raven will do next. I'm giving this a 5 out of 5 stars.

I loved the synopsis of this book - just what I like to read BUT the reality was a little different .
I loved that the book was set in Canada - giving me another perspective , rather than the usual USA, Ireland based Fae/Shifter books settings .
The concept was good but I found the main character , Raven , difficult to relate to …………. most of her time was spent lusting after Cole or providing monologues of information that we did not necessarily need .
Where was the dynamism of the chase to find the stolen object ( I must have missed where it was identified ?)
Where was the mystery ……………. unfortunately this was more a generic Romance rather than a Fae/Shifter mystery/ romance .
That being said I would read more books by this Author as the premise of this book showed promise .

I was given an ARC of this book by Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to like and enjoy this book. The title, the art and the synopsis was 100% up my alley. But once I started it, the book fell flat for me. It didn't seem like their was enough world building - I was lost from the get-go. And the main character was just generic. There was nothing that made her unique from all the books I've read. Also it felt like the names of characters were a little on the nose. I think if the plot was built upon and if there was a little more creativity in the book I think this could be enjoyable.

I wanted to like this more than I actually did, it had so much potential but it din't quite live up to that for me. I really loved the idea of the world, but it wasn't fully explained until about 70% of the way through the book, which was too late. I also really like that the book was set in Canada because I'm always looking for more CanCon to read. But I really didn't connect with the main character, Raven. She either spent way too much time lusting after her love interest, Cole, or unnecessarily over-explaining things. I found most of the descriptions throughout the book to be very expositional or info dump-y. The uniqueness of the premise is what saved the book for me, so maybe I'll pick up the sequel to see how Raven's story continues.

Raven Crawford and her twin brother grew up with a family of fox shifters who have helped the twins hide their true nature: they're half fae. When Raven's twin goes missing, very powerful fae come to their family to threaten and force them to find him & the treasure he stole.

There's a great family dynamic that immediately made me love this book. Great storytelling, world-building and original mythology.

Unfortunately, the romance overwhelms the mystery aspect of the story. There's a lot of shower sex (who doesn't like a bit of sex in their books) but there was no reveal for what the stolen object was, or where Bear was.

Overall, I enjoyed this book!

This book is well written and and interesting read. I look forward to more from this author. I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.

I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a bit of a slow start for me, but I quickly became very curious to see where this story was headed. I love that Raven is this crazy cool kind of shifter that I'd never heard of before, at least not in her way, but at the same time she does NOT have her life together. There's no feeling of her having it easy or events just coming together in her favor to propel her into some sort of awesomeness. She fights for everything in her life and that's rare to see in a lot of books that seem more like an author's wish fulfillment to be the best at everything and have the best of everything. I love that she's a waitress at a crappy diner, but also working the family PI business. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but stick through this one, it gets good!!

Conspiracy of Ravens by J. C. McKenzie. A well written easy to read book that pulls you in quickly with twists and turns around every corner

I've been on a fantasy kick lately in the book department and Conspiracy of Ravens definitely hit the spot. While the plot of shifters, magic and hot otherworldly men is nothing new. McKenzie brings on a fresh take with her lead character Raven Crawford.

The story is loosely based on Norse Mythology and you will be introduced to some familiar sounding names, but a with subtle twist.

Lead character Raven is stuck with a huge debt that her ex left to her. She's trying to scrape by working as a waitress when one mistake from her twin brother throws her world into a tailspin. Raven and her twin, Bear, are different from their family. While their siblings are Fox shifters, Raven and Bear become something else entirely. With Bear missing and some big players from the underworld searching for him, Raven must team up with the powerful Fae Cole in order to get her brother back safely. If you're looking for a charming, engaging, paranormal romance series starter; I highly recommend Conspiracy of Ravens.

I received free ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review and I thoroughly enjoyed reading Raven's journey. Much to my husbands annoyance of being on my kindle all night, I read the story in one sitting and cannot wait for the sequel!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Highly recommend this book to everyone. Can't wat to read more from this author.

Get ready for a funny urban fantasy novel with a healthy dose of Norse mythology. Raven and her twin Bear are the anomaly in their family of fox shifters. Both of them are half-fae, results of their mother's wayward youth. When Bear drops off the grid and some very powerful fae show up looking for him, Raven teams up with the lesser of two evils - tall, dark and dangerous Cole - Lord of Shadows and head of the assassin's guild. Sparks fly as the two of them track down Bear and the mysterious artifact he supposedly stole. Raven needs to find him before the competition if she wants her twin to survive.

This novel was fast-paced and engaging. The chemistry between the leads is explosive and although Raven seems to be stuck in a series of worst-case scenarios, she's scrappy as all good heroines are. For fans of Darynda Jones.

4 out of 5 stars!

Let me start off by saying that this book was so darn funny. I had to laugh out loud a couple of times, even though we read Raven's inner monologue from a third person point of view (kudos to the author J.C. Mckenzie for pulling that off!)

Raven is a snarky young woman, working her ass off at a lousy waitress job while trying to pay off the debts her loser ex left her with. Even though this sounds pretty sad, Raven keeps on going with a positive attitude and gets through her day with the help of her loving family and a healthy dose of sarcasm. I absolutely loved the close-knit family scenes, especially the ones with her younger brother Mike were both heart-warming, funny and most of all very relatable.

When Raven's twin brother Bear goes missing, her life gets a little more complicated. She gets involved with TDD - Tall, Dark and Handsome, who we later find out is the dark fae lord Cole. Raven herself has some Otherworldy powers herself too, which you will read more about later on in the story.

Raven fights tooth and nail to find out where her brother went, what he did, and most importantly how to get him back. I really admired her strength, without her becoming the typical (and slightly unbelievable) badass heroine who can physically take on big bad guys.

There were two things that kind of rubbed me the wrong way, and also the reason why I deducted one star from my final rating. The first one was that sometimes, the world building was a bit incoherent and vague. Of course, paranormal romance stories usually put the plot and the world-building a bit on the back burner, and I get that. I don't blame the author for this in any way, it just sometimes jarred me while reading and took me out of the story. The second thing is that Raven said some things that rubbed me the wrong way, and almost came across as if the author kind of wanted to vent her opinion. There are two examples of this; one where she compared someone looking rough with looking like a cancer patient, which I frankly think is quite shocking and just not done. However, this is of course my personal opinion and did not take away from my enjoyment while reading the book. The second example is a weird run-in Raven has during working her job as a waitress with a woman who is a vegan. Raven absolutely hates vegans apparently and ridicules them, which also felt weird and uncomfortable to me (although I can see why some people would find this funny!)

To end on a positive note though, I would like to highlight the amazing details that were put into this book. Not only is the cover gorgeous, the chapter headings are really pretty too and every chapter starts of with a small quote. These always relate to what we are reading in the chapter, and are sometimes hilarious too. I really liked this extra effort put into the story.

Overall, I really enjoyed my time reading this book and am very much looking forward to reading the sequel. I would like to thank the author, the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with this book in exchange for an honest review!

Okay, I don't think a book has ever made me laugh out loud so many times in my life! Raven Crawford is bloody hilarious and I love her! She has hilarious thoughts and reactions. It's great when even other characters in the book think her reaction is nuts.

I love how Raven knew that her reaction to Cole was outrageous and tried to keep it in check for the majority of the book. Mentally wanting to slap her lady parts to get her lusting under control...the lady is a gem.

I can't give J.C. McKenzie enough praise for weaving this hilarious fantasy. We need more characters like Raven, definitely flawed and human but full a pep! The only thing that disappointed me was that I totally called two plot points that were supposed to be more like twists. But that's not terribly abnormal for me.

I can't wait for the next one!!!!

DNF @ 50%

I unfortunately could not make myself finish this book. I tried to pursue as long as I could, but I think I had to face up to the fact that this book simply isn't for me.

There were a lot of aspects to this story that I simply wasn't enjoying. I think the most notable was the world-building, which was pitiful. I found myself so confused in the beginning and in need of some exposition (which by the way, I NEVER find myself saying). The author throws out terminology/jargon created in the context of their world, but never really gives it any meaning. (i.e. using words like 'Other' or 'Underworld' but not really explaining what it is or the characters relationship with it.

There isn't even a good amount of dialogue in the story that properly explains what the main character is!! You really have to be patient and wait for tidbits of information to piece it together yourself. I was personally so confused for a long time. The characters magical abilities, what it means to be a shifter and an Other was the most confusing. I found the latter was not explained well, if at all in the beginning. Shifter is pretty straightforward but it seems particularly unique here and I think required some attention.

I'm not a huge reader of paranormal, urban fantasies or fae stories either, so that could potentially factor into my confusion? But I honestly think that exposition about the character and her family needed more attention and to be clearer. I think I would've been able to finish this novel if I wasn't so confused and frustrated with it.

I have been sitting on this review for about a week; processing my thoughts about how I feel about this book. I am at the bother of saying that this book is okay and that I didn't like this book. If nothing else, I can say that I didn't like Raven. She didn't put in any real work to become a better person and investigator. She was loud for no reason, lacked drive and put her foot in her mouth more than once.

The romance in the novel was a stretch. The only way I could describe it is it was lust but I am not even sure if that was the proper term. It felt forced and not natural by any means and I am so glad the author didn't rely on it to keep the book moving.

There was something I did like and that was Raven's family. Every time there was an interaction with them, I smiled. I enjoyed reading them so much and I honestly felt the author had a good time writing them as well.

Overall, I am going to go with the book is okay. Maybe it isn't for me as opposed to it being a problematic book.