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This was a really fun read! I loved the different characters of the demons and how they interacted. I found myself laughing and giggling through this book! It's refreshing to read a book like this set in the UK too. I do feel like it could have done with another round of editing as there was an over reliance on adverbs throughout. It was an exciting, fun read and I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of the series!
Thanks to #netgalley for kindly providing me with an ARC of this book.

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Wow!! I just absolutely loved this book. If I would have had the time I would have read this book in one sitting because I just couldn't get enough.
I love the story and the characters.

That ending makes me want to read the next book now.

I give this 5 out of 5.

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I received an advanced reader's copy of A Glow of Stars & Dusk - Watcher Series (Book 1) - by Eve L. Mitchell from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was the first book by Eve L. Mitchell that I had read and I was pleasantly surprised to find an enjoyable new author and series to follow.

Overall, I very much enjoyed this novel and found it to be well written. The female protagonist, Star - unknowingly a witch of considerable power, was hilarious and feisty and her love interest, Sam - a demon (and something more), was wicked hot. Even as they butted heads and exchanged words from the start, their chemistry was obvious.

The plot was engaging and evenly paced. Action abounded and intrigue/deception was embedded in each page in the very best way. The cliffhanger at the end was unexpected, but I’ll definitely be on the watch for the next novel.

This was a quick, fun read and I cannot wait to read the second book in this series by Eve L. Mitchell!

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This book deserves 5 stars not only because it completely pulled me in, I loved all the characters, and enjoyed every single minute of it...but also because it made me go to bed way past my bedtime two nights in a row. And let me tell you, I love my sleep. It was that good. I truly never wanted to put it down. I honestly don't even know where to start here because I would just go on and on about this awesome story.

I loved the complicated relationship between Star and Sam. These two act like enemies half the time and possessive lovers the other. These two hardly treat each other kindly, yet they can't help but still be drawn to each other. Throw in the other five demons and all their interactions, and I just had so much fun with this story. I was laughing all the time. I would have also been drooling right along side Star if I had been there.

Star is an accountant by day, spiritual reader by appointment. For as long as she can remember she has always been able to see and communicate with the dead. It did not make for an easy life. Despite that skill of hers, she never actually thought she was all that special. Until one stormy night six demons show up at her door for her. Along with her best friend, she makes a valiant effort at escape, but in the end it's pointless and she's taken with them.

Sam is the leader of these demons. Yes, a demon named Sam. I felt about the same as Star did about his name until we find out it an abbreviated version of his real name which fits him much better. Anyway...Sam and his fellow demons need Star to perform a spell for them, and she's the only one who can do it. As such, they're not above using any means to force her compliance. There's a problem though. Star doesn't believe she's a witch, as they repeatedly call her, and her powers have been bound.

So most of this book is them all fighting off creatures sent to get Star, traveling all over the world, figuring out where her powers were bound so they can release them, and teaching her some control of said powers. It was such a whirlwind of activity and action that I, even as the reader, thought more time had passed than just the week we find out had towards the end. And speaking of that end. What a cliffhanger! Oh my gawd. I want the next book and I want it NOW!!

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I received this book as an eARC from Netgalley. All opinions are my own!

A witch and six demons walk into a bar. What could go wrong? The answer - a ton.

From the very first page, we are thrown into the action alongside Star, and I was immediately hooked! As soon as I opened the book, I just couldn't put it down! Normally, I don't like being thrown straight into the action, but that really helped put us in the mindset of Star and really feel connected to her, and I loved it in this book! The writing style and the way that we get a look into Star's mind made me feel every emotion as if I was Star herself, and it kept me so hooked on the book!

I absolutely adored Star as a main character as well. She is so strong, brave, and spunky that it's hard not to root for her from page one. And don't even get me started on the demons! I loved learning their differences in personality and coming to love each of them in their own time. There wasn't a single character that didn't intrigue me and make me feel all the different feelings at one point or another! I do wish that the romance had been a bit more fleshed out, but demons, you know?

Even though this book isn't technically a mystery, it sort of has that feel to it because Star is discovering her true self along the way, and that kept me so engaged in the book. The number of times my jaw dropped at something that happened or that Star uncovered! And the ending left me absolutely 1000% desperately in need of the second book!

If you like sexy demons, tons of plot twists and intrigue, and a sassy main character, then this book is for you!

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This was a very entertaining start to this new series. I honestly had not a clue how it would go and have to say I was completely shocked by the way this ended. It’s written in such a way that I a Brit can completely understand the language and dialogue used here. If I’m honest far too often authors who clearly are not from the UK get so many things wrong and it totally jars me out of the story which does ruin the flow so this made a very refreshing and satisfactory change.
Star is our protagonist and although she knows she often sees dead people she has no idea that she’s really a very powerful Witch. That starts to change when six Demons track her down and virtually take her prisoner ! They need Star to read a spell but sadly it’s one she cannot read because Star cannot decipher the language. Naturally these Demons have a plan but it’s not one that Star would ever agree to !
Ok so I’ve stated I very much enjoyed the “real” feel of Stars thoughts and dialogue and I truly did. What I didn’t like was her odd relationship with Sam. Hey I get that he’s hot but honestly he’s truly a total armpit and arrogant. I thought at times he behaved like a brute but tried to pass it off by constantly reminding Star that hey he’s a Demon so what did she expect ? I personally could not describe what passed between them as romance although I can guess that perhaps the author intends to redeem him , I however just want to give him a slap. If you enjoy stories with magic, mayhem, surprises and steamy interludes with references to popular culture then I think other readers will enjoy this very different take on urban fantasy and I have to admit the cover art is absolutely gorgeous.
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested from Netgalley and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair

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My heart has been wrenched from my chest. The twist that I should have seen coming, it happened. The twist I did not see coming, hell hath no fury. Figuratively and literally.

Six demons. Two threes. A warning for our heroine. A witch with unimaginable power. A young woman filled with naivety and 1 particular demon willing to take every advantage to get what he wants. And what, or should I say who, will be sacrificed?

A book that moves at warp speed. Finished in two sittings (would have been one sitting, but you know, life).
Highly recommend. Book two is coming this year. WHEN!!! I SAY, WHEN?!?!?!

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and Eve L. Mitchell for an ARC in return for an honest review.

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An enjoyable book with a surprise ending that I didn't see coming! Will definitely buy the sequel to find out what happens next.

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Wow what a great paranormal read of lust and betrayal and adventure. I thought the heroine was too trusting and naive. The end was shocking, I can't wait for the next book in this series.

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