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Shelving Magic #5
Shadow Omens
Her mother may be alive, but will she live long enough to find her?
With the hope of finding her mother brimming, Paige, her teacup dragon partner, and eclectic band of allies ventures into the heart of Ireland in search of clues. But a cursed magical artifact will turn the trip into a fight for their lives, sending Paige and Dewey spiraling back through time.
As the artifact hurls them across time without warning or pattern, Paige and Dewey will have to help librarians past secure artifacts. But there’s a unique twist…they all have something to do with Paige’s history.
Paige stands to learn an intriguing secret about herself…if she can stay alive long enough to do it. From the wild west to 1940s Germany, join Paige and Dewey as they tumble through time in a desperate search for clues.
Fans of Warehouse 13 and The Librarians will love this comical caper in contemporary fantasy.
Buy Shadow Omens now to continue the magical adventure today!
With the hope of finding her mother brimming, Paige, her teacup dragon partner, and eclectic band of allies ventures into the heart of Ireland in search of clues. But a cursed magical artifact will turn the trip into a fight for their lives, sending Paige and Dewey spiraling back through time.
As the artifact hurls them across time without warning or pattern, Paige and Dewey will have to help librarians past secure artifacts. But there’s a unique twist…they all have something to do with Paige’s history.
Paige stands to learn an intriguing secret about herself…if she can stay alive long enough to do it. From the wild west to 1940s Germany, join Paige and Dewey as they tumble through time in a desperate search for clues.
Fans of Warehouse 13 and The Librarians will love this comical caper in contemporary fantasy.
Buy Shadow Omens now to continue the magical adventure today!
348 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2024
About the author
Nellie H. Steele
125 books595 followersNellie H. Steele lives in the South Hills of Pittsburgh with her family and her many fur-babies. When she isn't writing, she enjoys teaching Statistics at a local university or watching her dogs and cats play in the yard.
Nellie is the author of the Cate Kensie Mystery Series, a cozy mystery series following the adventures of Dr. Catherine Kensie, a history professor turned Scottish Countess, and her beloved dog, Riley, as they navigate their new lives in their quirky Scottish highlands castle, solving mysteries along the way! She is the creator of the Shadow Slayers series, a suspenseful series with a supernatural twist! Follow the Shadow Slayers through time as they fight to banish darkness from the world. Nellie also writes an adventure series, Maggie Edwards Adventures. Follow Maggie Edwards as she travels the world solving mysteries and finding unique treasures!
Check out all Nellie offers at www.anovelideapublishing.com/novels, sign up for our newsletter to get the latest news about book releases or like us on facebook (facebook.com/anovelideapublishing) to keep up with us!
Nellie is the author of the Cate Kensie Mystery Series, a cozy mystery series following the adventures of Dr. Catherine Kensie, a history professor turned Scottish Countess, and her beloved dog, Riley, as they navigate their new lives in their quirky Scottish highlands castle, solving mysteries along the way! She is the creator of the Shadow Slayers series, a suspenseful series with a supernatural twist! Follow the Shadow Slayers through time as they fight to banish darkness from the world. Nellie also writes an adventure series, Maggie Edwards Adventures. Follow Maggie Edwards as she travels the world solving mysteries and finding unique treasures!
Check out all Nellie offers at www.anovelideapublishing.com/novels, sign up for our newsletter to get the latest news about book releases or like us on facebook (facebook.com/anovelideapublishing) to keep up with us!
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August 25, 2026
Great Premise, Terrible Execution, and Somehow It Gets Worse
Full disclosure: I only listened to this series because it was available for free on Audible for a while, and I wanted some cozy fantasy/cozy mystery fluff between more intellectually challenging reads. Had I paid for these books, I would have been even more disappointed. I would not recommend spending money on this series.
I am giving each book one star. Had the series gradually improved, I probably would have landed somewhere around 1.5–2 stars overall. Unfortunately, the things that annoyed me in Book 1 did not disappear or improve. In many cases, they became more pronounced and more irritating.
For readers who love the immersive world-building and character development of authors such as Sarah J. Maas, Rebecca Yarros, Matt Dinniman, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Neil Gaiman, and She Who Is a TERF and Shall Not Be Named, this series may be especially painful to get through.
I do not recommend these books. I am posting the same review on each installment because my criticism applies to the series as a whole. And yes, I listened to all 8.5 books, fueled almost entirely by sheer, unadulterated hope that the next book, or eventually the series as a whole, would somehow get better.
It did not.
So Much Potential, So Little Done With It
The premise had the potential to be fantastic. A magical library filled with dangerous artifacts? A tiny dragon sidekick? Supernatural mysteries and adventures? Sign me up.
Unfortunately, that promising idea is buried beneath stagnant plots, underdeveloped characters, lackluster world-building, simplistic and repetitive writing, and an increasingly formulaic storyline.
Instead of becoming more immersive as the series progresses, the books recycle the same handful of conflicts, jokes, character traits, and plot devices over and over again.
Eight and a Half Books With Very Little Growth
This entire 8.5-book series could probably have been condensed into three well-written, immersive books with stronger character development, tighter plotting, better world-building, and significantly less filler.
The writing is simplistic and painfully repetitive. The same descriptions, adjectives, mannerisms, jokes, phrases, reactions, and conflicts are recycled so often that they become distracting. Why expand the vocabulary or find a new way to describe something when the same one or two descriptors can apparently carry you through eight books?
The library puns also wear out their welcome quickly. I like a good pun. I do not need eight books of them.
But the repetition goes far beyond the prose. The biggest problem with this series is that nothing meaningfully changes.
I can forgive a flawed protagonist. I can forgive an inexperienced protagonist. I can forgive characters making terrible decisions.
What I cannot forgive across an eight-book series is characters who repeatedly make the same mistakes without ever meaningfully learning from them.
Paige begins immature, reckless, argumentative, clumsy, and inexperienced. Eight books later, she is still immature, reckless, argumentative, and clumsy, and somehow behaves as though most of her previous experiences never happened.
Dewey begins sarcastic and irritating. Eight books later, he is sarcastic and more irritating.
The plot begins formulaic. It stays formulaic.
The world begins shallow. Throwing more creatures, magical objects, portals, curses, and supernatural problems into it does not make it deeper.
That's not character development. That's hitting the reset button at the beginning of every book.
And that's what makes the series so frustrating: there really was a good story buried in here somewhere. A magical library protecting dangerous artifacts is a genuinely fun premise. With tighter writing, stronger world-building, actual character growth, less repetitive banter, and about five fewer books, this could have been an entertaining and immersive cozy fantasy adventure.
Instead, I finished all 8.5 books because I had already come this far and kept thinking, Surely this gets better.
It did not.
Paige Is a 34-Year-Old Woman Who Acts About 13
Paige is supposedly a competent, intelligent, 34-year-old professional woman who becomes a super-special magical librarian.
Unfortunately, she has the emotional maturity of a spoiled middle-schooler.
She throws fits. She pouts. She whines. She cries. She stomps her feet. She bickers with literally everyone. Her reactions are so wildly disproportionate that there were times she seemed less like a woman in her mid-30s and more like an overtired toddler who had just been told she couldn't have a cookie.
I have three daughters. None of them were ever as whiny, immature, or ridiculous as Paige.
And this isn't simply an early character flaw designed to give her room to grow.
That's the problem.
She doesn't grow.
The same behavior continues book after book after book.
Paige Is Also DUMB
And I mean capital D.U.M.B.
This is especially frustrating because the story repeatedly tells us Paige is intelligent, capable, increasingly experienced, and uniquely qualified for her magical role.
Her actions tell us something entirely different.
Nearly every book follows some variation of the same pattern:
Paige receives information or a warning. Paige ignores it. Paige makes an obviously terrible decision. Paige ends up in a dangerous or life-threatening situation because of that decision. Paige escapes through some combination of dumb luck, someone rescuing her, or an incredibly convenient solution.
Then she does it again.
And again.
And again.
Repeat seven or eight times, end the book, and start the exact same cycle in the next one.
Her recurring incompetence never turns into mastery. Despite supposedly gaining experience, she continues ignoring explanations, walking into obvious traps, failing to communicate critical information, and behaving recklessly in situations where she absolutely should know better by now.
Eventually, it becomes difficult to believe this woman should be trusted with a library card, much less magical artifacts capable of destroying the world.
And then there's the clumsiness.
Good grief, the clumsiness.
We get it. Paige is awkward.
But seriously, how many times can one person's glasses fly off their face and leave them practically blind because they tripped over something?
What starts as a quirky character trait becomes another joke beaten so thoroughly into the ground that I wanted to bury it there permanently.
Dewey Somehow Gets More Annoying, Too
Paige's "partner," Dewey, is a teacup-sized dragon whose character arc appears to have been built around the challenge of making him progressively meaner and more insulting toward Paige.
The two of them bicker constantly.
And I mean constantly.
Their exchanges can go on for pages. Paige says something. Dewey makes a sarcastic comment. Paige gets offended. Dewey doubles down. Paige tells him to stop. Dewey says something else. Paige snaps back.
Repeat indefinitely.
Archie Bunker would eventually tell these two to knock it off.
The sarcasm stops being funny very early because the "snark" keeps circling the same handful of arguments. Instead of witty banter between characters who genuinely care about one another, they frequently sound like two people who simply cannot stand each other.
Most stories use a sidekick or secondary character to complement the protagonist, offer another perspective, contribute a useful skill, or help drive the story forward.
Dewey mostly exists to screw up magical concoctions, insult Paige, make sarcastic comments, and behave as though he's intellectually superior to everyone around him.
After eight books, I still couldn't tell you why these two supposedly enjoy spending time together.
Every Fantasy Creature Ever Invented Apparently Lives Here
The world-building is another enormous missed opportunity.
Rather than choosing a smaller number of supernatural creatures, magical systems, cultures, or threats and developing them into something interesting, it feels like the author looked up "List of Fantasy Creatures" and started checking boxes.
Dragons? Sure.
Vampires? Throw them in.
Witches? Obviously.
Ghosts? Why not?
Time travel? Absolutely.
Portals? Yep.
Some other supernatural creature we haven't used yet? Toss that in too.
Instead of making the world feel expansive, it makes it feel random.
There is an enormous difference between building a rich fantasy world and simply filling one with fantasy things.
Full disclosure: I only listened to this series because it was available for free on Audible for a while, and I wanted some cozy fantasy/cozy mystery fluff between more intellectually challenging reads. Had I paid for these books, I would have been even more disappointed. I would not recommend spending money on this series.
I am giving each book one star. Had the series gradually improved, I probably would have landed somewhere around 1.5–2 stars overall. Unfortunately, the things that annoyed me in Book 1 did not disappear or improve. In many cases, they became more pronounced and more irritating.
For readers who love the immersive world-building and character development of authors such as Sarah J. Maas, Rebecca Yarros, Matt Dinniman, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Neil Gaiman, and She Who Is a TERF and Shall Not Be Named, this series may be especially painful to get through.
I do not recommend these books. I am posting the same review on each installment because my criticism applies to the series as a whole. And yes, I listened to all 8.5 books, fueled almost entirely by sheer, unadulterated hope that the next book, or eventually the series as a whole, would somehow get better.
It did not.
So Much Potential, So Little Done With It
The premise had the potential to be fantastic. A magical library filled with dangerous artifacts? A tiny dragon sidekick? Supernatural mysteries and adventures? Sign me up.
Unfortunately, that promising idea is buried beneath stagnant plots, underdeveloped characters, lackluster world-building, simplistic and repetitive writing, and an increasingly formulaic storyline.
Instead of becoming more immersive as the series progresses, the books recycle the same handful of conflicts, jokes, character traits, and plot devices over and over again.
Eight and a Half Books With Very Little Growth
This entire 8.5-book series could probably have been condensed into three well-written, immersive books with stronger character development, tighter plotting, better world-building, and significantly less filler.
The writing is simplistic and painfully repetitive. The same descriptions, adjectives, mannerisms, jokes, phrases, reactions, and conflicts are recycled so often that they become distracting. Why expand the vocabulary or find a new way to describe something when the same one or two descriptors can apparently carry you through eight books?
The library puns also wear out their welcome quickly. I like a good pun. I do not need eight books of them.
But the repetition goes far beyond the prose. The biggest problem with this series is that nothing meaningfully changes.
I can forgive a flawed protagonist. I can forgive an inexperienced protagonist. I can forgive characters making terrible decisions.
What I cannot forgive across an eight-book series is characters who repeatedly make the same mistakes without ever meaningfully learning from them.
Paige begins immature, reckless, argumentative, clumsy, and inexperienced. Eight books later, she is still immature, reckless, argumentative, and clumsy, and somehow behaves as though most of her previous experiences never happened.
Dewey begins sarcastic and irritating. Eight books later, he is sarcastic and more irritating.
The plot begins formulaic. It stays formulaic.
The world begins shallow. Throwing more creatures, magical objects, portals, curses, and supernatural problems into it does not make it deeper.
That's not character development. That's hitting the reset button at the beginning of every book.
And that's what makes the series so frustrating: there really was a good story buried in here somewhere. A magical library protecting dangerous artifacts is a genuinely fun premise. With tighter writing, stronger world-building, actual character growth, less repetitive banter, and about five fewer books, this could have been an entertaining and immersive cozy fantasy adventure.
Instead, I finished all 8.5 books because I had already come this far and kept thinking, Surely this gets better.
It did not.
Paige Is a 34-Year-Old Woman Who Acts About 13
Paige is supposedly a competent, intelligent, 34-year-old professional woman who becomes a super-special magical librarian.
Unfortunately, she has the emotional maturity of a spoiled middle-schooler.
She throws fits. She pouts. She whines. She cries. She stomps her feet. She bickers with literally everyone. Her reactions are so wildly disproportionate that there were times she seemed less like a woman in her mid-30s and more like an overtired toddler who had just been told she couldn't have a cookie.
I have three daughters. None of them were ever as whiny, immature, or ridiculous as Paige.
And this isn't simply an early character flaw designed to give her room to grow.
That's the problem.
She doesn't grow.
The same behavior continues book after book after book.
Paige Is Also DUMB
And I mean capital D.U.M.B.
This is especially frustrating because the story repeatedly tells us Paige is intelligent, capable, increasingly experienced, and uniquely qualified for her magical role.
Her actions tell us something entirely different.
Nearly every book follows some variation of the same pattern:
Paige receives information or a warning. Paige ignores it. Paige makes an obviously terrible decision. Paige ends up in a dangerous or life-threatening situation because of that decision. Paige escapes through some combination of dumb luck, someone rescuing her, or an incredibly convenient solution.
Then she does it again.
And again.
And again.
Repeat seven or eight times, end the book, and start the exact same cycle in the next one.
Her recurring incompetence never turns into mastery. Despite supposedly gaining experience, she continues ignoring explanations, walking into obvious traps, failing to communicate critical information, and behaving recklessly in situations where she absolutely should know better by now.
Eventually, it becomes difficult to believe this woman should be trusted with a library card, much less magical artifacts capable of destroying the world.
And then there's the clumsiness.
Good grief, the clumsiness.
We get it. Paige is awkward.
But seriously, how many times can one person's glasses fly off their face and leave them practically blind because they tripped over something?
What starts as a quirky character trait becomes another joke beaten so thoroughly into the ground that I wanted to bury it there permanently.
Dewey Somehow Gets More Annoying, Too
Paige's "partner," Dewey, is a teacup-sized dragon whose character arc appears to have been built around the challenge of making him progressively meaner and more insulting toward Paige.
The two of them bicker constantly.
And I mean constantly.
Their exchanges can go on for pages. Paige says something. Dewey makes a sarcastic comment. Paige gets offended. Dewey doubles down. Paige tells him to stop. Dewey says something else. Paige snaps back.
Repeat indefinitely.
Archie Bunker would eventually tell these two to knock it off.
The sarcasm stops being funny very early because the "snark" keeps circling the same handful of arguments. Instead of witty banter between characters who genuinely care about one another, they frequently sound like two people who simply cannot stand each other.
Most stories use a sidekick or secondary character to complement the protagonist, offer another perspective, contribute a useful skill, or help drive the story forward.
Dewey mostly exists to screw up magical concoctions, insult Paige, make sarcastic comments, and behave as though he's intellectually superior to everyone around him.
After eight books, I still couldn't tell you why these two supposedly enjoy spending time together.
Every Fantasy Creature Ever Invented Apparently Lives Here
The world-building is another enormous missed opportunity.
Rather than choosing a smaller number of supernatural creatures, magical systems, cultures, or threats and developing them into something interesting, it feels like the author looked up "List of Fantasy Creatures" and started checking boxes.
Dragons? Sure.
Vampires? Throw them in.
Witches? Obviously.
Ghosts? Why not?
Time travel? Absolutely.
Portals? Yep.
Some other supernatural creature we haven't used yet? Toss that in too.
Instead of making the world feel expansive, it makes it feel random.
There is an enormous difference between building a rich fantasy world and simply filling one with fantasy things.
June 28, 2024
I don’t think I’ve ever disliked the main characters in a book this much. I’m starting to wonder if the author has actually ever met a woman in her mid-30s. There has been no character growth or development in this series. Paige still reacts to everything like a two year old and Dewey is still doing his best Regina George impression. The side characters are also all emotionally stunted and obnoxious.
If it wasn’t for the characters this series would be great.
If it wasn’t for the characters this series would be great.
July 28, 2024
Too confusing
So much bouncing around in time that I just started skimming it. I'm sure I missed some points that will be important later but I just got tired of reading the same theme. Get sent somewhere in time, solve crisis, interact with some relative, move on; over, over, again and again. Endless. . . .
So much bouncing around in time that I just started skimming it. I'm sure I missed some points that will be important later but I just got tired of reading the same theme. Get sent somewhere in time, solve crisis, interact with some relative, move on; over, over, again and again. Endless. . . .
March 13, 2024
📚 Book Review 📚
Shadow Omens
By
Nellie H. Steele
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is Book 5 in the Shelving Magic Series by Nellie H. Steele. In this book, we find Paige and her teacup dragon companion, Dewey, on a quest to find her mother. With the help of a diverse group of companions, the group ventures to find clues to her mother's whereabouts in Ireland. A cursed magical artifact leads the group, warping them through time and space. The group finds themselves fighting for their lives against a deadly assortment of enemies, from German Nazi soldiers to vampires. In their quest, Paige and Dewey find themselves assisting other librarians in securing artifacts and soon learn that this adventure is not random but holds a secret that has something to do with Paige's history.
This story was truly a whirlwind of action, thrills, mystery, and excitement. Just when you were getting comfortable in one setting and time, the author would transport the reader into an entirely different scenario, from medieval times to France during World War I, the artifact would respond spontaneously. I enjoyed the interactions among the characters and the growing connection they are developing. The reader could also feel the emotions within the characters, from tension to loss, love to friendship, the sentimentality was always strong. The world-building of the story was fabulous and was enough to make your head spin. The plotline was at times complicated, but that did not distract from the satisfaction of enjoying reading the story. With a clever plot, witty dialogue, exciting action, and time-traveling suspense, who could not enjoy this exceptional journey? I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast-paced, exciting, and unusual scenario to get lost in. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Readers Copy
Shadow Omens
By
Nellie H. Steele
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is Book 5 in the Shelving Magic Series by Nellie H. Steele. In this book, we find Paige and her teacup dragon companion, Dewey, on a quest to find her mother. With the help of a diverse group of companions, the group ventures to find clues to her mother's whereabouts in Ireland. A cursed magical artifact leads the group, warping them through time and space. The group finds themselves fighting for their lives against a deadly assortment of enemies, from German Nazi soldiers to vampires. In their quest, Paige and Dewey find themselves assisting other librarians in securing artifacts and soon learn that this adventure is not random but holds a secret that has something to do with Paige's history.
This story was truly a whirlwind of action, thrills, mystery, and excitement. Just when you were getting comfortable in one setting and time, the author would transport the reader into an entirely different scenario, from medieval times to France during World War I, the artifact would respond spontaneously. I enjoyed the interactions among the characters and the growing connection they are developing. The reader could also feel the emotions within the characters, from tension to loss, love to friendship, the sentimentality was always strong. The world-building of the story was fabulous and was enough to make your head spin. The plotline was at times complicated, but that did not distract from the satisfaction of enjoying reading the story. With a clever plot, witty dialogue, exciting action, and time-traveling suspense, who could not enjoy this exceptional journey? I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast-paced, exciting, and unusual scenario to get lost in. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Readers Copy
April 8, 2024
Another fun read in this series! In this one, Drucinda believes she has found some clues to Paige's mother's whereabouts, so the gang head off to Ireland to see if they can find out anymore about Paige's heritage or where her mother might actually be. Once there, they encounter a portrait of someone who looks very much like Paige, but from a past period in time.
Using a Time Turner, they all head back to when this portrait was painted, but with devastating results, for Paige and Dewey at least. They end up constantly jumping through time with no control over when or where they land, but each time they encounter people who could give them help or give them more clues to Paige's past. They also have to help various librarians recover even more artifacts, sometimes with hilarious or dangerous adventures!
I love the jumping through time and how Paige and sometimes Dewey dealt with where they were and what they had to do. Just as soon as you thought they were on the path home again, something would happen and everything changed once more! It was definitely a rollercoaster of a ride through time and the culprit who caused it all, wasn't completely unexpected, although we still don't know yet why! Hopefully more will be revealed in the next book!
Looking forward to reading the next book in this series soon!
Using a Time Turner, they all head back to when this portrait was painted, but with devastating results, for Paige and Dewey at least. They end up constantly jumping through time with no control over when or where they land, but each time they encounter people who could give them help or give them more clues to Paige's past. They also have to help various librarians recover even more artifacts, sometimes with hilarious or dangerous adventures!
I love the jumping through time and how Paige and sometimes Dewey dealt with where they were and what they had to do. Just as soon as you thought they were on the path home again, something would happen and everything changed once more! It was definitely a rollercoaster of a ride through time and the culprit who caused it all, wasn't completely unexpected, although we still don't know yet why! Hopefully more will be revealed in the next book!
Looking forward to reading the next book in this series soon!
August 1, 2024
entertaining urban fantasy adventure series
This is an entertaining urban fantasy adventure series. A fun cast of characters in an entertaining storyline. Think librarians and warehouse 13 with a dose of paranormal creatures in the world thrown in. Page Turner is a librarian at one library of many around the world retrieve paranormal/magical/dangerous artifacts that could destroy humankind or that humankind should not be aware of. With her partner Dewey they go out and fight against any number of paranormal creatures vampires and many types werewolves and shifters and so many others to retrieve and save the world many times. She works with other librarians from around the world and it is always an action and entertaining story. Check it out
This is an entertaining urban fantasy adventure series. A fun cast of characters in an entertaining storyline. Think librarians and warehouse 13 with a dose of paranormal creatures in the world thrown in. Page Turner is a librarian at one library of many around the world retrieve paranormal/magical/dangerous artifacts that could destroy humankind or that humankind should not be aware of. With her partner Dewey they go out and fight against any number of paranormal creatures vampires and many types werewolves and shifters and so many others to retrieve and save the world many times. She works with other librarians from around the world and it is always an action and entertaining story. Check it out
September 8, 2026
These have so much potential. They remind me of ‘The Librarian’ TV movies. But…….
When I Google searched these books Google said they did not use foul language, but it often uses “what the he**”, “OMG”, “D*mmit”, “sh**”. The books would have been so much better without this language.
But I'm also taking stars because there is so much filler that is not needed, it is really flustering actually and I just want to scream when are we going to get back to the actual story!
The two main characters Page, and Dewey, are really annoying!!
Honestly, I would not have kept reading if I wasn't curious about what happened to Reed (Page’s mother). It was also an included read on Audible so thank goodness I didn't actually spend money on these.
When I Google searched these books Google said they did not use foul language, but it often uses “what the he**”, “OMG”, “D*mmit”, “sh**”. The books would have been so much better without this language.
But I'm also taking stars because there is so much filler that is not needed, it is really flustering actually and I just want to scream when are we going to get back to the actual story!
The two main characters Page, and Dewey, are really annoying!!
Honestly, I would not have kept reading if I wasn't curious about what happened to Reed (Page’s mother). It was also an included read on Audible so thank goodness I didn't actually spend money on these.
May 31, 2025
book 5 in the Shelving Magic series by Nellie H. Steele a fun fast read or listen as we follow Paige Turner and Dewey Decimal her teacup Dragon partner on her Library Quests to find and safe artifacts for her Shadow Harbor Library...She is also trying to find out what actually happened to her Mother Reed More...who disappeared when Paige was a baby after leaving her at the steps of a convent to be raised by nuns. With the Vampire Devon and Henry the fairytale Prince and Drucinda who it turns out is not only a Librarian like Paige but also a Van Helsing....I know right Lol these books are fast and fun
April 23, 2026
Finished it, but will not be continuing with the series. The 'heroine' is not Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich) or Patricia Fisher (Steve Higgs) - she's not just hapless or unlucky - she's totally inept, immature (at 35), reckless, and unwilling to learn.
If you like to see how many ridiculously impossible situations can be packed into one book, then this series is for you. I found that the constant high speed change from catastrophe to catastrophe impeded the plot - to the point that I wasn't sure that there was a plot. Too much action, not enough story.
If you like to see how many ridiculously impossible situations can be packed into one book, then this series is for you. I found that the constant high speed change from catastrophe to catastrophe impeded the plot - to the point that I wasn't sure that there was a plot. Too much action, not enough story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 5, 2026
I'm finding the same old jokes, the same adventure issues, the same whining and bickering, the same woes and complaints, etc. What was at one point and even for longer in other books a cute quirk, is now way overboard and so redundant that they are like 2 spoiled brats you want to kick out of the car and drive away from.
Image a book full things of:
"I know you are, but what am I?"
" Are we there yet?"
"Mom, he touched me."
Immature? Yep. The things you'll find in the book aren't much different.
Image a book full things of:
"I know you are, but what am I?"
" Are we there yet?"
"Mom, he touched me."
Immature? Yep. The things you'll find in the book aren't much different.
March 13, 2024
Shadow Omens is book 5 Magical Library Contemporary Fantasy Novel by Nellie H Steele. Wow! This book is fabulous. Page, Dewy, Drucinda and friends go on a wild ride to find Page's mother. The author kept me on the edge of my seat. I think this is my favorite book in the series. Great characters with a good mystery equals a fantastic book. I believe that this is a not to be missed story. I received an arc for free and am leaving my review voluntarily.
July 2, 2026
I felt like this one was a "filler" novel. Not really much to move the plot forward. I mean we are still looking for Paige's mom. Paige and Dewey still fight like siblings. Devin is still in love with her, etc. No major growth. Cute story but lets move the plot along now, shall we? please.
September 2, 2024
Fun read!
All the traveling reminded me of Sherman and Mr Wizard traveling through time! Loved that show as a kid! The adventures in this book are off the chain!
All the traveling reminded me of Sherman and Mr Wizard traveling through time! Loved that show as a kid! The adventures in this book are off the chain!
January 30, 2025
Entrancing
A very fast paced frolicking through time, with a lot of grumbling from a certain dragon, who'll remain nameless at the present.
A very fast paced frolicking through time, with a lot of grumbling from a certain dragon, who'll remain nameless at the present.
June 11, 2025
Story line is interesting and inventive, but there are way too many holes that are finally being questioned, but should have been questioned in book 1, not book 5
March 15, 2026
Zpočátku jsem byla nadšená, cestování časem a výzvy s tím spojené. Pak už to teda začalo být trochu otravné, jak se to opakovalo. 😅
May 10, 2026
What a story traveling through time
May 22, 2026
Amusing
June 17, 2026
The best book of the series. The plot is finally moving toward answers and the time hopping was pretty fun. Paige and Dewey definitely have a toxic relationship though.
August 25, 2026
Another Delicious Escapade
This book will have you getting closer and closer to Page Turner's ancestry, although it ends with a small problem.
This book will have you getting closer and closer to Page Turner's ancestry, although it ends with a small problem.
September 11, 2026
Listened to 4 hours of this .... Put it on fast speed.... Still couldn't listen to the rest of the book...
September 13, 2026
Second favorite in f the series
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