Der magische Markt kommt nach Spellbound - Stände mit unzähligen Waren von Zaubertränken bis hin zu Kühlschrankmagneten. Für die Bewohner der ehemals verfluchten Stadt eine wahre Attraktion, die auch den Tourismus in Spellbound ankurbeln soll. Doch dann wird eine schlecht gelaunte Gestaltwandlerin in ihrem Stand ermordet aufgefunden - und alles deutet auf die Wahrsagerin, die mithilfe von Zaubertränken in die Zukunft sieht und deren Tod vorhergesehen hat. Emma hat wie üblich einen anderen Verdacht und ist entschlossen, den Namen der Verdächtigen reinzuwaschen. Kann sie den Fall lösen und verhindern, dass der Spellbound-Tourismus endet, bevor er richtig begonnen hat?
Die Willkommen in Spellbound - einer Kleinstadt wie jeder anderen. Es gibt Tratsch, heimliche Affären und Verbrechen. Der einzige Unterschied? Hier leben keine Menschen ... Emma Hart landet durch eine Reihe misslicher Umstände in dieser zauberhaften Stadt voller übernatürlicher Wesen. Doch es gibt ein Wegen eines Fluches können die magischen Bewohner die Stadt nicht mehr verlassen. Nicht der beste Zeitpunkt für Emma, um zu erfahren, dass sie eine Hexe ist! Die Anwältin macht das Beste aus der Situation und übernimmt den Job des Pflichtverteidigers, der kürzlich ermordet wurde. Denn auch in Spellbound gibt es Ganoven und Mörder. Doch Nicht jeder Vampir oder Werwolf ist so böse, wie er aussieht - und nicht jede Elfe ist harmlos!
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Annabel Chase is the author of urban fantasy and cozy mystery novels. She would love to live in a magical town where she can shop at Ready-to-Were for the the perfect outfit, flirt with hot angels and vampires, and cook gourmet meals without exerting any effort. Visit her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Annabel-Chas... or on her website at www.annabelchase.com.
Der mit Abstand schlechteste Band der gesamten Reihe. Kaum Story, es ging wirklich nur um Emma, die offenbar sämtliche Selbstachtung verloren hat und das war sehr anstrengend...
Emma and Daniel are ready for their baby to arrive, as the Spellbound community hosts the World Market. There’s a lot of enthusiasm and excitement until a vendor dies, and Emma as the town lawyer, represents the unfortunate soul believed to be the killer.
Emma’s intuition tells her to look for the real killer, so she goes on the hunt. Unfortunately her swollen pregnant body does not agree with her, so there is hilarity as she forces herself to stay on the case and find the real killer. It’s sweet small town life but with the murder, big problems.
Wonderful heroine with a sweet angelic hubby, their ghost vampire roomie Gareth, the entertaining hissy hellcat Magpie and a host of sweet eccentric paranormals round out the cast of the book, and the ending is quite the surprise and a totally worthwhile read
Oh the joys of pregnancy are never ending (at least it feels that way)
Wonderful and I loved the way the shortfalls of being pregnant are used in the story and I must admit it did make me chuckle. A great plot - the town saviour and lawyer (married to the resident angel) and very, very pregnant has a case to solve (probably her last one before her maternity leave starts). A murder of one of the stall holders at the World Market that has come into town. The dead woman was aggressive, rude and obnoxious but she is sure that the person arrested isn't the killer. Magic potions, heartburn, evidence that others had fights with the dead woman, feeling like the largest whale in existence, a power hungry temp lawyer, a ghost vampire bent on keeping her healthy and a gorgeous angel are all woven into a plot that might be the end of her and her unborn child. Will they catch the killer? Will either the mother or child survive? Are there surprises and shocks to come?
Wirklich schade! Das ist jetzt das 2. Buch der sich Emma durch ihre Schwangerschaft „quält“. Der Fokus liegt gefühlt nur darauf. Ich habe es irgendwann abgebrochen weil die eigentliche Geschichte und auch die liebevollen Charaktere überhaupt nicht mehr im Fokus standen.
As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed this story like I have from every book in this series. You know how some people say they wish they lived in the Harry Potter universe? I want to exist in Spellbound!!
Schon die "Spellbound"-Reihe las sich mit den 10 einzelnen Büchern, die zwischen 200 und 300 Seiten lang, abgeschlossen aber doch Teil einer größeren Erzählung waren, wie verschriftlichte Episoden einer Lieblingsserie. Nach dieser Logik ist "Spellbound Ever After" wie eine zweite Staffel mit abermals 9 einzelnen Episoden zu verstehen. Auf englisch sind schon alle Bände erhältlich, auf deutsch werden sie im Laufe des Jahres nach und nach folgen. Dementsprechend werde ich diese Rezension auch laufend ergänzen.
Das Grundkonzept der gesamten Spellbound-Welt besteht aus einer Kombination aus Kleinstadt und Fantasy Setting, Krimiplot und Liebesgeschichte und lässt sich mit einem Wort zusammenfassen: gemütlich. Egal um welchen Band es sich handelt, es ist immer genau das Richtige, wenn man Lust auf eine magische Mischung aus Krimi, Romantik und einer ordentlichen Portion Humor hat. Die Krimifälle sind zu Beginn vielleicht etwas leicht zu durchschauen, es gibt aber auch einige, die wirklich fesselnd sind. Auch wenn nicht jede Wendung überrascht, hat die Geschichte einiges zu bieten. Zum Beispiel die patente und witzige Hauptfigur Emma, die man gerne bei ihren Ermittlungen, bei der Navigation ihres Liebeslebens und der Pflege ihrer Freundschaften begleitet. Über die Bände verteilt steigen wir mit ihr in das Leben als Magierin ein, lösen mit ihr Fälle als Pflichtverteidigerin der Stadt und begutachten wie sich ihr Privat- und Liebesleben verändert. Auch wenn sie am Ende der ersten Reihe ihr "Happy End" mit dem Engel Daniel erhalten hat, ist bei Ihr auch in dieser zweiten Reihe einiges in Bewegung und es wird definitiv nie langweilig mit ihr. In diesem Spinnoff treten beispielsweise neue Familienmitglieder auf den Plan, es gibt Zuwachs im Hause Hart und natürlich schafft es die junge Magierin wieder, sich bis zum Hals in magische Schwierigkeiten zu verstricken...
In Kombination mit der Vielzahl an Charakteren und magischen Kreaturen, die seit Jahrhunderten in Spellbound eingesperrt waren und nun mit ihrer neu gewonnenen Freiheit umgehen müssen, ist also wieder allemal genügend Erzählstoff für die vielen Bände vorhanden. Auch nach 19 Bänden gibt es in der Welt noch vieles zu entdecken. Denn egal ob Hexen, Gestaltwandler, Zwerge, Vampire, Banshees, Feen, Vampire, Zentauren, Berserker, Yeetis, Elfen, Kobolde, Trolle oder Einhörner - es gibt kein paranormales Wesen, das nicht in Spellbound zu finden wäre. Wer also Lust auf eine entspannte, aber dennoch packende Geschichte hat und gerne mal aus dem Alltag in eine zauberhafte Kleinstadt voller Geheimnisse und Abenteuer flüchten möchte, sollte Spellbound unbedingt einen Besuch abstatten.
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Wer auf der Suche nach einer Wohlfühlreihe ist, die ein bisschen Magie, viel Humor und eine gute Prise Krimi mitbringt, wird in Spellbound definitiv fündig. Annabel Chase hat hier eine charmante Welt erschaffen, in die man immer wieder gerne eintaucht!
This series is a continuation of the “Spellbound” series. It could be read as a standalone series, although I would not recommend it. Many of the characters of the former series are featured here and I believe the reader would find it confusing to relate to the story and its characters without having read the Spellbound series beforehand. The FMC Emma is a remarkable character. She is determined, smart, strong, funny and sarcastic. Emma is a “new” sorceress, having been brought up as a human and only recently finding out she is something else. This series takes place much after her discovery and development as a sorceress and after getting settled in her new home on the paranormal world. Emma works as a defense lawyer, although her true calling is solving the mysteries behind the crimes that are happening in her town. There is mystery, magic, action and plenty of surprises. If you are looking for a fun, light and interesting series, then you will definitely enjoy reading this one. Recommended 🩷🩷🩷
She has to find out who there murderer is, no matter what her condition. She throws up on people, pees on the floor and trips everywhere. She gets insulted and says sweet things to the people who insult her over and over. She stumbles around until she finds out who killed who and thinks "I really need backup" or someone says she's crazy for going alone but she says "I'm so powerful I don't need anybody". Every single book she almost gets killed and someone has to happen by to save her. Does she ever learn? No, never does the story line change from book to book. The lowest self esteem and highest self delusion of any cozy heroine I've read. I know the author is stretching things to churn out more books, but please move it along character wise. It's free with Prime is all I can say. But the whole thing is boring me to death at this point. At least learn a few hard lessons or change up each book's plot a bit.
The residents of Spellbound now have the opportunity to revel in pop culture references and everyday minutia until a most inconvenient murder occurs. Swollen ankles, compromised balance, and imminent motherhood won't keep Emma off the killer's trail to save her husband's job and her client's freedom. I enjoy my visits to Spellbound and the characters there, but Emma seems to be regressing into inanity. In the last couple of books she has been a bit of a dingbat. Hopefully the end of the pregnancy will solve this, because Emma and Daniel (and Gareth!) will have their hands full with two new additions and an unlikeable potential career poacher!
Daniel bring the World Market to Spellbound so that the citizens see what is outside of their town But one of the sellers is found dead near her booth and Emma takes it upon herself to try and solve the woman's murder By now Emma is extremely ready for the birth of her child but that doesn't stop her There is a poetry contest that Gareth wants to enter but since he is a vampire ghost he gets Emma to recite his poem...which they don't get to finish The characters in this series are great not to mention humourous
.. Daniel is working hard at the World Market. A n idea he had to bring new ideas to Spellbound. But the stall holders seem to be causing more trouble than anything else.. there's the pies that made so many people ill, the werecougar who's pet stall also sells vitamins that prevent shifters from shifting, the fake potion psychic who makes it up as she goes along.. the council want to close the market and shut out outsiders once a body is discovered.. can Emma get to the bottom of the case before the baby comes?
I kept worrying about eclampsia with all that talk about swelling. I told myself that these characters are prone to hyperbole. I also doubt (as a tasseographer) that amaranth would remind anyone unfamiliar with tea leaf reading or the plant of a flower, a hand or hassle maybe. And when Emma "pops a petal into her mouth" , again, I doubt she'd think of one of the blossoms or clusters as a petal. That's what happens when real witches read paranormal cozy mysteries.
The birth of a new cozey mystery murder that is so well written The array of familiar fun loving characters and an array of new bold, vibrant, colorful and quirky will draw you into their stories,then you will find yourself enticed further through intrigue, murder, mayhem and mystery. All entwined through a plot that will keep you entranced in its magical flow having you turning page after exciting page until you've reached its unexpected and climatic conclusion. Acquire " Poetry in Potion " today for hours of enjoyable entertainment. 😃 Kat
This will always be a top favorite series of mine but I hate that Emma constantly puts herself in danger. Thought it would be different because she was with child but no such luck. Of course Daniel says nothing because he’s so in love with her. Let’s not forget to mention her routine revelation of who the murderer is while having a causal conversation with someone. Ugh, but still I love it.
It's a page turner! Solving a murder while nine months pregnant is crazy to me. The funniest part is when Daniel (who has been on this earth a long time) never realized what all the nursery rhymes actually meant! Lmbo! I'm still giggling to myself about that. Annabel Chase does an amazing job with every book and each character, I seriously can't get enough of this series! On to the next!
Love the mysteries and surprises you always get with Ms. Chase’s stories, even though sometimes you can see the development, you never know when the bomb is going to drop.
The World Market Fair is in town and of course there is a mystery to solve, why should an advance pregnancy preclude the fun? Read on as Emma figures out who done it and see if you are right on your prediction.
It's world Market Day. There's a fortune teller who is really nasty. Things don't go well as five people are poisoned by blackbird pie.There's also a death and the reaction of the Council is to shut down the entire market.
There's also a birth, an unusual baby and a person from Emma's past shows up unexpectedly.
Still loving the further adventures of Emma and Daniel...and Gareth, hellcat and the rest. That was quite a little stinger on the end, so now I need to rush into the next book and find out what happens next! I'm afraid the author has acquired a new stalker ;)
I've loved every book in both Spellbound series, but the entire book aimed to make fun of Emma during her pregnancy. It seemed like every interaction with someone was about Emma's weight and how big she was during her pregnancy. It was off-putting reading the story and seeing all the fat jokes to a pregnant woman.
How do I wright this, and not tell you a huge spoiler?? Deep breath. Ok let's just say Emma had the baby, and is getting visited by others. But there is a surprise visitor at the end. Freaking cliffhangers, oh how I hate them so I'm of to read next book
Another great story in this series. With Emma heavily pregnant no-one wants her to rush about. But t That is not our Emma! Murder most confusing....so, any suspect, but Emma is determined to sort it all. At last - a HEA for Emma and Daniel.
Book 5 has humor, angst, murder, mystery, a very pregnant sorceress, a magic market, a bunch of suspects, and love. Emma is in the thick of things, even though she is fighting all the pregnancy problems. And a big surprise ending. Highly entertaining.
Gemütlicher cosy Crime Roman für die kältere Jahreszeit. Die Geschichte von Emma geht weiter und es macht Spaß ihr zu folgen. Endlich wieder spannendere Fälle und ein toller Handlungsstrang ihrer persönlichen Geschichte, der wir seit Anfang an folgen. Spannender Cliff Hänger am Ende