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Shelving Magic #5
Shadow Omens: Shelving Magic, Book 5
A Magical Library Urban Fantasy Novel
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!
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!
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Published February 18, 2025
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About the author
Nellie H. Steele
126 books508 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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June 29, 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
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
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.
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
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