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Dru Jasper #0.75
Put A Spell On You
Will a 2,000-year-old curse devour an innocent soul and conquer the world? Not if Dru Jasper can stop it. She’s the bookish owner of The Crystal Connection, a Denver shop that sells potions, charms, and enchanted crystals to help powerful sorcerers fight the forces of darkness. When an ancient curse threatens the neighborhood Chinese restaurant, only Dru can solve a cryptic riddle, stop an angry spirit, and resist heaps of amazingly tasty dumplings – before an evil army of fiends is unleashed upon the world...
** Note: This seven-chapter novelette is a prequel to It Happened One Doomsday (Dru Jasper #1), and includes a FREE sample chapter of the first book! **
** Note: This seven-chapter novelette is a prequel to It Happened One Doomsday (Dru Jasper #1), and includes a FREE sample chapter of the first book! **
65 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 15, 2017
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L. MacNaughton
18 books150 followersL. MacNaughton is an award-winning husband-and-wife writing team whose books have been praised by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews. Get a free ebook at www.LMacNaughton.com
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 23, 2017
Even better than the last.
This series is just too cute. I breezed my way through It Happened One Doomsday, quickly sopped up Magic Carpet Ride, and when the author offered me the chance to read this one and review, it was a total no-brainer.
This second novella does a great job infusing even more life into the characters of It Happened One Doomsday. Dru is her hilarious self, Opal gets a slightly larger role--which fits her larger-than-life attitude to a tee, and Rane...
Rane might just be my favorite character in this entire series. She's hilarious. She is the epitome of that person you know that tends to rush in and just welcome trouble to them. She is loud, she's brash, she's tough-as-nails, she's not afraid of a thing, and she's just so talented at eating Dru out of house and home.
In this novella, Dru and the gang are yanked rather unceremoniously into a mounting catastrophe concerning Ancient Sumerian evil spirits (Ghostbusters reference, anyone?), an army made up entirely of statues, and the local Chinese restaurant.
Yes. You did read all of that correctly. It turns out the lion statues outside the town's perhaps-magically-assisted-Asian restaurant are kind of, sort of...possessed. And once those things are released, they'll use whatever statues they can get their hands on to fulfill an ancient prophecy that their army can take over the world--even if that army consists of lawn flamingos and garden gnomes with a new, mysterious bent towards violence.
And it's up to Dru and Company to avert the crisis before the world--ahem, town--is taken control of by said angry lawn ornamentation.
This one is a blast. Even better than Magic Carpet Ride. Laurence MacNaughton's ability to take Urban Fantasy and infuse it with carefree fun and laugh-out-loud humor is a true talent.
Thanks so much to the author for offering me the chance to give this a read for free. Of course, that didn't effect my review at all--this book is just that good.
If you're a fan of the series--or even if you haven't read it yet--give this a read! You won't regret it!
This series is just too cute. I breezed my way through It Happened One Doomsday, quickly sopped up Magic Carpet Ride, and when the author offered me the chance to read this one and review, it was a total no-brainer.
This second novella does a great job infusing even more life into the characters of It Happened One Doomsday. Dru is her hilarious self, Opal gets a slightly larger role--which fits her larger-than-life attitude to a tee, and Rane...
Rane might just be my favorite character in this entire series. She's hilarious. She is the epitome of that person you know that tends to rush in and just welcome trouble to them. She is loud, she's brash, she's tough-as-nails, she's not afraid of a thing, and she's just so talented at eating Dru out of house and home.
In this novella, Dru and the gang are yanked rather unceremoniously into a mounting catastrophe concerning Ancient Sumerian evil spirits (Ghostbusters reference, anyone?), an army made up entirely of statues, and the local Chinese restaurant.
Yes. You did read all of that correctly. It turns out the lion statues outside the town's perhaps-magically-assisted-Asian restaurant are kind of, sort of...possessed. And once those things are released, they'll use whatever statues they can get their hands on to fulfill an ancient prophecy that their army can take over the world--even if that army consists of lawn flamingos and garden gnomes with a new, mysterious bent towards violence.
And it's up to Dru and Company to avert the crisis before the world--ahem, town--is taken control of by said angry lawn ornamentation.
This one is a blast. Even better than Magic Carpet Ride. Laurence MacNaughton's ability to take Urban Fantasy and infuse it with carefree fun and laugh-out-loud humor is a true talent.
Thanks so much to the author for offering me the chance to give this a read for free. Of course, that didn't effect my review at all--this book is just that good.
If you're a fan of the series--or even if you haven't read it yet--give this a read! You won't regret it!
March 16, 2026
It was ok. Reasonably well written. Had a story line. But raised questions. Dru just jumps in. No backstory as to why she thinks she can solve this issue (or should). Opal seemed to have no point-she offered nothing. This was not a story that would make you want to read the series.
November 17, 2025
I like this author but for some reason this didn’t resonate with me. I was easily distracted and willing to not rush to finish it. For me the characters were not that compelling or interesting. It wasn’t my favorite.
March 3, 2020
This was a cute little story! Having read It Happened One Doomsday first....I'm really enjoying the small little stories about Dru!!
March 28, 2026
I LOVED THIS BOOK ANDI CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW NUCH TROUBLE THE THREE WOMEN GET INTO NEXT!
November 20, 2017
All of these little stories are so fun. Dru, Rane, and Opal are such a dynamite team and I just love it. Each story shows a little more about what Dru is capable of and also what kind of shenanigans the group can get themselves in to.
It also got me really excited to pick up A Kiss Before Doomsday again!
It also got me really excited to pick up A Kiss Before Doomsday again!
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews