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Hidden Magic #1-3
Complete Hidden Magic Trilogy
The complete Hidden Magic trilogy. Over 100,000 words of action-packed urban fantasy in one handy boxset.
Kit McGowan wanted a nice quiet life. She worked as a bounty hunter to try and put her younger brother through college. All she had to do was pay the bills and keep her dangerous secret hidden. Then Ethan Hale entered her life and nothing was the same again.
Shadow Magic
Kit and Ethan must work together to find out who's stealing god magic and selling it. People are dying and it's down to them to put and end to it.
Blood Magic
Someone is trying to wipe out an old fae bloodline. Kit and Ethan are called in to hunt them down before more fae lives are lost. The problem is, things aren't as simple as they first seem.
Death Magic
Kit has one last family secret lurking in the darkness, and it's rising along with half the dead within the city walls. This is the one fight Kit's not sure she can win. The fate of the world lies in her hands.
Kit McGowan wanted a nice quiet life. She worked as a bounty hunter to try and put her younger brother through college. All she had to do was pay the bills and keep her dangerous secret hidden. Then Ethan Hale entered her life and nothing was the same again.
Shadow Magic
Kit and Ethan must work together to find out who's stealing god magic and selling it. People are dying and it's down to them to put and end to it.
Blood Magic
Someone is trying to wipe out an old fae bloodline. Kit and Ethan are called in to hunt them down before more fae lives are lost. The problem is, things aren't as simple as they first seem.
Death Magic
Kit has one last family secret lurking in the darkness, and it's rising along with half the dead within the city walls. This is the one fight Kit's not sure she can win. The fate of the world lies in her hands.
- GenresFantasy
490 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 2, 2019
74 people are currently reading
29 people want to read
About the author
Jayne Hawke
21 books69 followersJayne is an English Urban Fantasy author who owns two very large fluffy cats. When she isn't writing, or playing with her cats, she's binge-watching Netflix, baking, or complaining about the weather.
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January 5, 2020
Absolutely loved this trilogy, from start to finish..the main original characters, of Kit and Matt, developing & additional characters coming along..
Can't wait to see what's next in-store for them all & read more by this creative writer..
Though struggling to find more available at the moment on Amazon's UK page?
Can't wait to see what's next in-store for them all & read more by this creative writer..
Though struggling to find more available at the moment on Amazon's UK page?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 29, 2019
Loved it!
It was a perfect mix of family in crisis, paranormal in abundance and kicking butt, and top it off romance. A very good read.
It was a perfect mix of family in crisis, paranormal in abundance and kicking butt, and top it off romance. A very good read.
February 19, 2020
DNF
About 63% finished and I returned it to Kindle Unlimited.
As with almost everything I've read recently, the first novel started off well. There was a fairly jaw dropping "precipitating event," followed by enough narrative to pique my curiosity (yeah - it's "pique," instead of "peek" or "peak," authors/editors/proofreaders!) and, so, I stuck with it - for far too long.
This is, apparently, a British writer, so there are a few turns of phrases that would sound off to American readers ("different to" instead of the Americanized "different from"), and those don't bother me in the least. What DID bother me was the clunky writing style and the sheer number of typos and errors that ultimately distracted me from the telling of this tale.
Add to that the weird and repeated food fetish (descriptions of full meals, sometimes including the manner in which they were cooked), the romance going nowhere, the fact that I had to use MY imagination to fill in all the blanks (author, please, I wanted/needed YOUR imagination!), the fact that I could and DID put these novels down to play games on my smartphone and watch the CNN town halls, and I was done...
About 63% finished and I returned it to Kindle Unlimited.
As with almost everything I've read recently, the first novel started off well. There was a fairly jaw dropping "precipitating event," followed by enough narrative to pique my curiosity (yeah - it's "pique," instead of "peek" or "peak," authors/editors/proofreaders!) and, so, I stuck with it - for far too long.
This is, apparently, a British writer, so there are a few turns of phrases that would sound off to American readers ("different to" instead of the Americanized "different from"), and those don't bother me in the least. What DID bother me was the clunky writing style and the sheer number of typos and errors that ultimately distracted me from the telling of this tale.
Add to that the weird and repeated food fetish (descriptions of full meals, sometimes including the manner in which they were cooked), the romance going nowhere, the fact that I had to use MY imagination to fill in all the blanks (author, please, I wanted/needed YOUR imagination!), the fact that I could and DID put these novels down to play games on my smartphone and watch the CNN town halls, and I was done...
September 10, 2025
(FYI I tend to only review one book per series, unless I want to change my scoring by 0.50 or more of a star. -- I tend not to read reviews until after I read a book, so I go in with an open mind.
First time read the author's work?: No
Will you be reading more?: Yes
Would you recommend?: Yes
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How I rate Stars: 5* = I loved (must read all I can find by the author)
4* = I really enjoyed (got to read all the series and try other books by the author).
3* = I enjoyed (I will continue to read the series)
or
3* = Good book just not my thing (I realised I don't like the genre or picked up a kids book to review in error.)
All of the above scores means I would recommend them!
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2* = it was okay (I might give the next book in the series a try, to see if that was better IMHO.)
1* = Disliked
Note: adding these basic 'reviews' after finding out that some people see the stars differently than I do - hoping this clarifies how I feel about the book. :-)
First time read the author's work?: No
Will you be reading more?: Yes
Would you recommend?: Yes
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How I rate Stars: 5* = I loved (must read all I can find by the author)
4* = I really enjoyed (got to read all the series and try other books by the author).
3* = I enjoyed (I will continue to read the series)
or
3* = Good book just not my thing (I realised I don't like the genre or picked up a kids book to review in error.)
All of the above scores means I would recommend them!
-
2* = it was okay (I might give the next book in the series a try, to see if that was better IMHO.)
1* = Disliked
Note: adding these basic 'reviews' after finding out that some people see the stars differently than I do - hoping this clarifies how I feel about the book. :-)
January 14, 2022
Kit is a secret Blood Witch who has always hidden her powers to keep her half-blood brother safe. Ethan is a pack leader who needs a helping hand. These two are instantly drawn to each other. In the first book Kit and Ethan are trying to figure out who is killing high-born fey. In the second book, they are trying to find rogue witches killing fey. In the final book, an old familiar person comes back into Kit's life and the pack must help take him down. Overall this was a solid sci-fi series. The writing was solid and the plot was good. I liked the mysteries. The romance was slow burn, but I liked the last one.
April 14, 2020
Rushed ending
Simply engrossed in these three book,but I have to say the ending left me feeling cheated.It was so rushed there was no real build up,even got almost childish with a lot of errors in the narrative.Overall though I did enjoy them,not too many characters to get confused over but then again not to great a plot.I would recommend that you read this over a weekend,best way as the books are rather short
Simply engrossed in these three book,but I have to say the ending left me feeling cheated.It was so rushed there was no real build up,even got almost childish with a lot of errors in the narrative.Overall though I did enjoy them,not too many characters to get confused over but then again not to great a plot.I would recommend that you read this over a weekend,best way as the books are rather short
July 9, 2020
Complete hidden magic trilogy
Tremendous action, good characters, romance and elves! Kit is a wonderful selfless and compassionate take few prisoners kind of hero. I did stumble through grammatical issues which broke up my enjoyment somewhat.
Tremendous action, good characters, romance and elves! Kit is a wonderful selfless and compassionate take few prisoners kind of hero. I did stumble through grammatical issues which broke up my enjoyment somewhat.
April 3, 2020
Exciting
Fun. Cute. Exciting and kinda bloody. Lovely escapism in not overwhelming capsules of time. Read it. It's worth it. I personally want more
Fun. Cute. Exciting and kinda bloody. Lovely escapism in not overwhelming capsules of time. Read it. It's worth it. I personally want more
April 23, 2020
Brilliant read
Get lots in the magic of this book.good story and loved it was set in a beautiful place like york.you really can't stop reading .
Get lots in the magic of this book.good story and loved it was set in a beautiful place like york.you really can't stop reading .
May 10, 2020
Great fast paced story
Really well written and interesting story line. No annoying characters and written with humour and for adults. Strong female lead.
Really well written and interesting story line. No annoying characters and written with humour and for adults. Strong female lead.
September 22, 2020
It all felt really superficial to me. Characters lacked depth, and no tension was really created when important things were meant to happen. It was a disappointing read for me.
June 8, 2024
Almost put this one down several times, but eventually stuck with it. While the MC is a talented fighter/assassin, her constant emotional throes into teenage heart throb desires was very tedious.
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