Bedlam in Bethlehem Box Set 1-4

Mayhem of Magic Boxed Sets #2

by Nicole Zoltack

Clarissa Tempest will do anything to keep Bethlehem safe from thugs, goons, criminals... Vamps? Werewolves? Sirens? Djinn? Yeah, she won't back down no matter what the threat is.

Genres: Fantasy, Ebooks, Paranormal, Vampires, Paranormal Romance

1140 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2021

About the author

Nicole Zoltack is a USA Today bestselling author who loves to write romances. Of course. She did marry her first kiss, after all!

When she’s not writing about knights, superheroes, or witches, she enjoys spending time with her loving husband, three energetic young boys, and precious baby girl. She enjoys riding horses (pretending they’re unicorns, of course!) and going to the PA Renaissance Faire dressed in garb. She’ll also read anything she can get her hands on. Her current favorite TV shows are The Walking Dead and Stranger Things.

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Reviews

[WenchyReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF. I HATE not finishing a book. I tried, I really did. I wanted to like this book but I just could not. I read the first three books/short stories in this set in full and then started book 4, but after a few chapters, I finally gave up. After the fact, I read some of the reviews and one said the FMC is "insufferable", which is the perfect word. As I was reading I wanted to punch her in the face. The FMC is whiny, self-centered and entirely unlikeable. She's "not like other girls" in the worst kind of way and terrible to the people around her. As a cop, she's an awful partner and not even remotely a team player.

Aside from a FMC that made me root for the vampires, the writing style is choppy and basic. There's no sense of world building, only surface descriptions of characters, and a lot of repetition. The procedural parts of the book (both law enforcement and medical) are unrealistic and not well researched. Basic tenants of law and medical professionalism are completely ignored or glossed over. I get it's fiction and expect some literary license to be taken, but this author goes well beyond the level I could accept.

In the end, I couldn't connect with the characters, invest in the story, or tolerate the writing style.

[Stacey · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was curious to read this as it's set in Bethlehem, PA, close to Allentown (my brother lived there for a bit and I stayed with him over Christmas, plus I have a good friend from there)... but oh my word, Clarissa, girl... you are annoying. Your parents were murdered. Yes, keep mentioning that. You want to make a difference in Bethlehem as a cop... please repeat that every other page.
She also has THREE love interests.
And like no knowledge of vampire lore. She's also a rebel who doesn't listen to her boss and keeps putting herself in danger and since she can't be touched (turns out she's half demon), the vampires hurt her friends... which makes no sense because that just pisses her off more. Great plan.
It finally got to the point where I started skipping ahead in the books to find out what happened. And I would have to read FOUR more books! Nope!
I vote Diego, because he's cool. But Clarissa is so annoying and I want to smack her, so maybe Diego deserves someone else.

[Rick Boisclair · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not what I expected but better than I thought it would be. Tempest is a brash cop who wants nothing more than to served her city. When supernatural events start occurring she is always at the forefront and somehow manages to stay alive even through trials which others see as being a bad team mate. She finds she has a secret she can’t share even with those closest to her and all she wants is to protect her people.

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very different.

I'd already got book one free. Then this 4 book one popped up so I brought it.

Clarissa Tempest, a cop who has a knack for go find the bad guys.

But suddenly the bad guys are now Vampires, Werewolves, Sirens and Djinns!!

There's also something wrong with her. Most of the bad guys won't kill her, they go on about her dad, her biological one, not the parents that have raised her.

Mysteries abound in this four book romp.

[Kate M Compton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bedlam in Bethlehem Box Set 1 to 4

The first book was really grabbing, and then it fell...
Repetition. Spelling errors, inconsistency between chapters.
She totals her car, and next she is driving a car...

I struggled to finish it.

Book 4, Clarrissa is a whining, god complex, indecisive tool.

Should I be with him? No, I need to be single. no, no one can get hurt...

Huge lost opportunity to turn it into something really good.

[Marylebone · Rating 1 out of 5]

I kept reading long after the nonsense got repetitive, thinking once the setup was out of the way maybe we'd get to something but that never happened. Just a lot of nothing. None of the books in this series are particularly interestingand they don't build towards anything either. It's kind of like the author outlined the plots for these books but then never actually went back filled in any of the book parts.

[Patricia smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes

I loved this book. So much action, blood gore, and stuff. Friendship, partnership and just being there for another. She protected her town and friends. There is loss, heartache, live and friends.

[Will Pinkston · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a weird one for me. The plot and pacing were strong enough to carry me most of the way through the first book in the set, but then stopped reading for a day and couldn’t push past the dialogue and characters to get back into it.

[vicki carnicle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bedlam in Bethlehem

This book series kept me interested form the first line to very last word the choice of good against evil

[Tree · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF collection.

[Anne Mae Gold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bedlam in Bethleham

Very entertaining. Sometimes the wording and editing drove me nuts, but the various stories were good. I enjoyed them. Thanks.

[Daniel Deitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haunted City

This is a really good series. The stories are interesting and the characters well defined. A very decent read for all ages.

[Liza · Rating 4 out of 5]

A box set of 4 full books plus 4 shorts.

The range of paranormals grows along the series - vampires, werewolves, sirens, djinns. Clarissa is a great lead character (despite her faults)