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Otherworldly
Opal O’Connell lives a relatively simple life. She works at a library on top of a coffee shop, and her dream is to become a talented writer. She classifies herself as a non-creative pessimist, and a non-believer of anything clairvoyant or supernatural, much unlike her vibrant best friend, Abbie. While she envies her parents for excelling at their creative professions, she always yearns for something more.
Eli Whitlock leads a much more complicated life. He works at Beans N’ Books with Opal. He’s known for his cheesy jokes that make Opal cringe on the daily. His family has a male line of psychics, him being one of them. He and his three cousins all possess different psychic abilities, passed down from their fathers and grandfather. A tragic event from Eli’s past leaves him conflicted with whether he can let anyone besides his tight-knit family into his life.
Can Eli help Opal spark the creativity she craves?
Can Opal be open to the wonderful world of Whitlock psychics?
What does your crystal ball say?
Eli Whitlock leads a much more complicated life. He works at Beans N’ Books with Opal. He’s known for his cheesy jokes that make Opal cringe on the daily. His family has a male line of psychics, him being one of them. He and his three cousins all possess different psychic abilities, passed down from their fathers and grandfather. A tragic event from Eli’s past leaves him conflicted with whether he can let anyone besides his tight-knit family into his life.
Can Eli help Opal spark the creativity she craves?
Can Opal be open to the wonderful world of Whitlock psychics?
What does your crystal ball say?
93 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2021
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January 11, 2022
I LOVED this books so much! It was a fast paced paranormal romance novella!
Opal and Eli are just adorable. 💗
I can not wait to see what the future has to hold for the Whitlock family. 🔮 🧙♀️
Bravo 🎉 Caroline on your great debut! This was very well written and I lovvvve that it’s open for more books! ☺️
Opal and Eli are just adorable. 💗
I can not wait to see what the future has to hold for the Whitlock family. 🔮 🧙♀️
Bravo 🎉 Caroline on your great debut! This was very well written and I lovvvve that it’s open for more books! ☺️
January 7, 2022
I read this book because a friend of mine wrote it and WOW!! You out did yourself on this one! It’s so good!
I read it in a couple hours as it’s pretty short but has a ton of detail! The characters were amazing and their romance is SO cute!! I adored the storyline and how the character fit into the plot! And the ending 🤯🤯 what a twist!!
Everything about this novel was perfect!! Summer 2022 needs to hurry up !! I need the second book now!!🤩
I read it in a couple hours as it’s pretty short but has a ton of detail! The characters were amazing and their romance is SO cute!! I adored the storyline and how the character fit into the plot! And the ending 🤯🤯 what a twist!!
Everything about this novel was perfect!! Summer 2022 needs to hurry up !! I need the second book now!!🤩
January 16, 2023
Otherworldly was certainly not what I expected. This sweet little paranormal romance novella is great for a quick read, but I will admit to it having some off moments. It’s perfectly good to read if you’re looking for something with a cutesy little romance. For me personally, it lacked depth. Certain parts of the novel felt shallow, as if they could have had a little more work or detail to them, and I wondered about how necessary some of the moments were. The characters felt slightly hollow in speech and personality, and everything seemed to fall together in that “perfect” cliche way, but I wished there had been more of something to connect to. I just found myself wanting to sink more into the work, which is a problem I often have with novellas. I sought a grand, heartfelt romance, and this was more of a meet-cute, simple tale of two people who work together.
The writing is better than Ms. Scott’s previous work, and I feel like the plot was better formed, but there is still a good amount of room for improvement. Particularly in dialogue, I think there could be more attention paid to truly get the right tone. As I read, one thing that struck me as needing work was the editing. From my eye, there were many flaws that could have been worked on, plot holes and repeating words and sentences that just didn’t work. That said, for a novella, I didn’t judge it too highly on the editing.
There were a lot of good things about this little novel, however. Even though it felt unpolished, I enjoyed the concept a great deal. I love paranormal/psychic fiction, though I do think that the advertising needs to express this more, as some of Eli’s family powers took me off guard. Going into the novel, I didn’t expect that level of psychic ability, and wished it wasn’t as subtle in what the book was presented as. It’s a great thing, and I wished it had more of a spotlight. But I loved seeing more within the book, and I love the idea of carrying on with the family and their powers. It would be wonderful to see each character get their own story and their own time to shine, making this into a series.
Caroline Scott is becoming a great cozy romance writer, and I think with more experience, this series- and her future works, could flourish. She has wonderful ideas, unique setups, and a few shining points in her novels that I think could be expanded on. If you want a feel-good read, this works well, but I’m really looking forward to there being something more intensive here. I can’t wait to jump into her next novel!
The writing is better than Ms. Scott’s previous work, and I feel like the plot was better formed, but there is still a good amount of room for improvement. Particularly in dialogue, I think there could be more attention paid to truly get the right tone. As I read, one thing that struck me as needing work was the editing. From my eye, there were many flaws that could have been worked on, plot holes and repeating words and sentences that just didn’t work. That said, for a novella, I didn’t judge it too highly on the editing.
There were a lot of good things about this little novel, however. Even though it felt unpolished, I enjoyed the concept a great deal. I love paranormal/psychic fiction, though I do think that the advertising needs to express this more, as some of Eli’s family powers took me off guard. Going into the novel, I didn’t expect that level of psychic ability, and wished it wasn’t as subtle in what the book was presented as. It’s a great thing, and I wished it had more of a spotlight. But I loved seeing more within the book, and I love the idea of carrying on with the family and their powers. It would be wonderful to see each character get their own story and their own time to shine, making this into a series.
Caroline Scott is becoming a great cozy romance writer, and I think with more experience, this series- and her future works, could flourish. She has wonderful ideas, unique setups, and a few shining points in her novels that I think could be expanded on. If you want a feel-good read, this works well, but I’m really looking forward to there being something more intensive here. I can’t wait to jump into her next novel!
January 6, 2022
This was such a nice cute easy read! I feel so attached to the characters even after only reading about them for a short time.
For anyone veering into the fantasy world this is the perfect introduction mixed with romance because it’s not too much in your face.
Eli is just such a precious angel and I’m so excited to learn more about him and Opal is a fumbling sweetheart and I’m excited to see where their relationships go!
I would’ve liked to have seen Opals transition more from a sceptic to believer as it was reiterated a lot from the start that she wasn’t into the supernatural stuff and then she just turned quite quickly but maybe that’s just the power of Eli 🤷♀️
Recommend especially for someone who’s in a reading slump and want to ease themselves back in.
For anyone veering into the fantasy world this is the perfect introduction mixed with romance because it’s not too much in your face.
Eli is just such a precious angel and I’m so excited to learn more about him and Opal is a fumbling sweetheart and I’m excited to see where their relationships go!
I would’ve liked to have seen Opals transition more from a sceptic to believer as it was reiterated a lot from the start that she wasn’t into the supernatural stuff and then she just turned quite quickly but maybe that’s just the power of Eli 🤷♀️
Recommend especially for someone who’s in a reading slump and want to ease themselves back in.
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