Back Door Magic

Back Door #1

by Phaedra Weldon

Unable to light even a simple candle, Brenda's lack of magic threatens the magic shop her Granny Pollsocks left her. The power is off, the heat is out, and the shop's magical spirits turn their back. Enter a dark haired, blue-eyed stranger who claims to be her Familiar. His purpose? To show Brenda that hope is the key to magic.

Genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy

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First published October 15, 2010

About the author

Sometimes credited as Phaedra M. Weldon.

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Phaedra is the eldest of four children. She began writing in notebooks with her best friend in middle school.
After leaving college for a job in the Graphic Arts industry, Phaedra continued her love of writing in her spare time and was lucky enough at a writer's conference to meet Dean Wesley Smith, who later became her writing mentor, along with his wife, the bestselling mystery/fantasy/romance/science fiction writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

Phaedra lives in Atlanta, Georgia. When not writing, she and her daughter spend their time playing games, letterboxing, or watching anime.

Series:
* Zoe Martinique

Reviews

[Blake · Rating 1 out of 5]

(FYI I tend to only review one book per series, unless I completely change my mind on a series, so want to change my scoring down a lot. -- I tend not to read reviews until after I read a book, so I go in with an open mind.)

Interesting idea. Given the rating because IMO the author didn't seem to keep track of information she had given us.
First glaring one for me was about the MC's mother. A 'wealthy widow'... except she always knows when her mother arrives because she hears her mother's car backfiring.' Also this woman is said to be a police officer and yet comes across as someone who has never worked just married. She expected her daughter to go to college and find a husband... I was like 'what?!' -- Wealthy widows who it seems also re-married well, do not drive cars that are known to backfire so much you can tell they're visiting! -- Also it'd be a very strange career woman, to expect her child to just find a husband to marry... not just any career even but the male dominated police force!

I seem to be having a run of authors who I liked / really liked to going 'WTH did I just read' with others of their works. :(

First time read the author's work?: No.

Will you be reading more?: No - for this series -- others by this author, yes, I'm going to try book 2 of two of her other series.

Would you recommend?: No


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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. :-)

[Tigress62 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a (very!!!) short story that I enjoyed a lot. I came across the author in an anthology ("The Morrigan" in "Once upon a curse") and I loved her style of writing. Actually, "Back door magic" is not even that much of a short story, but more of a snippet that is very obviously a part of something bigger (just like "The Morrigan") - and this I don't usually appreciate, because I believe "short stories" should be able to stand on their own little feet, even if they are a part of a bigger universe. Unfortunately, on top of it all, it looks as if the sequels are not/no more available at present, at least not on amazon ... I hope they will soon be re-released: as the stories ALL seem to be short, perhaps in a "Back door"-anthology, all in one book??? (or at least for kindle????), because the world-building looks promising and I want more!!! The author now seems to be busy with a few other series, though (e.g., "The Eldritch Files") ...

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a short story set in a new verse and I am hopeful it will continue.

[William Howe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusing but bland

You can almost see the end from the beginning. The short story trips along quite rapidly but there is little substance.

[Teresa Valentic · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great read! Light and funny.

[Dianna Sparks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

Witty
A quick read, Australia t horror really leaves you wanting to learn more about the back door!! Imagine if you will!!

[Alex Latham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 61 complete.