Jolly Jinxes

Winter Witches of Holiday Haven Series, Book 8

De: J.L. Collins

Narrado por: Amanda Ronconi

Time for some fun under the North Pole sun!

Star Clearwater has everything she's always wanted. Her business is soaring, her relationship with her mother is on the mend, and she and her cute, bookish boyfriend Everett are gearing up to attend the big Summer Solstice celebration that promises to be a party like no other.

But instead of throwing on the sunscreen and relaxing with her toes in the sand, Star's off to hunt down two powerful chaos magic spell books that have been stolen from Everett's bookstore. Not only is this magic dangerous in the wrong hands, but Everett's in danger of losing his bookstore if they don't hurry to find the books in time . . .

This mystery contains Christmas magic, hot cocoa, some romance, and plenty of mischievous puppy-sitting!

©2021 J.L. Collins (P)2022 Tantor

Chaos is fun

How does a nerd book store owner deal with chaos? This story gives us all details including a 10 inch demon tossed in for some fun. Add in the talk with some puppies and one twist we have a great story.

I love Holiday Haven!

Another great addition to this series. I was skeptical about it focusing on the summer solstice but this story is still heavily winter themed. Another excellent collaboration between this writer and narrator!

(Spoilers) Although I love this series, Star is likely my least favorite character. She is least relatable to me and I feel like she uses the least amount or perhaps just less interesting magic. I feel like the author tried too hard to make her a “boss queen” and she just comes off boring and unpleasant sometimes. She is very business like which is off putting to me and that’s coming from a business woman lol. Perhaps that was intended to be part of the conflict, that she needed to evolve to be less pragmatic and more whimsical and free. Even the narrator seems less enthused when talking in Star’s voice, like she doesn’t want to tap into her true talent for this lesser protagonist.

The husky puppies were all kinds of adorable and I wish we had spied their antics more. I absolutely LOVED Oz the Christmas demon, what a bizarre yet delightful turn. I felt like I was hallucinating when he was first introduced lol. I daresay he is the most entertaining character/part of the series yet and the narrator did a phenomenal job with his voice and tone. This was the only mystery so far that seemed obvious to me, I knew all along the husky pups had the chaos books. But I was not expecting that great twist with the book guy. His voice and character were also very well done.

I really enjoyed seeing more of Star and Everett’s relationship bc it really seemed like an afterthought in their first book. The chaos magic was very detailed and impressive. The aggressive, gelatin tree was my fav part and thus kept the Christmasy theme. I did not like some of the brash things Star said to Everett and I especially disliked her pushing him off the high dive in the end and then showing off with her own magic. I hope to see more of Star’s rough edges smoothed out in the coming books.

Again, can’t say enough good things about this series. I’m going to save the rest until next Christmas and will def reread the others! 🎄🎁❄️💚♥️

Fan

Love it and Star and Everett is such a lovely couple. Can’t wait to see what Star will do if Everett ask her to marry him and what they have to undercover in the next mishap in Holiday Haven.
Love the author and narrator.

outstanding Story

I love the characters and how each author blends in their stories to fit a 'magical' town

Fun Adventure

lots of twists & turns & fun adventures. ooy-gooy carniverous Christmas trees?!? yikes! and a Christmas demon (??) causes perpetual calm Everett to lose his cool. yes certainly is Chaotic Magic afoot