Cut to the Crone

A Spell's Angels Cozy Mystery, Book 4

By: Amanda M. Lee

Narrated by: Meghan Kelly

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Scout Randall needs answers on a past she can’t remember...and when an associate introduces her to an individual who claims to have known her family way back when, she believes those answers might finally be accessible. That falls by the wayside, though, when a tanned vampire lands in her backyard in the middle of the night...and he has a magical teenager in tow.

Sami Winters is all mouth and determination...and she’s looking for her parents. Scout wants to help, but handling a teenager like Sami isn’t as easy as it looks on the surface. By the time her wayward parents catch up with her - including a mother who is rumored to be the most powerful mage in the world - Scout finds herself knee-deep in a new adventure.

It seems female shifters in the area are going missing and rogue vampires from areas unknown are on the prowl. Sami Winters is a hybrid, part-wolf and part-mage, and she’s a coveted ally in what’s being described as a coming war. Scout has no choice but to join with the newcomers to figure out what’s going on.

Vampires and werewolves working together is unheard of, right? Maybe not. If the signs are right, it seems a new enemy is brewing, and Scout is going to need help taking down an entire army of paranormal foes.

At the end of the day, she just wants to know who she is and where she came from. The answers might be closer than she ever imagined.

©2020 Amanda M. Lee (P)2020 Amanda M. Lee

Stop making Scout dumb to make Zoe look good

Before I go in my rant I should say I have been listening to this series from the beginning. Heck I have read/listened to a lot of Amanda’s books. I like the narration. The story itself was good. I like the characters. I enjoyed the over all path.

The problem i have is in my opinion the author keeps dumbing Scout down to show how great Zoe is. First time I noticed is with born vampires. In the very last book Scout was telling everyone about born and made vampires. In this book Zoe tells her that the vamp is born and Scout is all “I didn’t know that was a thing.” That’s a lie the first time I noticed was in the same conversation when talking about how she got by the barrier in the last book. “I still don’t know how it worked. I sort of made myself fluid when slipping through oh and invisible.” In the last book she said she was shifting planes. Then her wards aren’t good enough. Then Zoe can heal, and Scout wishes she could. In the first book she healed Raisin. The author could have had Scout want to be as quick as Zoe is at healing. When she healed Raisin it did seem to take a while. Instead she makes Scout say she can’t. I know it is easy to pick out little things in series that change like eye color or maybe the order something happened in when reading a whole series. This is not little things. Every time it happens it knocks me out of what is a good story. Heck I went back and relistened to the vampire one because I thought I heard wrong.

Omg! What a battle!

This book is epic with a great cliffhanger. And now I want a pet bear. Zoe is the biggest bad ass of Amanda M Lee’s universe and she joins Scout to save a vampire friend, Sammi, and others.

Great Book!

I am ao glad to be able to keep up with the Winter family. Zoe is, as usual, a bad ass with a heart. I hope that Sammie matures soon as , having grown girls myself, she seems more spoiled than most.

I love that Scout now has a bit of family. Hopefully she'll figure out what she is.

Good story. Lousy writing

I listened to 4 books of this series and, while the story line is good, the details are a mess. The author doesn't even try to maintain consistency with her characters. In one chapter Scout wakes to the smell of coffee and finds Gunner in her kitchen with a new coffee pot, brewing coffee; a few chapters later he doesn't know how to make coffee because he "has a keurig at home." In one book Scout heals Raisin of broken bones, internal and external injuries and a few books later, there's a big fuss made about Scout's amazement and envy of Zoe's healing talent. in one book Scout knows all about the difference between "born" vampires and "made" vampires and in the next, it has to be explained to her. These are just a few examples.

In my opinion, the author should have sold her story idea to someone who actually pays attention to what's being written

Book has two comments and NO complaints.

This book revealed sooooo much. I loved that, but; it may have revealed too much for just one book of a series. I would have expected a seperate book entry for each of the two major themes in this offering.

Having two major points of interest in this one book made it difficult to devote and invest in the plot and characters.

I enjoyed the listen save for the multiple replays of chapters that I did because I missed something and wanted to go back and catch it.

When will book five be out?

loved this one, too!

my only thing is, and it's definitely nitpicking, is that in the last book, Scout talked about the difference between born and made vampires. so she obviously knew there Were born vampires. yet, in this book, when Zoe said Raphael was one, Scout acted oblivious. like she'd had no idea that was a thing. ? yeah, like i said, im nitpicking. but still. i LOVE AML, and ive loved and truly enjoyed every book of hers ive read, and that's alMost all of them. it just bothers me when authors can't remember what they've written from one book to the next..
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Annoying reader

I normally enjoy this series but I nearly returned it because of the reader. The voice she chose to use for Sammy was grating. I'm not a fan of over the top rude, mouthy kids and the reader emphasized every screech and whine. It set my terth

always a joy to read

love anything she writes. always a joy to read.she rocks. can't wait for the next ones

excellent series

I love reading the series when they bring in the covent college gang back and love the spells angels 😇

Great growth

This series is fantastic. Seeing some old friends in this book was fun. The growth of the story line and characters is fantastic.

storyline inconsistencies seem to get bigger

I enjoy a lot of Amanda M Lee's books, all of which I listen to on audible.
The biggest problem I have is the inconsistent story lines, and character development or knowledge.
In one of the previous books of this series Scout heals Ruthie, yet in this book she wishes she had the ability to heal people and in book 3 she didn't heal her friends and colleagues who had been hurt.
Also Scout knew the vampire master in the last book was a born vampire, but in this book she didn't know anything about born vampires.

This may seem a small thing but its quite annoying that the author doesn't seem worried about keeping things connected from book to book throughout a series.

In other series the names of bed and breakfast hotels have changed names in a couple of books and then changed back again. Shops start of selling something and in the next book are selling something similar but different.

Great listen

Love all the books in this series. Hope there is Firth book to finish it off (or maybe more :))

Great read

I enjoyed this book and the developments in Scout’s story. It was great to see Zoe and her family and the cross overs. I’m looking forward to the next instalment.
One criticism would be that the voice of mama moon is like nails on a chalkboard