Saturday, January 2, 2021

Book Review: Starlight Web by Yasmine Galenorn

 


Get ready for a new series filled with magic, mystery and just a hint of romance in Starlight Web, the first book in Yasmine Galenorn's newest series, Moonshadow Bay.

My rating for Starlight Web: 4.5 Stars and a Recommended Read

My Review:

January Jaxson was blindsided by her husband ditching her for some fluff trophy wife, steals the business she developed and ran with him and to top it off kicks her out of the house during the holidays. When her best friend suggests moving back to Moonshadow Bay, she takes it and finds herself adrift at age forty-one. But settling back in her hometown and getting back into her magic, January takes a job with Conjure Ink and finds more than even she bargained for when her very first case thrusts her into mystery that has deadly consequences for unsuspecting people. Along with the Conjure Ink crew, she has to investigate an old, abandoned asylum that has dead bodies turning up on the land around it with no logical explanations to their deaths. Now the race is on as she figures out this case, keep ahead of the danger that goes over this place like a cloud and try to navigate this new life she is making for herself. Who said the forties were so boring?

 

I love this new introduction to Yasmine Galenorn’s newest series, Moonshadow Bay, in STARLIGHT WEB. I love how the main character is in her forties and not needing rescuing all the time. As this was the first of this new genre called Paranormal Women’s Fiction for me to read, I got to admit, this just blew me away in a good way. I loved the story, the characters and how the author world building in Moonshadow Bay. The story flows swift and kept my attention right till the very end and then I had to pre-order book two, Midnight Web next. As this was one of my favorite authors, Ms. Galenorn doesn’t disappoint in STARLIGHT WEB. It’s a fast-paced ride from start to finish.

 

What I really loved about the characters were how relatable they were. January Jaxson was a more mature character that just kept me glued to the pages from page one. She was quirky, enjoyable, and highly entertaining. I couldn’t get enough of her. I really enjoyed her new co-workers at Conjure Ink as they were diverse and unique in and of themselves. I was hooked and the story felt fresh and unique as well. Add in a mysterious neighbor with his own secrets as a love interest for January, well I was intrigued for more. If you enjoy a heroine who you can root for, characters to fall in love with and a story to just captivate you then you will enjoy Moonshdow Bay and STARLIGHT WEB. I look forward to more from this author set in this unique world she has created amid the pages.

 

This is an objective review and not an endorsement


Series includes:


Midnight Web (Book 2)


Pre-order at Amazon
Paranormal Mystery, Paranormal Women's Fiction, Romance, Fantasy
Release date: February 15th, 2021

January Jaxson's settling into her life in Moonshadow Bay, and her new relationship with wolf-shifter Killian O'Connell. Her job with Conjure Ink is proving both fascinating as well as dangerous. But little does January realize that she's about to let the actual genie out of the proverbial bottle.

When she bought an old bottle in a thrift shop, January didn't expect to be purchasing an additional guest for her home. Now, with a distraught, drunken djinn on her hands, she finds herself promising to untangle an long-lost love story for her unexpected houseguest.

At the same time, she's thrown into one of the spookiest hauntings she's ever experienced when a local restaurant suddenly falls prey to a ghost seeking revenge. Will she be able to get rid of her houseguest and keep the ghost from killing his target, or will this job prove too much for January as she faces the big 4-1?

Reading Order of Series:
1. Starlight Web
2. Midnight Web


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