Author: Nellie H. Steele
Narrator: Dana Allen
Series: shelving Magic (Book 1)
Publication: A Novel Idea Publishing (September 10, 2024)
Length: 9 hours and 38 minutes
Description: If Paige isn’t careful, her new job could land her in an early grave. Paige Turner’s zero-balance bank account demands she take on a new job, but she never expected it would be as Shadow Harbor’s newest librarian. Now the unlucky orphan is learning it’s not books she’ll be shelving…but magic. Dark, dangerous, deadly magic.
Her new position requires she keep the supernatural subworld at bay while retrieving and archiving magical artifacts from around the globe. If she fails, the world may just be doomed…but even trying could get her killed.
Teaming up with a snarktastic teacup dragon doesn’t seem to be helping, either. Paige still struggles to master magic and shelve supernatural secrets. And when her first assignment involves massive multiplication of a group of wayward werewolves, she fears the world may not survive her tenure as librarian.
Fans of The Librarians and Warehouse 13 will love this enchanting new cozy contemporary fantasy series. Buy Shadow Beasts now to start shelving magic today!
My Thoughts: This urban fantasy that begins a series was cute. Paige Turner is a clumsy, down on her luck, thirty something who has always dreamed of getting a job as a librarian. She is surprised when she is hired for her dream job as a librarian at the Shadow Harbor Library though since she is really underqualified. However, a charm bracelet that is the only reminder of the mother who left her in foster care identifies her as the daughter of a former librarian who disappeared.
Paige is eager to do a good job, but she isn't at all sure what the job actually is. She finds out that her research assistant is a pocket-sized dragon named Dewey Decimal (pronounced De-see-MAL) who is filled with snark.
When Paige is scratched by a werewolf, she needs a magical talisman to heal her which results in a worldwide search for clues and magical objects. They are pursued by enemies who want them to fail to find the magical objects they are seeking.
Paige and Dewey find themselves in lots of harrowing situations before their quest is complete.
The story has lots of action, interesting characters, and adventure. It was fun.
I bought this one from Chirp for $.99 January 19, 2025. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one from Chirp for $.99 January 19, 2025. You can buy your copy here.
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