Justice Calling

Annie Bellet

Jan 2015 · The Twenty-Sided Sorceress Book 1 · Doomed Muse Press

About this ebook

Gamer. Nerd. Sorceress.

Jade Crow lives a quiet life running her comic book and game store in Wylde, Idaho. After twenty-five years fleeing from a powerful sorcerer who wants to eat her heart and take her powers, quiet suits her just fine. Surrounded by friends who are even less human than she is, Jade figures she’s finally safe.

As long as she doesn’t use her magic.

When dark powers threaten her friends’ lives, a sexy shape-shifter enforcer shows up. He’s the shifter world’s judge, jury, and executioner rolled into one, and he thinks Jade is to blame. To clear her name, save her friends, and stop the villain, she’ll have to use her wits… and her sorceress powers.

Except Jade knows that as soon as she does, a far deadlier nemesis awaits.

Justice Calling is the first book in the Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

 

Key Themes: Magic, Shapeshifters, Urban Fantasy, Sorcerer, Witch, Werewolf, Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy, Native American, Strong Female Protagonist, Shifter, Nerd, Gamer

Ratings and reviews

A surprisingly fun read. Well-written without being too preachy and too condescending to the reader and preachy (i.e. sufficient enough details to get the reader hooked). Good world-building and how magic works, and the characters are fun. Only thing I'm not a fan of is the adult romance aspect, which reminds me of the stereotypical romance novels (e.g. a deep, tall, charming hunk. Our eyes locked and he was my perfect dream man blah blah).

The romance was sloppy, if the drama between the two main characters could be called anything but rushed. Two people don't go from hating each other, to wanting to have sex. It was a short book though, and for that I'm grateful.

I found this book rather short, yet a great read. Wonderful imagination, you've created a superb environment. Great character personalities. I prefer longer, much more in depth novels, unfortunately, I read so fast that I'm running out of options for supernatural/occultish genres of quality. I very much enjoyed your book and will be looking into the rest of this series. Thank you.

About the author

Annie Bellet is the author of The Twenty-Sided Sorceress, Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division and the Gryphonpike Chronicles series. She holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh.   Her short fiction work is available in multiple collections and anthologies.

Her interests besides writing include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits.  She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and a very demanding Bengal cat.