Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
- Read an installment of a series.
- Share your review/recommendation below.
- Include the title, author and series name.
My Series Sunday pick is The Secret World of Maggie Grey, the first book in the Drew Collins series by Granger. It was also the January selection for the Sistahs Be Readin' Book Club.
I admit that I judge books by the cover. And this cover is creepy AF. Along with the alternate book covers...all creepy AF. I like to display the book I am currently reading as my Kindle lockscreen. With this book, I kept my Kindle facedown and away from me as I slept. The red eyes. The vampire fangs. The white hair. That neck. The lifeless stare. Nope.
"What was once bad is now good." ~ pg. 52
So based on the cover, I expected a haunting tale. The premise sounds awesome. A witch, a vampire and a siren get accepted into a mystical magical HBCU. A cool setting. The friendships between the main characters are endearing. The minor characters have interesting back stories. Beautiful art within the pages. The pacing is very well done. Conflict at the right moment. I even started to overlook the many typos, grammatical and punctuation errors. I was pleasantly surprised how into the story I got. Until the very last pages...
I am all for bending the rules of genres. But be clear! We chose The Secret World of Maggie Grey based on it being a paranormal fantasy. 97% of the book fits this genre. Then in the last pages, you flip the script and proclaim it as your first murder mystery. Wayment...WHAAAAAAT?! Then you further confuse readers by working out the mystery in the Author's Notes as if you, yourself, do not know WTF is happening. As a result, I will not continue with this series. You lost me, Granger. Wish you luck in figuring it the fuck out.
Author: Granger
Published: August 2024
Pages: 450
Edition: eBook
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy turned Mystery
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤
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