Title: Rock Paper Scissors
Author: Devon Monk
Series: Ordinary Magic #4
Length: 5 hours 11 min
This is a collection of the three holiday novellas: Rock Candy, Paper Stars, and Scissor Kisses.
Rock Candy
This is a Halloween novella told from Police Officer Jean, Delaney’s sister. Jean has to deal with garden gnomes that come alive only for the month of October and cause chaos. She also is trying to figure out how to talk to Hogan about their relationship and if they are officially a couple now.
I really like that we are finally getting a story told from one of the other Reeds. Jean was a fun character who is very optimistic and bubbly, even if she does deal with a powerful ability that alerts her to danger. Jean’s struggle with her feelings for Hogan were understandable and I enjoyed getting to see them working on their relationship. Also, Hogan was a surprise in what he can do and it makes so much more sense why he hasn’t panicked about all the stuff happening in town.
The whole garden gnomes coming to life in October was very amusing and fun. It made for an enjoyable Halloween novella.. I really would love to see the garden gnomes pop up again in the future because they are amusing. Also I really enjoyed Death’s reappearance in this and his Halloween costume.
Paper Stars
This is a Christmas novella told from Delaney’s POV. This is Ryder and Delaney’s first Christmas together but things are not going how Delaney expected. Ryder has been out on a job for two months and hasn’t been in contact much. But at the last minute he tries to make it back so they can have their first official Christmas.
It doesn’t really surprise me that Delaney is struggling with her relationship to Ryder or that it is a bit rocky while he has been gone for so long. As they have shown in previous books, these two really struggle to talk to each other and admit their feelings. While I don’t love that we keep seeing it happen, I did like that they finally talked it out and admitted they loved each other.
This novella also had an adorable little supernatural animal in it and I really hope we see more of it in the next book. I really want to know what else it can do and how it can affect the demon Bathan.
Scissor Kisses
This is a Valentine’s Day novella told from Myra’s POV and involves a potential stalker, the demon Bathan flirting with her, and a new demon. Like I said above, I love that we are finally getting some POV of the other sisters because I have really wanted to know more about them.
Myra has been the capable and quiet one of the group. She is the one who has read all the Reed family books to find out how to deal with demons and other supernatural’s. I ended up really liking her and how determined she is to save her sister. She is just a capable woman who is determined to protect her family and town, and I am here for that.
Myra and Bathan have been circling each other since they met. Myra states she is determined to free her sister but we quickly learn in this that she is attracted to Bathan and doesn’t want to actually hurt him. I will be interested in seeing how their relationship plays out in the future, especially since in this Myra gets a powerful weapon that can be used against demons. Also I want to know if Myra’s neighbor is going to appear again because I love that a cryptid has appeared in town.
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