The Phantom Paragrapher

Review: Lonely For You Only - Book #6 Lancaster Prep Series - Monica Murphy -February 2024 I am going to be sad to see the Lancaster Prep series finish as I've only got two more books sitting on my bookshelf to read until I am up to date with this series and have to wait for Monica Murphy to write more of the next generation of Lancasters. At the end of New Year's Day, we saw Scarlett Lancaster and Tate Ramsey on TV as he sang in Times Square as the ball dropped.  Lonely for You Only is their story and how their story began. It all started with Scarlett's 18th birthday party and her desire to impress and finally tell Ian how she felt about him, only for him to leave the party. Her father had hired Tate as a surprise as 13/14-year-old Scarlett had been in love with him and had his poster above her bed, now he is just a washed-up pop star but after singing at the party, he is now a viral act and the records and studios want him back as he is currently a hot commodity. The ...

Review: Crave - Book #6 Wish Series - Morgan Rice - December 2023 As a fan of Twilight and other Vampire/Werewolves novels when I was in my late teens to mid-20s, reading Morgan Rice's Wish series brings back those memories. In Crave, we read that Isabel aka Jane was kidnapped by the evil side and her blood was about to be used in the ceremony to bring back to life the Demon. However, it was learned that there was a sixth piece hidden - the heart of the demon. Now the ceremony has been put on hold until they can find the sixth piece, this leads to disaster as people are slaughtered and Taylor is accidentally shot by the headmaster and caught by the "evil ones". As the Blood Moon Hybrid, she is lucky as though her blood was used in the demon ritual - it didn't kill her and now the demon isn't as strong as he should be as long as she lives. I did like the part though where Jane's foster parents came back and Taylor's Dad came to rescue them. I also found i...