Tag: Shannon Mayer

Book Review – Venom & Vanilla – The Venom Trilogy 1 by Shannon Mayer

This story follows Alena Budrene, a successful bakery owner, as she is infected with a deadly virus and subsequent healing by the mysterious warlock Merlin. Merlin removes the virus by turning her into a new supernatural being with mysterious powers. Alena is forced to relocate across a dividing wall that separates her new kind from the humanss. This Venom Trilogy series by Shannon Mayer is a dark new world full of Greek mythology, heroes and their monsters, but Alena is poised to tear the system down. This was chaos from the first page. There were points where I was frustrated with Alena and her thinking, but she redeemed herself in the end. This is a hard book for me to rate because I am still not sure what I read in these 250 pages. I did enjoy getting to the end, but I’m not sure how I feel about reading the sequel, which is unusual with this author. (3/5 rating)

Book Review – Year of the Chameleon 3 by Shannon Mayer

This was my first book series by Shannon Meyer as a sole author, even though she started the series with another author. This series has been on my TBR for a while, and I was grateful to finally finish this off. In this series ending conclusion, we get to see all the preceding drama come to head. Wild is compelled to hunt down a series of magical keys that are rumored to bring down their powerful enemy, Frost. With the fate of the magical world in the balance, Wild and her circle must do whatever it takes to save everyone. This novel was everything I expected a series conclusion to be, fast paced and action packed. I had to stay up rather late to finish this book, but it was so worth it. I really enjoyed Wild and her character as a totally untrained but kick a&& heroine. (5/5 rating)

Book Review – The Culling Trials – Shadowspell Academy 1 by K.F. Breene & Shannon Mayer

This is a new magical series by Breene and Mayer. This story takes shape around a magical academy that forces children into attendance. When the summons arrives for her younger brother, again, his sister Wild takes his place, pretending to be a boy. The beginning of this series allows Wild to see the world as it really is, and it’s nothing like her rural upbringing. I loved Wild’s sheer strength and stubbornness along this wild ride (pun intended). I’m glad I waited the song to begin this series, as I plan to devour the remaining 5 in short order. I am embarrassed to admit that this has been on my TBR since 2019. If you haven’t picked this up, do it now. (5/5 rating)