Maps, Artifacts and Other Arcane Magic (Dowser 5) by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review, Guest Post & Giveaway

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Sandy

MAPS, ARTIFACTS, AND OTHER ARCANE MAGIC by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review, Guest Post and Giveaway

Maps, Artifacts, and Other Arcane Magic
Dowser Series #5
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Genre: adult, paranormal
Release Date: July 23, 2015

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One treasure down, two to go …

Three months ago, I nearly lost my best friend while retrieving the first instrument of assassination. I also inadvertently released a rival who was definitely unhinged, way more powerful than me, and obsessed with harnessing the deadly power of the artifacts I’d been tasked by the guardian dragons to collect.
Add a sexy sentinel and a nearly immortal vampire to the mix, and what could possibly go wrong?

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Review: MAPS, ARTIFACTS AND OTHER ARCANE MAGIC is the 5th book in Meghan Ciana Doidge’s Dowser series. Wow, that title is a mouthful!! I will give you my favorite reason for reading this novel: Kett is back!!! *happy dance* Yes!! Our Ancient, nearly immortal vampire and self- appointed Mentor is back in the thick of the action! Jade loves her chocolate, but I love Kett’s peppermint infused presence!

Jade is off to find the second instrument of assassination. These are items that can kill a powerful Dragon, that’s why the guardians are using her to find and contain them. Jade is opening her eyes to the blatant discrimination or distrust against her at times, she is only a half dragon, but she is studying the map to find the next location. Someone else is obsessed with the deadly artifact and Jade’s powers and soon Jade is face to face with the young Dragon that she freed in the last novel, but this kid is not so kind or innocent, she is downright nasty and unhinged!! I love her nickname of the “Rabid Koala”! This new rival practically destroys the cupcake shop!

Jade, Warner and Kett decipher the location of the next artifact which leads them to San Francisco then Peru and the action begins. Without saying too much, this artifact is cleverly guarded in a silver mine, which nulls all magic and along with our Rabid Koala things get tense and exciting. Things are so action packed and exciting, but if I told you more details it would be like eating a cupcake with a bite out of it! You wouldn’t enjoy it as much!

Jade is full of her usually snark and good sense in shoes and chocolate, Kett is wonderful as always. He is prepared to die for Jade, does this hint at love? I’m sure that we will learn more and Warner, our wonderful Sentinel Dragon is loyal and at Jade’s side. This novel greatly advances the storyline of finding all the artifacts and Jade learns her greatest destiny at the end. I hope she is up for her new title!! Plus, there is some steam in this novel, poor Warner is a Dragon raised in earlier times and different morals. Don’t worry, Jade will give him quite an education. I hope you enjoy this latest installment of the Dowser Series! I sure did!!

Reviewed by Jules C

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Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
Dowser Series #1
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date:June 18, 2013
Genre: adult, urban fantasy, witches, vampires

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If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it.

That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.

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Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic
The Dowser Series #2
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: December 27, 2013

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Three months ago, I lost my foster sister, Sienna, to the darkness. As in blood magic and chaos and general mayhem. No one saw it until it was too late, but I should have. Now, I have a wounded heart and soul that I can’t even reveal to anyone around me, because I’m supposed to hate Sienna with the fiery passion of the justified. And I do. I just wish I didn’t feel so lost without her, so unsure of the path I thought I had carved for myself, and so outclassed by the powerful Adepts constantly by my side these days. I’m not even sure if they’re with me for my own protection or because my shiny new powers are rare and valuable. Assuming I ever figure out who or what I am, and how my magic actually works.

Even chocolate can’t save the day every time … just most of the time. At least I’ve got that going for me.

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Treasures, Demons, And Other Black Magic
Dowser Series #3
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Genre: adult, urban fantasy, vampires, witches

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I hadn’t set foot in the human world for more than a few hours in over three and a half months. Sure, I was stronger and faster than I’d ever been before, and I had a shiny new sword, but I was seriously chocolate deprived. I don’t recommend quitting cold turkey. And the new sword was a problem — to my mind, anyway. It represented all the expectations of a powerful father and a new otherworldly life. A life that wasn’t the one I’d worked so hard to build. It also represented the responsibility I had to bring my foster sister Sienna to … what? Justice? I didn’t know if that was even possible. What I did know was that Sienna wouldn’t stop, and that I couldn’t just leave everything up to fate and destiny … or maybe I was. Maybe I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing. If you believed in that sort of thing.

I just hoped that before the chaos and mayhem renewed, I’d manage to get my hands on some chocolate. It didn’t even have to be single-origin Madagascar. I was utterly prepared to lower my standards.

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Shadows, Maps and Other Ancient Magic
Dowser Series #4
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Genre: adult, paranormal,
Release Date:February 26, 2015

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shadows, maps and other ancient magic I had new cupcakes to bake, a new treasure to hunt, and a new dragon in town — literally. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic filling their days with chocolate, trinket collecting, and martial arts training?

Yeah … me.

Because no matter how much chocolate I ate, I couldn’t fill the dark pit in my soul. A darkness born from blood alchemy. A darkness that reeked of the black magic I now knew I was capable of creating.

Maybe it was time to walk away.

But what if there were important things left to do? What if I was the only one who could do what needed to be done?

I wasn’t sure I could handle the responsibility, but as long as I had my chocolate stash and a good friend to back me up, I was willing to give it a try.

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Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has a penchant for bloody love stories, superheroes, and the supernatural. She also has a thing for chocolate, potatoes, and sock yarn.

Novels – After The Virus, Spirit Binder, Time Walker, Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic – Dowser #1, Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic – Dowser #2, Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic – Dowser #3

Novellas/Shorts – Love Lies Bleeding and The Graveyard Kiss

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Shadows, Maps and Other Ancient Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review, Guest Post & Giveaway

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Sandy

Shadows, Maps and Other Ancient Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review, Guest Post & Giveway

Shadows, Maps and Other Ancient Magic
Dowser Series #4
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Genre: adult, paranormal,
Release Date:February 26, 2015

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I had new cupcakes to bake, a new treasure to hunt, and a new dragon in town — literally. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic filling their days with chocolate, trinket collecting, and martial arts training?

Yeah … me.

Maybe it was time to walk away.

But what if there were important things left to do? What if I was the only one who could do what needed to be done?

I wasn’t sure I could handle the responsibility, but as long as I had my chocolate stash and a good friend to back me up, I was willing to give it a try.

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REVIEW: And they’re off……I’m talking about Jade Godfrey and her magical friends! They are off on another adventure in SHADOWS, MAPS, and OTHER ANCIENT MAGIC by Meghan Ciana Doidge. Jade is still recovering and training with the dragons after her run in with evil sister Sierra. Jade has had a rough time figuring out her powers and Dragon side! Now, she is feeling a tad restless……. “Hell, I was so bloody boring that I couldn’t manage to be in the same room with myself for more than a few minutes without wishing someone else was around. Someone interesting. Someone with a life beyond the bakery, and plucking trinkets out of the hands of witches and sorcerers”. Jade is bored!?!?! I think she has a very exciting life, but let the new adventures begin!

Pulou, one of the nine Dragon Guardians, has a new mission for Jade and Kandy, her green-haired Shifter bodyguard. He has a map that will lead them to a relic that he desperately needs: the bad part? The map is a tattoo cut from a deceased Dragon Guardian. Yes, it’s a map on Dragonskin! Besides the ick factor, the map is hard to figure out. Good thing Jade has Kandy and another mysterious Dragon that shows up to help in the Quest. Warner is a Dragon that has been frozen for the past five hundred years. He awakens when he is needed to hunt or guard the relics. He is a Sentinel and he is a powerful Dragon to have around, he knows how to fight the shadow demons. Too bad, he has been in stasis for so long and doesn’t totally understand the world today. Jade and Kandy have a fun time teasing Warner at times! He is a Sentinel though and will have the girls back during this adventure. *waggling eyebrows*. He’s not bad to look at either, it must be a dragon thing!!

They head to Seattle first to have Wisteria Fairchild, the “CSI” witch examine the skin for any clues. Kett, the ancient vampire, is there as well and he seems to be trailing the witch?? That must be a tale for another time! They get some answers and head off to an island near Bermuda. Too bad they exit the portal in the ocean, near the island. Who knew that wolves don’t swim? It’s an action packed adventure that leads them to a temple where Sorcerers have died trying to enter. Is Jade up to the task? Kandy and Warner are essential in getting the relic, but what does this thing really do? I can’t give that part away!! Kandy needs her Pack’s assistance in the end, and Jade comes face to face with Desmond, the uber-hot Alpha. Things did not end well with them last go around and he is in fighting mode when three Dragons, Jade and Kandy show up in his front room.

Oh Jade, you are the friend that everyone wants! She is so positive, warm, resourceful and fun to be around. Her fashion sense rocks and her love of chocolate and cupcakes are endearing. Her new powers have not changed her, except she knows that she has some darkness inside of her now from the alchemy, she isn’t all sunshine and fluff. Instead of taking the blame for all the mishaps that happen now, she knows who she really is: “I was simply Jade Godfrey, half-witch, half-dragon, baker of cupcakes, treasure hunter, and warrior’s daughter. That was more than enough mantels for one person”.

You will love this latest installment of The Dowser series! The book ended on a very warm and fuzzy moment, I cannot wait to read what happens next!

Reading Order and previous reviews:
Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic
Trinkets, Treasures and other Bloody Magic
Treasures, Demons and Other Black Magic
Shadows, Maps and Other Ancient Magic

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Reviewed by Jules C

Series Spotlight

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
Dowser Series #1
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date:June 18, 2013
Genre: adult, urban fantasy, witches, vampires

Click HERE for Jules’s review of CUPCAKES, TRINKETS AND OTHER DEALY MAGIC

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Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic
The Dowser Series #2
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: December 27, 2013

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Even chocolate can’t save the day every time … just most of the time. At least I’ve got that going for me.

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Treasures, Demons, And Other Black Magic
Dowser Series #3
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Genre: adult, urban fantasy, vampires, witches

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Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has a penchant for bloody love stories, superheroes, and the supernatural. She also has a thing for chocolate, potatoes, and sock yarn.

Novellas/Shorts – Love Lies Bleeding and The Graveyard Kiss

WARNING: author has been known to manipulate characters with chocolate, sex, and fantastical plotting. Readers beware http://author.to/meghancianadoidge

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Meghan is graciously offering any ONE ebook (reader’s choice) from her DOWSER SERIES to ONE (1) commenter at The Reading Cafe

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I See Me (Oracle Book #1) by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review and Giveaway

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Sandy

I See Me (Oracle Book #1) by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review and Giveaway

I See Me
Oracle #1
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Genre: paranormal
Release Date: October 29, 2014

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The day I turned nineteen, I expected to gain what little freedom I could within the restrictions of my bank account and the hallucinations that had haunted me for the last six years. I expected to drive away from a life that had been dictated by the tragedy of others and shaped by the care of strangers. I expected to be alone. Actually, I relished the idea of being alone. Instead, I found fear I thought I’d overcome. Uncertainty I thought I’d painstakingly planned away. And terror that was more real than anything I’d ever hallucinated before. I’d seen terrible, fantastical, and utterly impossible things … but not love. Not until I saw him.

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REVIEW: Hurry, Pinch Me! Is this book for real or am I dreaming it? I SEE ME by Meghan Ciana Doidge is the first novel in a companion series that parallel The Dowser Series. Do you need to read the Dowser series first? I highly recommend it! This is the world of the Adepts, magical creatures, shapeshifters, vampires and an evil sorcerer! We get to check in with our friends, Jade Godrey, (Our powerful cupcake making Dowser), Desmond (our hot swoon-worthy Alpha), Kandy (werewolf bodyguard) and some new magical characters.

Rochelle Saintpaul is an orphan and has been raised in the foster care system. She has been haunted by hallucinations for years that have led her to be very private and distrustful of people. No family wants to adopt a girl with mental problems. When she is in the gripes of a hallucination, she has learned to draw what she sees. These drawings usually center around a mysterious man wearing an amulet that have become best sellers on her Etsy site. A curly haired blonde in danger is now making appearances! Rochelle has aged out of the system and buys a 1975 Brave motorhome to have an adventure or maybe just escape her current life. She travels down to Washington State and this is when her world changes……..

After an intense “hallucination”, Rochelle ventures out of her safe motorhome to go to a diner. This is where she meets Beau, a man who will forever change her life. She doesn’t know it at the time, but Beau is a tiger shifter who is drawn to her magic! Wait, she is magical?? Yes, those hallucinations are really visions of the future. Rochelle is an Oracle and a powerful one too! The man she keeps on “seeing” in her visions is none other than our evil Sorcerer, Mot Blackwell. He tracks her down in the flesh, to add her to his “magical collection”. Rochelle seriously doesn’t know what is “real” anymore!

Beau saves her from Blackwell and they head down to “Pack Territory” in Portland Oregon, where you guess it, Desmond is the Alpha! Our gang from the Dowser Series, try to help Rochelle identify her powers and Jade even calls in one of the 9 Guardians! This is a fast paced novel that centers more on Rochelle and her hidden heritage and her growing love for Beau, her shifter! Problems come when Rochelle sees something that she doesn’t want to happen. You know what happens when people try to change fate! Bad things happen! Rochelle will make a deal with the devil to prevent her vision from happening! I can’t wait to read more adventures with Rochelle, our tattooed Oracle! How will she be able to help our Adept community? Those will be some very entertaining adventures! Enjoy!

The Dowser Series
Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic
Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic
Treasures, Demons and Other Black Magic

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Reviewed by Jules C

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Meghan Doidge

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Treasures, Demons and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review and Giveaway

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Sandy

Treasures, Demons and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review and Giveaway

Treasures, Demons, And Other Black Magic
Dowser Series #3
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Genre: adult, urban fantasy, vampires, witches

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REVIEW: I am experiencing a sugar high coupled with chocolate bliss after reading TREASURES, DEMONS, and OTHER BLACK MAGIC by Meghan Ciana Doidge! Be prepared for a sensory overload of fast paced action, divine descriptions of chocolate and desserts and melt in your mouth descriptions of the scents of magic.

We are transported back into the thick of action with Jade and her gang! Jade has been missing for the past three months, because she has been training with her father’s kin. *spoiler alert from last novel* Yes, Jade’s dear dad is a Dragon! That’s why Jade is so powerful! She is shown a vision in The Nexus, that if she returns to her life without training, all of her friends and family will be killed. Jade escapes through a portal in Scotland, to pursue Sienna, her evil foster sister. A fledgling dragon named Drake tags along and soon steals the show! What a wonderful new character! Drake is a young, Zen-like Dragon that loves life and getting into trouble. They soon meet up with Kett, the ancient vampire and Kandy, who is Jade’s werewolf bodyguard. We follow the gang to London in pursuit of Sienna and to rescue Mory, the young Necromancer. What a showdown we have, but things are not over yet!!

The author takes us back to Canada for the final action! Jade figures out Sienna’s next move which is to reanimate demons! Jade unites the whole magic community in crushing her once and for all!! The Skinwalkers, Shifters, Witches, Necromancers and one sexy vampire team together. My only complaint was that Desmond, the uber-sexy Alpha shifter didn’t come into the story until 75% in!! That was NOT enough read time for Jade and Desmond’s hot off the charts banter! I won’t spoil any of the dramatic ending, if it is the ending? Oh Meghan, the mischief you create!! This is a thoroughly wonderful read that was full of action and characters that I adore! Plus, the chocolate descriptions were so divine and I still can fit into my jeans! Alas, I have been ruined for cheap chocolate! Enjoy Book 3 in the Dowser Series, it has all of the right ingredients!

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Reviewed by Jules

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Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
Dowser Series #1
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date:June 18, 2013
Genre: adult, urban fantasy, witches, vampires

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Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic
The Dowser Series #2
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: December 27, 2013

Click HERE for our review of TRINKETS, TREASURES AND OTHER BLOODY MAGIC.

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Even chocolate can’t save the day every time … just most of the time. At least I’ve got that going for me.

Novellas/Shorts – Love Lies Bleeding and The Graveyard Kiss

WARNING: author has been known to manipulate characters with chocolate, sex, and fantastical plotting. Readers beware http://author.to/meghancianadoidge

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Meghan is graciously offering all 3 ebooks in the DOWSER Series to ONE (1) commenter at The Reading Cafe.

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Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review, Guest Post and Giveaway

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Sandy

Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-Review, Guest Post and Giveaway

Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic
The Dowser Series #2
by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Release Date: December 27, 2013

Trinkets, Treasures and Other

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Even chocolate can’t save the day every time … just most of the time. At least I’ve got that going for me.

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Brava, YAY and Woot!!! Those were my first reactions when I read TRINKETS, TREASURES, AND OTHER BLOODY MAGIC by Meghan Ciana Doidge. Let’s just call it Trinkets for short! You remember that I loved Cupcakes (Book One) in the Dowser series and this addition was another great read. I think that I have a girl crush on author Meghan. She has developed such great characters! Let’s review some of them.

First, there is Desmond aka “McGrowly”, shape shifter and Alpha of the Northwestern Pack. Did I mention that he is uber-sexy too? Second is Kett, the Ancient Vampire that most of our gang doesn’t trust, but I found his sardonic wit and presence highly entertaining. Then there is Kandy, our fierce green haired, werewolf bodyguard for our main heroine! Last but not least, Jade our “half-witch” dowser who is such a fun gal. Baking cupcakes, eating chocolate and yoga help her deal with her new found powers and the death of her evil foster sister. Getting inside that character’s head must have been interesting. She is so quirky and adorable! Plus, there are descriptions of some yummy cupcake flavors! Fruit enhanced flavors are the theme for this book! There are some great new characters too, including a “fledgling” Necromancer, and we learn more about Scarlett, Jade’s mother. We still don’t know what magical being sired Jade and the gang wants to figure it out!

The story starts with Kett and Kandy testing Jade’s abilities in the wilderness near Whistler Mountain. The readers are introduced to “Skinwalkers” which are Native Americans who can take the shape of their token animals. It’s an exciting beginning, but we don’t get to see them again. I have a feeling that they will show up in the next book! YAY!!

The main storyline involves a powerful sorcerer who wants to meet Jade. His name is Mot Blackwell, what a great name! He is known for his treasures and Kett thinks that a trip to Portland Oregon to meet him would be a good idea. Why is Mot trying to lure Jade to Oregon? I have to keep this spoiler free, but this part is action packed and a sinister character is back and wants revenge. There is more story building in this novel, a great action packed adventure and a possible hot and heavy “make out” session. You will have to figure out who kisses whom! I’m not telling, but they are scorching!

This book ends with an amazing cliffhanger and an answer to one question, but all I can say is: WHY? WHY? Meghan how can you leave me like this….??? I hope that you readers enjoy this latest addition to this fun series!

Reviewed by Jules

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Meghan is offering one lucky winner a chance to win an ecopy of either CUPCAKES, TRINKETS and OTHER DEADLY MAGIC (book 1) OR an ecopy of TRINKETS, TREASURES and OTHER BLOODY MAGIC (book 2).

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Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge-A Review, Guest Post and Giveaway

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Sandy

CUPCAKES, TRINKETS, AND OTHER DEADLY MAGIC by Meghan Ciana Doidge-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 18, 2013

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REVIEW: For some reason when I received this novel and read the title, I started humming the song, “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music. If I could make a list of some of my favorite things, I would include: cupcakes (yummy!), trinkets (who doesn’t love shiny things) and magic (not the dark kind!). The title of this novel drew me in immediately and I loved CUPCAKES, TRINKETS, AND OTHER DEADLY MAGIC by Meghan Ciana Doidge.

This is the story of Jade, a half-witch, half-human who owns a bakery in Vancouver. She doesn’t think that she is a very powerful witch, but she does have a unique ability. She is a dowser, she can sense and see others’ magic and even track the magic. Also, she takes trinkets with residual magic and pieces them together into necklaces and artwork. She is happy with her uneventful life, until a vampire shows up on her doorstep! Soon, she is thrown in the magical world of shape shifters, vampires and magical beings. She didn’t pay attention when her powerful Gran was teaching her about magic wielders. It seems that a dark magic wielder has been murdering shape shifters in the area. The Alpha of the Pack and an ancient vampire are asking, no demanding that Jade help them solve the murders. After all, her scent and trinkets are on the victims! Jade doesn’t even understand her own powers and discovers that Gran and her mom have been telling her half-truths her whole life.

This is a wonderful story of a heroine discovering her true powers, her hidden heritage and above all, it’s just a humorous adventure! Jade and her new “friends” track down the dark magic murderer and while I pieced together the identity of the person, the apprehension was totally unexpected! There are only close encounters of the romantic kind, but this is only Book One in a series that promises to be spellbinding. No pun intended! There is just one suggestion for potential readers! Bake or buy some cupcakes first, so that you can devour them while reading! Enjoy!

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Reviewed by Jules.

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Meghan is offering an ecopy (epub or mobi) of CUPCAKES, TRINKETS and OTHER DEADLY MAGIC to one lucky reader at The Reading Cafe.

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4. Giveaway runs from July 2 to July 5, 2013

Cover Reveals May 30, 2013

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Sandy

Cover Reveals-May 30, 2013

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TITLE: Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic

AUTHOR: Meghan Ciana Doidge

SERIES: N/A

RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2013

Synopsis: If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.

Genre: Urban Fantasy (Adult/New Adult)
Cover Artist: Irene Langholm (who has done all my other book covers as well.
Release date: June 21, 2013

Giveaways and goodies will be revealed via my blog all through June, including chances to win an eARC before the release date. http://www.madebymeghan.ca

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Meghan Ciana Doidge -Interview and Giveaway with the Author

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Sandy

Meghan Ciana Doidge-Interview and Giveaway with the Author

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Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer and independent filmmaker. She lives in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with her husband, Michael, three persian cats, one turtle and fishes. Meghan has a penchant for bloody love stories, superheroes, and the supernatural. And, she also have a bit of a thing for chocolate, potatoes, and sock yarn.;)

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TRC: Hi Meghan and welcome to The Reading Café.  Congratulations on the release of your new Young Adult storyline – TIME WALKER.

Meghan: Thanks for the guest post & interview invitation. What writer doesn’t like to go on and on about her books!!?

TRC: We would like to start with some background information.  Would you please tell us something about yourself?

Meghan: I was an actor for a long time before I transitioned into writing and directing independent films. I made a number of short films and was lucky enough to have some of them purchased by broadcasters and screened in international film festivals. I have the first half of the first season of a Sci-Fi web series up on YouTube – if anyone is interested – it’s called SiftingRealities.

TRC: Many authors develop their love of writing at an early age.  What was the catalyst that started you on the road to publication?

Meghan: While I did dabble with writing when I was in my late teens, I was more of a reader, and I still read voraciously. In 2011 an idea I was developing for a screenplay turned out to actually be a book. I never thought I would write a novel. I didn’t think I was that sort of writer – can you tell I put novelists up on a bit of a pedestal? That was my first book, After The Virus.

TRC: What difficulties or challenges have you faced getting your book to publication?

Meghan: Well, it was all new to me, so that is always a huge learning curve. However, I am exceedingly lucky that I have found an amazing cover artist, Irene Langholm, and a great editor, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. I think they help elevate and refine my ideas. I am also blessed to have access to great beta readers, from whom even the smallest note or feedback is welcomed and appreciated.

My greatest personal hurdle, and ongoing struggle, is with the comma, as I am sure you have noted.

TRC: Would you please tell us something about the premise of TIME WALKER?

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Meghan: I came up with the idea for the Spirit Bound series while writing the first book in the Cascadian Chronicles, Spirit Binder. I loved the idea of exploring the world on a somewhat smaller scale where the stakes were personal and specific and not always about saving the world (necessarily).

Specifically, with Time Walker I was intrigued with this idea of being your own worst enemy, how that would segregate you from your life, and taint your perceptions. Then I decided [SPOILER ALERT] that Beth would (pretty literally) have to fight herself to save the ones she loves … hence the time walking.

TRC: How many books do you have planned for the series?

Meghan: At least three, Beth’s book, Time Walker, Ari’s book (next up) and Rose’s book, but you never know … Calla may get her own book, and there may be others.

TRC: Would you please tell us what you think are the differences between Young Adult storylines and the ‘New Adult’ storylines that have started to hit the publication market?

Meghan: I think Young Adult stories deal with the issues that we come across as we are trying to figure out who we are as people and where we fit in the world. This transition usually happens from the ages 15 – 19 or 20. While this period of our lives can seem so difficult and challenging, I personally found the next section – leaving high school, starting college, completing university, struggling with the difference between a job and a career– more complicated because of maturing relationships, such as, understanding my place within my family dynamic as an adult, at the same times as losing the structure of school, etc, etc. These struggles I would call “New Adult”.

While Time Walker is firmly in the young adult category, my novel, Spirit Binder tackles the issues that are now often called “New Adult’.

TRC: What do you believe is the biggest misconception about you?

Meghan: Hmm, that’s a difficult question to answer. I’ll have to think about it …

TRC: If you could change something about yourself personal or professional, what would it be and why?

Meghan: At this moment in time, I wouldn’t change a thing, but I’ve struggled to get to that point. Maybe a bit less of a struggle would have been nice, but then I don’t think I’d be me, and I like me.

TRC: Who or what has been the biggest influence in your life and why?

Meghan: I think all storytellers have many, many influences, too many to list … but, quickly: writers: Margaret Atwood, William Gibson, Stephen King, Anne Rice, etc, etc. Filmmakers: The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Stephen Spielberg, Wes Anderson. Specific movies/novels: Gone with the Wind, True Romance, Princess Bride, etc.

TRC: Who is the first person you think about when you need someone to talk with and why?

Meghan: My muse, my rock, without whom I would not be able to write the stories I do write, my husband, Michael.

TRC: What are some of the things would you like to accomplish in the next ten years?

Meghan: I’d like to bring out 3-4 novels a year … I have another two series I am starting this year. I’d like to see some of them on the big screen as well!!

TRC: On what are you currently working?

Meghan: I am currently writing the first draft of an urban fantasy called, Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic. I will probably quickly follow that up with a second book, and then work on the sequels to Spirit Binder and Time Walker.

LIGHTNING ROUND

Favorite Food: potatoes

Favorite Dessert: anything chocolate

Favorite TV Show: Shameless

Last Movie You Saw: Looper, which I quite liked.

Dark or Milk Chocolate: dark, pretty please.

Do you have any pets? Three Persian cats, a yellow belly turtle, and some tropical fish. The cats make frequent appearances on my blog as they attempt to thwart the writing.

TRC: Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.  We wish you all the best with your writing career.

Meghan: Thank you for the opportunity and best of luck in 2013! You can find sample pages and current giveaways on my blog at http://www.madebymeghan.ca. My books After The Virus, Spirit Binder, and Time Walker are available as ebooks and paperbacks on most online retailors such as, Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, B&N, etc.

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Meghan is offering an ebook copy of TIME WALKER to one lucky reader.

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3. The giveaway is open internationally.

4. The giveaway runs from February 20-23, 2013

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